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Old 09-20-2005, 07:19 AM
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Default Re: Do Christians (or Jews) Need God to see the Future.

Very nice David. Very subtle. Naturally if God lacks or causes Himself to lack foreknowledge of future events, then He would be unable as a practical matter to intervene in earthly affairs in advance, even if it is assumed He can and would wish to on some occasions. Thus He would then only be able to intervene post hoc to mitigate rather than to prevent.

And yes, Christianity and Judaism would fall apart without that power. This is because God has made scriptural promises to preserve peoples, individuals and the church as a whole, not only from being destroyed by other men but also by the power of the Evil One. Thus if he lacked the power to carry out His promises, His word would be void.

But this really isn't a legitimate question as you say, since you are positing something that can't be, i.e. that an omnipotent god lacks a quality or power that is an indivisible part of an integral whole. This is exactly the same as positing an arithmetic where 2+2=3.
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