06-15-2015, 04:10 PM
(06-15-2015, 03:58 PM)Benton Wrote: Which isn't the same and I think you're mixing metaphors. Or something.
In your instance, God is omnipotent. He knows what's happening because he made every character act that way.
Which is different than the belief that god is omniscient. In that instance, He knows what's going to happen because to Him it's already happened. The concept of time (linear) is irrelevant because it's all the same experience for Him.
So, to fit your example into what the terms actually mean, God and I go to a movie. He knows the ending because He's already seen it. He knows He doesn't like it, but goes with me because I wanted to. I make it halfway through and realize, I don't really like Reese Witherspoon, so I leave. He didn't make me leave, although He could (omnipotent) He allowed me to make up my mind for myself and stay or leave as I wanted. And He knew I would (omniscient).
I think his point was if God has already seen the movie, the actions of the characters are fixed. They cannot deviate from what is already known. Consequently, you might think all these outcomes are possible, whereas the outcome is already known. The actors don't have "free will" to change the outcome on subsequent viewings.
