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Old 01-10-2006, 11:57 AM
Matt Ruff Matt Ruff is offline
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Default Re: Omnipotence Doesn\'t Imply Seeing The Future.

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Not if you(the omnipotent one) are included in that future.

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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06612a.htm

(The section you want is the one headlined "Distinctions in the Divine Knowledge." It's about the apparent incompatibility of God's omniscience and man's free will, but it's the same issue you're talking about.)


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Its similar to building a rock you can't lift.

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Nah, that one they've got an easier answer for:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11251c.htm

Note that the above is merely the Catholic take on the subject. Other schools of theology may have other approaches.
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