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From: Bible Bob <biblebobnospam@biblebob.net>
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Subject: Re: A riddle that was set me...
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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 03:18:53 GMT
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:45:56 GMT, Grinder <grinder@no.spam.maam.com>
wrote:
>Allow me to break this conundrum down to its simplest form:
>
>Premises:
>
>1) Man has free will.
>
>2) God is omniscient.
>
>For a given decision, with two choices, A and B:
>
>3) God, being omniscient, knows the man will choose B.
>
>4) Man, has two choices:
>
> a) He freely chooses A, and shows God to be wrong,
> or *not* omniscient.
>
> b) He freely chooses B, as God knew he would all
> along.
>
>So here we are. There is *only one choice*, 4b, that
>can be made without violating Premise #2. If, however,
>man is not free to make either choice, that violoates
>Premise #1.
>
>Where is the flaw in this logic, or what is the means
>by which you can circumvent it?
Your premise fails to consider that man has free will but is not
omniscient. God is omniscient but can not act.
BB
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