06-16-2015, 07:35 AM
(06-15-2015, 10:00 PM)Benton Wrote: And me knowing (which doesn't have anything to do with making your car) changes your decision how? If you decide to go to NYC, and I know that, how does my knowing decide that you end up there?
Omniscient doesn't mean I sent you there.
Let me preface my answer by telling you this; you and I disagree on a philosophical level. I think we can agree to disagree while still respecting the other's opinion. I don't feel like you are trying to force me to live my life according to your beliefs and I'm certainly not trying to force you to live your life according to my beliefs. You seem like a reasonable person. My comments aren't meant to offend reasonable people like yourself. However, I like messing with the unreasonable people who believe other's life choice should conform to their beliefs.
So your question presupposes one chooses the correct destination. God knows your destination. Because he knows your destination there is only one correct option. If your known destination is NYC, but you choose LA, you will arrive at NYC. You just chose the incorrect destination.
God has a plan.
If you get in your car (that God built) on your path to your chosen destination of LA, but you encounter one obstacle after another making your progress incredibly difficult; God is telling you this isn't your path. You need to quit and follow a different path. God's path. Because God intends for you to travel to NYC. (You chose incorrectly and God steered you along the correct path.)
If you get in your car (that God built) on your path to your chosen destination of NYC, but you encounter one obstacle after another making your progress incredibly difficult; God is testing you and you need to persevere and follow God's path for you. Because God intends for you to travel to NYC. (You chose correctly and God steered you along the correct path.)
If you get in your car (that God built) on your path to your chosen destination of NYC, but you encounter one obstacle after another making your progress incredibly difficult and you crash your car into one of those obstacles and die then someone will tell your widow, "It's all a part of God's plan." (You chose incorrectly and God steered you along the correct path.)
If you get in your car (that God built) on your path to your chosen destination of NYC, but you encounter one obstacle after another making your progress incredibly difficult and you're about to crash into one of those obstacles and miraculously Jesus takes the wheel and saves you. (Again God steered you along the correct path.)
So no matter the destination or the path, once you get there you can always look back and say, "God had a plan for me" because hindsight is 20/20. As far as delusions go, it's brilliant.
