I repeatedly get the same argument from believers, especially among the Christian and Muslim ilk, who like to assert that God is all-powerful & all-knowing but yet still believe in Free Will. They have to say that. They must accept Free Will because without it, there is no basis for Sin. There would no justification for blaming evil on humans, which God fashioned to begin with.
'All-knowing' does not mean 'all-knowing SOME of the time'.
'All-powerful' does not mean 'all-powerful SOME of the time'.
Either he is what you say he is (all-knowing, all-powerful), or he isn't. You can't get away with saying that 'God is all-powerful, but we can CHOOSE to struggle against his Might' or 'God is all-knowing, but we can CHOOSE to struggle against his Will.'
If he truly was all-knowing and all-powerful, then by the definition of the word 'ALL' (meaning 'everything', 'total', 'complete', '100%') then nothing could contradict his Will, meaning that everything that happens is ALL part of his Will. God's 'Will' would totally, completely, 100% of the time, overrule our Will. You can't have it both ways. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
The entire foundation for Sin is flawed and immoral too. How can a supposedly just God blame humans for acquiring the knowledge of Good & Evil when they had no prior knowledge of Good & Evil?
It would be like telling your baby daughter "Look, Emma! You're not allowed to play with THIS toy. All the other toys you can play with, but not this one!" And then going out of the room, coming back, finding your baby daughter playing with the toy you told her not to play with, and then banishing her out of the house.
If Adam & Eve were innocent then blaming them for something they could *not* have understood to begin with is unethical and by today's standards would be treated as child abuse by any Child Protection Authority.
Now, I hear you cry "Oh but the Adam & Eve story is just symbolic!". Right. So what did Jesus die for then? If the account for the origin of Sin according to the Bible, is from Adam & Eve, then Jesus shed his blood and died for something no more than symbolic act? Are you KIDDING me?! Please!
'All-knowing' does not mean 'all-knowing SOME of the time'.
'All-powerful' does not mean 'all-powerful SOME of the time'.
Either he is what you say he is (all-knowing, all-powerful), or he isn't. You can't get away with saying that 'God is all-powerful, but we can CHOOSE to struggle against his Might' or 'God is all-knowing, but we can CHOOSE to struggle against his Will.'
If he truly was all-knowing and all-powerful, then by the definition of the word 'ALL' (meaning 'everything', 'total', 'complete', '100%') then nothing could contradict his Will, meaning that everything that happens is ALL part of his Will. God's 'Will' would totally, completely, 100% of the time, overrule our Will. You can't have it both ways. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
The entire foundation for Sin is flawed and immoral too. How can a supposedly just God blame humans for acquiring the knowledge of Good & Evil when they had no prior knowledge of Good & Evil?
It would be like telling your baby daughter "Look, Emma! You're not allowed to play with THIS toy. All the other toys you can play with, but not this one!" And then going out of the room, coming back, finding your baby daughter playing with the toy you told her not to play with, and then banishing her out of the house.
If Adam & Eve were innocent then blaming them for something they could *not* have understood to begin with is unethical and by today's standards would be treated as child abuse by any Child Protection Authority.
Now, I hear you cry "Oh but the Adam & Eve story is just symbolic!". Right. So what did Jesus die for then? If the account for the origin of Sin according to the Bible, is from Adam & Eve, then Jesus shed his blood and died for something no more than symbolic act? Are you KIDDING me?! Please!
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