At 05:40 PM 2/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >The paradox is tied to having both omniscience and being the creator. If >you create an organism and know exactly what that organism will do, you >have in fact predestined that organism. For the organism to be truly free, >it would have to be able to break out and do something unknown to the >creator. Hence, an omniscient creator cannot create an organism with true > >free will. >Predestined to me means manipulation by forces, e.g., natural law, etc. To >me,it doesn't follow that if you know what the creature will do, you >influenced its decision. I often "know" what my kids will do given certain >situations although I have not injected any input on their decision >making. Am I missing something?
Yup - you are missing something :) The key is the COMBINATION of creation and omniscience. Sure - you know what your kids will do - but you didn't create them either (in the divine being kinda sense) so it is not a good analogy. If you create something knowing absolutely what it will end up doing you are, in the act of creation, preordaining its future. The "interjected input" you note is in fact the act of creation. -- Jim --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
