Re: Free will argument
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I'm very aware that my argument is probably faulty and/or circular.
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I've never seen the logic of why God's knowledge of what we will do affects our free choice. You're not alone, though. In recent years there's a whole new movement in evangelicalism that denies God's omniscience just to avoid this problem. I think it's called "process theology", not sure.
However, I have an example that may help you think about it a little better.
Suppose you invent a time machine and travel back to 1963, Dallas, Texas. Suppose you enter the School Book Depository and see Lee Oswald heading for the staircase. You could now prevent the assassination, but instead you decide to watch. Oswald pulls the trigger, you hop in the time machine and come back. Did Oswald have free will?
There's a difference between inevitability and necessity. Had you read your Calvin you would understand.
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