[Arlo previously]
As I see it, "chance" stands in contrast to "pre-ordained"
[Craig]
This doesn't seem the right contrast.
[Arlo]
Would you accept "unintended"? There are certainly things that occur
because of our intentional volition, but there are also things that
occur as unintentional consequences not only within the "human
sphere" but throughout the cosmos. This is my point here, that there
is no "intentional plan" being enacted by Platt's Quali-god.
I back my car out of a parking space as someone else comes by and
plows into it (hypothetical, didn't happen). We (the drivers) are
both acting with intent. But the collision was unintended. Its not
like yesterday we were thinking, "I am going to create a car accident
tomorrow". And Quality is not a volitional and intentional God for
whom our collision was part of His Great Plan.
Yes, there are "reasons" the accident occurred, after the fact we can
look back and see how our actions paved the way for the accident. But
had I stopped to tie my shoe on the way to the parking deck, maybe
this accident would not have occurred. Had a thousand or more other
little things happened differently, maybe no accident. It was not
until perhaps a brief second before the accident that the accident
became "inevitable", or more precisely "highly probable".
Without "chance" there is no freedom. It suggests necessary
uncertainty from among all probabilities. It suggest there is no
"plan". And thank "God" for that.
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