Posted by Gabbix2 on September 14, 2005, at 22:47:35
In reply to Re: Adam Eve gained knowledge, but it turned » Gabbix2, posted by alexandra_k on September 14, 2005, at 21:18:45
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> > No, they are free to act as they will, it's just that God will know, it's not necessarily that the acts have been planned by God.
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> but if god knows you are going to do x
> then it simply isn't possible for you not to do x
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> so you aren't free to either do x or not do x
> you simply have to do x...I don't see it that way, I don't see it as meaning God controls your behaviour, just that he can tell what you are going to do before you do it. Like scientists who can predict an earthquake.. they didn't cause the earthquake.
Or like a parent who says about their child
"I know exactly what excuse he's going to have when he comes home late.."
It doesn't mean that he has too, just that he's known so well.
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