It's 1am.
Theology disturbs me.
If one has Free Will, one sets the future for oneself.
If Predetermination exists, one's future is already set long before one could choose.
The fundamental flaw in religions, some might say, for Free Will and Predetermination cannot exist together. No matter what traditional religious teachers tell you, one concept is always stronger than the other.
I believe I took a third stand on the matter.
I don't believe in Predetermination but rather Divine Foreknowledge. Might sound the same but my interpretation is different.
Predetermination means everything that will happen has been set: when one blinks, when a butterfly flaps its wings, where would the sun be when a speck of dust finally touches down.
Foreknowledge, on the other hand, according to me, means Knowledge of the consequence of every action: what will happen if one kills a man or save his life, the knowledge of the different futures if one starts his day with his right foot and then later chose to give his seat to an old woman, rather than starting with his left foot and giving his seat or starting with his left foot and not giving up his seat or starting with his right foot but not giving up his space.
To me, Foreknowledge is more compatible with Free Will compared to Predetermination. Predetermination and Free Will generate the answers, "I am not wise enough to explain." and/or, "Only God knows/Because God wills it so."
The Foreknowledge and Free Will combo churns out, "Well, why do YOU watch teledramas, then?"
Theology disturbs me.
If one has Free Will, one sets the future for oneself.
If Predetermination exists, one's future is already set long before one could choose.
The fundamental flaw in religions, some might say, for Free Will and Predetermination cannot exist together. No matter what traditional religious teachers tell you, one concept is always stronger than the other.
I believe I took a third stand on the matter.
I don't believe in Predetermination but rather Divine Foreknowledge. Might sound the same but my interpretation is different.
Predetermination means everything that will happen has been set: when one blinks, when a butterfly flaps its wings, where would the sun be when a speck of dust finally touches down.
Foreknowledge, on the other hand, according to me, means Knowledge of the consequence of every action: what will happen if one kills a man or save his life, the knowledge of the different futures if one starts his day with his right foot and then later chose to give his seat to an old woman, rather than starting with his left foot and giving his seat or starting with his left foot and not giving up his seat or starting with his right foot but not giving up his space.
To me, Foreknowledge is more compatible with Free Will compared to Predetermination. Predetermination and Free Will generate the answers, "I am not wise enough to explain." and/or, "Only God knows/Because God wills it so."
The Foreknowledge and Free Will combo churns out, "Well, why do YOU watch teledramas, then?"
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