"You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run." ― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
If God knows the future, then you are not free? What kind of twisted theology is that.... "Before you were in the womb, I knew you". I hope this priest was just momentarily mistaken, or perhaps I misunderstood.
+Louis Pedrero, you ask an excellent question. Contemporary theologies wrestle with the same question. The logic goes as follow: If God knows the future, then the future is already determined; if the future is already determined, then my future actions, obviously, are also already determined; if my future actions are already determined, I am not free to choose them; thus, if I am indeed free, God cannot know the future. Many twisted theologies would lead us to believe that we are not free. The proof text you pull from the Hebrew scriptures asserts that "before you were in the womb, [God] knew you." Of course, God knew you. But, are you suggesting that God knew your every future action as well? And, if so, we welcome your explanation of the logic that undergirds your assertion. As you might imagine, we thoroughly enjoy such dialogues on all things theological--and we always pray that they might be mutually enriching!
Excellent.
"You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run."
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
god knows what you are going to choose
he was berber.
If God knows the future, then you are not free? What kind of twisted theology is that.... "Before you were in the womb, I knew you". I hope this priest was just momentarily mistaken, or perhaps I misunderstood.
+Louis Pedrero, you ask an excellent question. Contemporary theologies wrestle with the same question. The logic goes as follow: If God knows the future, then the future is already determined; if the future is already determined, then my future actions, obviously, are also already determined; if my future actions are already determined, I am not free to choose them; thus, if I am indeed free, God cannot know the future. Many twisted theologies would lead us to believe that we are not free. The proof text you pull from the Hebrew scriptures asserts that "before you were in the womb, [God] knew you." Of course, God knew you. But, are you suggesting that God knew your every future action as well? And, if so, we welcome your explanation of the logic that undergirds your assertion. As you might imagine, we thoroughly enjoy such dialogues on all things theological--and we always pray that they might be mutually enriching!
the man in this video is so blinded i hope he wil see the light bevore it is to late