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From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Omniscience vs. Free Will (again!)
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Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 09:55:50 EST
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Byron Howes sums up his argument as:
>>	If the Deity is omniscient, then it knows what we are going
>>	to do today, tomorrow, or for eternity.  It doesn't *matter* 
>>	whether or not we are made to do it.  To an all-knowing
>>	diety, the outcome and all outcomes are *known.*  The human
>>	notion of "free will" is irrelevant in the face of that knowledge.

But that is just the point, just because God knows what we are going
to do makes not the slightest bit of difference as to whether or not
we choose to do it.  Our choice is not dependent on someone else's
knowing what the outcome is, particularly when there is no attempt to
communicate that knowledge to us.

				John Hobson
				AT&T Bell Labs
				Naperville, IL
				(312) 979-0193
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