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| − | '''Omniscience''' is | + | '''Omniscience''' is the ability to know everything there is to know. |
| − | Some have questioned whether omniscience is | + | Some have questioned whether omniscience is compatible with [[free will]]; specifically, [[Calvinist]]s have argued that God knows whether a person will be saved before he is born. |
However, knowing what the outcome of a man or woman's free will will be does not mean that (s)he does not have free will. It is possible for God to know how a man or woman will exercise their free will and at the same time not interfere with it. | However, knowing what the outcome of a man or woman's free will will be does not mean that (s)he does not have free will. It is possible for God to know how a man or woman will exercise their free will and at the same time not interfere with it. | ||
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| + | Free Will exists, it is simply the ability to make choice, God simply knows what those choices are, before they happen. | ||
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| + | This however brings up the question as to why god would create evil things, knowing them to be evil. | ||
Revision as of 23:16, July 1, 2007
Omniscience is the ability to know everything there is to know.
Some have questioned whether omniscience is compatible with free will; specifically, Calvinists have argued that God knows whether a person will be saved before he is born.
However, knowing what the outcome of a man or woman's free will will be does not mean that (s)he does not have free will. It is possible for God to know how a man or woman will exercise their free will and at the same time not interfere with it.
Free Will exists, it is simply the ability to make choice, God simply knows what those choices are, before they happen.
This however brings up the question as to why god would create evil things, knowing them to be evil.