No, I don't, and don't have to in order to be interested in a discussion. I believe the major themes one confronts in one's life are 'predestined', but I believe neither in your God, omniscience nor that every choice one makes is predetermined.
No it is a doctrine I believe that is false. If people bring up predestination they are speaking Calvinism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination_(Calvinism)
I'm only curious to know if this 'nice opinion' of mine shows that I believe in the specific god that you believe in. There are other gods, you know. Many, many, oh so many gods.
And you do ? The "anything is possible for God" excuse is the lamest of them all. Whenever something is not understand or can not be explained it is all too convenient for blind sheep to claim "anything is possible for God". You have no clue what is, and what is not possible for God. You have no clue what the extent of Gods powers are. You have no clue whether things are predestined or not. The concept of God, and what attributes God does or does not have, is a man made concept. If the future is not predestined then one can not know with absolute certainty what will happen in the future. Do you deny this ? Perhaps you need to change your concept of God to include reality.
I did not say "knowledge was predestination" and I have corrected you on this to you at least 4 times now. What is your problem ? Answer me this: If God says "I have seen the future and this event will happen", is there any possibility that the event will not happen ?
This is just absolutely not true. The idea that foreknowledge of an event can not be known with 100% certainty unless that event is predetermined was not invented by Calvinism. It is simple logic and logic was around long before Calvinism. Second: To believe the proposition "foreknowledge implies predestination" does not mean one believes in predestination. It simply means that one believes in logic. This is more a conversation of logic than it is a conversation about religion.
Chuckle. Yes! Obsession is a strange thing. It can be displayed in many ways. "ob·ses·sion (b-sshn, b-) n. 1. Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety. 2. A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion." "com·pul·sion (km-plshn) n. 1. a. The act of compelling. b. The state of being compelled. 2. a. An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation: "The compulsion to protect the powerful from the discomfort of public disclosure feeds further abuse and neglect" (Boston Globe). b. An act or acts performed in response to such an impulse." Even by my obsession with definitions of words.
I keep discussing omniscience and free will. You keep dragging the conversation back to God. Don;t blame me for periodically humoring you.
There is nothing logical in claiming that it is not logical for an Atheists to argue about a being he does not believe in.
I am not an Athiest ?? If you do not want to answer simple questions that is fine .. but dont start demonizing folks because they ask questions that you have trouble answering.
Well for one .. many folks do think God exists and through history and in the present such folks have tried to force their beliefs on those who do not believe. What is being talked about in many cases is not whether God actually exists, but of the belief that God exists.
