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<pre wrap=""><div class="moz-txt-sig">On the other hand, if every possible event is God's will, then the concept of God's will becomes meaningless. It will only matter, after accepting a fully populated tree, whether something is possible, i.e., if there is a branch for it.
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Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:16:28 -0700
From: Dave Tallman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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Subject: Re: (urth) The Will Of God
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Brunians wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> >>>></span>/ I solve that problem by assuming that all possible timelines exist.
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> >>></span>/ Separate God in each, or One for all and all under One?
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> >></span>/ The latter, of course.
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> ></span>/ Is the tree of alternatives fully populated?
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<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>I am not sure that I understand you.
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<pre wrap=""><!---->It seems a bit contradictory to the concept of "the will of God" that
God would allow timelines in which every possible thing happens. It
would follow from what you said before that every possible thing is the
will of God.
Have you read Niven's "All the Myriad Ways"? It takes the multiple
worlds concept to just such a depressing moral conclusion. People who
are contemplating murder, rape, or suicide ask themselves -- "Why not?
It's going to happen somewhere."
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