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

Posted By: gremlinn, on host 204.210.31.190
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 02:46:45
In Reply To: Re: The Universe as a Program: An Omniscient God and Free Will posted by Sam on Monday, November 17, 2003, at 20:23:21:

> I haven't read all this thread, so apologies if this has been mentioned already.
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> Stephen, have you considered that if God is omniscient, that makes he can do anything *including* create free will?
>
> Think about it.

Do you mean "omnipotent" instead of "omniscient"? It's easy enough to imagine an omniscient being with the power to do absolutely nothing but know everything (thus not being able to interact with the universe at all).

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Re: The Universe as a Program: An Omniscient God and Free Will - Sam - Tue, 11/18/2003, 06:44:26

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