(urth) What symbols mean for Wolfe

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Or to put it differently: Both God and Man are absolutely free to act in
accordance with their nature. However, that nature constrains their
choices...

Einstein once pondered, "I wonder if God had any choice in making the
universe."


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> >Dan'l Danehy-Oakes: There's a passage somewhere where Silk wonders
> whether "free will" is just
> >the privilege of consenting to what is going to happen anyway.
>
> This is in alignment with my own perspective of things. Truly free and
> independent choice of action
> is necessarily a limitation on an all-powerful God's power.
>
> Conversely, the more aware a person becomes of God's Plan the less freedom
> of action he/she has.
>
> Moreover, a perfect God has no choices at all. There are no forks in the
> road for God because every
> choice has a "best" solution and thus God's path is pre-determined,
> single-track and perfect.
>
> Thus free-will..I won't call it an illusion. But it is something which can
> exist only from a human
> perspective, not a divine perspective.
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