06-15-2015, 03:28 PM
(06-15-2015, 03:18 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: You and God go to see a movie together. You haven't seen any previews or read any reviews, don't have any idea what the movie is about. The possibilities of what will happen in the movie are endless to you. God has already seen the movie, knows all the plot twists, has seen the ending and knows how everything turns out because he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the movie. To God, there aren't any surprises because he knows what is going to happen because he has seen it before. No matter how many times you two watch the movie it is always the same because the characters always "choose" the same choices.
The possibilities are "endless" because he lacks the knowledge that God has. God would know that only one course of action is possible from beginning to end.
That's where the "illusion" of endless possibilities come in. With an all-knowing God who saw the movie before it was even created, the only possibilities are what he KNOWS will happen.
That's why "free will" in the context of an all-knowing God makes absolutely no sense. It would seem more feasible if God created people not knowing what course of action they would take.
Otherwise, why would he even bother? There is absolutely no drama in it for him. It would be like watching a re-run of Titanic and yelling at Leonardo to stay off the boat. It is an idiotic waste of time. I'd imagine a god would have better things to do.
