Dick wrote: "Ah, but you are not God."
I think I figured that one out awhile ago! < G >
"What I am alluding to is God's foreknowledge. As someone put it, the
past, present, and future are all in the "now" of God. If you and I were
known to God
from the foundations of the earth, then there are no surprises."
I understand. Then why was God surprised when his creation went so wrong
in early Genesis?
"Our fathers and mothers were known, all of our forefathers were known.
Nobody in the long chain of countless billions of possibilities did
anything that
would have precluded you and me from being here today. And that goes for
everyone else on the planet. All the ants and alligators too. Either
God
knows the future or He does not. You can't have it both ways."
My point exactly, Dick. So, I'm a robot and so are you? I think not.
"But if God can be surprised by what you may or may not do,
then how could you say you were "elected"? "
Good point. I don't use the term much. I'm not really sure I know what it
means. I do know that, because I have free will, I could freely choose
tomorrow to abandon the faith. I think. Gosh -- I don't think I ever
wrote that before. Where would I go? Maybe I could really NOT do such a
thing after all.
Burgy
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