Message Forum: Re: The Universe as a Program: An Omniscient God and Free Will

Re: The Universe as a Program: An Omniscient God and Free Will

Posted By: Eric Sleator, on host 64.12.96.170
Date: Monday, January 20, 2003, at 02:40:23
In Reply To: Re: The Universe as a Program: An Omniscient God and Free Will posted by Dave on Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 21:18:56:

If God exists outside of time, though, how can there possibly be a "before he makes the universe" and "after he makes the universe"? One huge point in your proposal is that our hypothetical God exists outside of time, which is, according to your post, crucial to the idea of human free will. However, the other part of the argument is that he didn't know what the universe would be like before he made it. I know this probably sounds like I'm just being a nitpicker about phrasing, but I think your argument contradicts itself: first "he is not subject to" time, then he is?

-Eric Sleator
Mon 20 Jan A.D. 2003

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Re: The Universe as a Program: An Omniscient God and Free Will - Dave - Mon, 1/20/2003, 07:44:23

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