> > I still can't get my head around the
argument that infallible foreknowledge of an
event doesn't necessarily mean that the event
was pre-ordained.
> >
>
> I like a lot of things about Calvinist theology,
but strict predestination is not one of them.
I'm starting to come round to the view that God
may not, in fact, have pre-ordained *most*
things that happpen in the world.


I absolutely agree with you. In order for God to
have predestined our lives, we would not be
able to have freewill, which we all know we do.
I do believe that God knows the paths our lives
will take, but he doesn't lay them out for us, we
make those decisions ourselves. After all, why
would a just God who wants people to
worship and believe in him create people that
he knew would be atheists, murders, etc.,
when he could in fact make them to be
life-savers or priests or missionaries. In fact,
predestination opens the door for there to be
no crime, no devil worshipping, etc. Of
course, the term "just God" is one I'm having
troulbe grasping recently anyway. But that is a
different story.

CarrieAnn