Ask a Question
or
Create a Poll
  1. Home /
  2. Questions /
  3. Social Sciences
  4. / Theology
  5. / More Theology

by Indyguy1183 on September 22nd, 2005

Indyguy1183

Question

Help answer this question below.

Does God know all the future actions his children on earth will take? If so, does that invalidate the concept of free agency?

Share:
Other

Answers. Showing one answer.

  • by Farino on April 14th, 2007

    Farino

    If you ask any physicist they will tell you that the future is already written, destiny if you will. Not that it was decided but that it is what it is cannot be any other way. Time like any dimension has both directions. We exist in only a (to us) positive version, i.e. we only go forward. However the past is future to those that may go in the opposite direction in time, there's nothing to say that they do not exist in the same moment in time as we do and inhabit the same space as we do. So our future is their past and our past is their future. Neither can change, the past cannot change thus the future cannot change. We do not so much as "read from a script" as Glenn Blaylock suggested but our decisions at the time are what the script says should be said. Nothing at that moment is forcing us to choose that path, thus we have the right to choose which ever path we wish. Therefore, we have free will, the right to choose which ever path we wish. it just so happens that the universe already knows what path we are going to choose.

    If you believe that God is in everything, thus that God is everywhere, then God will know everything that will happen but that doesn't eradicate free will. You can still choose whatever path you wish but the universe already knows which one you will choose.

    Comments

    • any physicist will tell that there are many 'futures' / realities, however a person has a free will which one he/she chooses.

      so, the universe / god does not know what choice we make, but the mere decision to make a certain choice will collapse all the other parralel universes, making only one REAL.

      in human terms its like a programmed game: the rules are there, the penalties/awards are there too, the players are there, but your moves within the game are free. so...

      lynnefisk

      by lynnefisk on June 7th, 2010

    1 comment | Post one | Permalink

Want to attach an image to your answer? Click here.

Did this answer your question? If not, then ask a new question or create a poll.

More Questions. Additional questions in this category.

You're reading Does God know all the future actions his children on earth will take? If so, does that invalidate the concept of free agency?

Follow us on Facebook!

Related Ads

Related Questions

Professionally Researched

Answerbag

a Demand Media company