Dr. Sahar Joakim, What is the Problem of God's Omniscience?

[@VinesEntwined]

Thank you, this was really helpful!

[@T-mm5ek]

Well explained! Thank you so much

[@gospeljoy5713]

Maybe there is no free will. Our wiring and environment dictates our events. God uses those for his purposes. God's control represents even more issues.

[@timfoster5043]

As presented, this is a Modal fallacy. Foreknowledge does not CAUSE the choice; the choice causes the foreknowledge. The choice is logically prior to the foreknowledge, even though the foreknowledge is temporally prior to the choice. Since God (in Classical Theism) is outside of time (is not constrained by time), He has access to foreknowledge. - - - Having said that, on Classical Theism, this is just scratching the surface of the issue. Predestination, Divine Decrees, and a precising definition of "free will" must be addressed. Libertarian Free Will is not the only flavor of free will out there.

[@saharjoakim]

very good critical notice on this argument!

[@TH-vq5me]

Yes, you can have foreknowledge. Spiritually speaking, the knowledge will be from either a good, or an evil source. When you have a relationship with God, he reveals things to you, as you get closer in relationship to him. When you have a relationship with the enemy like you do, he lies to you, uses you, and sometimes will give you knowledge, but at the price of your spiritual life. Its completely, ridiculous for you to say that God can not exsist because he GIFTS us with free will, because He's God. He's not equal to you, he created you. So he doesn't fit into that little box of knowledge that you think that you got from other humans that were also created by him. Many people go to university, and let it change the very structure of who they are. They follow instead of lead, and are dumb enough to be proud of that. They put all their trust in man, instead of God. No one owes you an explanation lady. Figure it out on your own. Pray, and ask God to show you that he is real, then get back to us with the results. I dare you to. In the meantime, stop attempting to spread confusion, and a debased mind set around the world.

[@claudiozanella256]

No, it's not like that when God in his power has also the ability to see into the future. Let's make an example: you must choose a number between 1 and 10 and God, sitting in front of you already has hidden under his hand the number you will choose (8). Does that imply you have now no free will for your choice? Not at all. God's eyes are able to look into the future - some minutes ahead of the present time - to see what you have done, to see what number you have chosen WITH FREE WILL (8) and then He goes back to the present moment, before your choice. Now you will choose with FREE WILL the number 8 while God already keeps the number 8 hidden under his hand. In short, God knows what you will do, yet you have free will.

[@saharjoakim]

Interesting solution to the supposed problem!

[@claudiozanella256]

@@saharjoakim This all implies that - due to his ability to see into the future and to INTERACT with it - God has already made ALL what He had to do. Jesus HAD BEEN that almighty God. He already made ALL his work in a distant past. When his work was completed, He got rid of his almighty power to become me like a normal man: the Son of God. From that past the almighty God is able to be here in the form of a spirit (who interacts with us). He is the Spirit of God.

[@saharjoakim]

@@claudiozanella256 Interesting thoughts! I assume you want me to reply? There is some unpacking we need to do with your proposed solution to the supposed problem with God's omniscience. Notice that you are explain that God did something "before" or "after" or that Jesus (who you say is God) "had been..." However, now you have to explain how this solution makes sense to an objection that God does not exist within the limits of time (time does not apply to God, he does not do something "before" "during" or "after".. so, it is odd to say that God did something in the past... (consider reading some of the essays on William Craig's website, he defends the existence of God)

[@claudiozanella256]

@@saharjoakim Yes, TIME applies to the almighty God too. I can demonstrate that.

[@Juju-uz5ur]

@@claudiozanella256 pls demonstrate it