Re: Do Christians (or Jews) Need God to see the Future.
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This is a legitimate question because I think I stumbled on to something.
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There's no logical bar to God being unable to foresee everything. He could still have all power such that He can overrule or control whatever happens.
The bar is Scriptural as it is clear from the Bible that He not only foresees all but controls all.
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(If I'm right about that and if my argument that maps this subject onto rock building ability is not flawed, then given the upsides of postulating a non perfect predicter God, this little atheist may have done more for religion than Aquinas, Calvin and Spinoza combined.
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Why do you give yourself credit when the previous sentence is:
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I'm thinking that many religions do not have specific beliefs that require this seeing the future ability.
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and there are large segments of Christianity which now question this doctrine?
Or for that matter look up Gnosticism which dates back at least as far as Christianity.
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