That is not correct. We always do what God knows and there is no conflict between God's knowledge and free will unless we are informed and wish to do opposite. — bahman
Suppose x is defined as atemporal, “outside of time”. Well, then there can be no time at which x exists. And there can be no duration involved, x cannot change, or be subject to causation, cannot interact, and would be rather inert. — jorndoe
The typical idea towards this, is a block universe "viewed from the outside" if you will.
As per above, I don't think this can be coherent if it includes "outside of time" observed by a mind.
Might not have to be atemporal, though, at least not necessarily, though the block universe usually includes all of time. — jorndoe
What if the being can be both temporal and atemporal? Can there be such a thing? The temporal side of the being would be allowed to communicate with what the atemporal side knows and thus the knowledge is shared being both sides. This would give the atemporal (Jesus, for example) the same exact knowledge as a God that is not subject to time. — Abdul
Foreknowledge simply is the divine knowledge of our decisions/acts. One can ask God about this knowledge and decide opposite which is paradoxical. — bahman
True foreknowledge would encompass all our decisions and ''decide the opposite'' would then be meaningless. — TheMadFool
Therefore you don't have free will. — bahman
The question however is whether we can do opposite of what God reveals? — bahman
Free will is the difference between won't and can't. — TheMadFool
You won't do the opposite but it doesn't mean you can't do the opposite. — TheMadFool
are you assuming ample of autonomy or free will? — Dzung
why would you choose to go right or left in your daily routes? what would happen if you now reverse all?
That's so you can think about the consequences of absolute free will. — Dzung
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