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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 08:53 PM
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12. I totally agree with you, but that's Pike's hypothesis
Personally, even if we take Pike's initial idea at face value (that God is omniscient and thus knows everything that WILL happen in the future), I think his conclusion doesn't make sense - just because God knows doesn't mean that Jones has no choice. At least not as I see it. All it means is that God knows what Jones is going to do; and that knowing does not - as I see it - mean that God has determined what Jones will do simply because God knows it.

In that sense I consider Pike idiotic since his conclusion, based on his hypothesis, simply makes no sense. It's like the ramblings of the insane who are into astrology or numerology.

But it's his theory, so there you go. Send him a letter. I'm really curious to hear why his logic is so fundamentally out of the loop.
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  -Read a couple articles on Divine Providence vs. Free Will Direckshun  May-05-04 06:32 AM   #0 
  - I think God knows all that IS happening, and that HAS happened  Rabrrrrrr   May-05-04 06:45 AM   #1 
  - Do you have links to any of those articles?  JaySherman   May-05-04 06:47 AM   #2 
  - Found them in the library, my friend.  Direckshun   May-05-04 06:57 AM   #3 
     - My own beliefs:  JaySherman   May-05-04 09:11 AM   #11 
  - I agree with Plantinga  ComerPerro   May-05-04 07:11 AM   #4 
  - Well written.  Direckshun   May-05-04 07:16 AM   #5 
     - LOL. Thanks  ComerPerro   May-05-04 07:27 AM   #6 
  - Here's a question:  kiahzero   May-05-04 07:48 AM   #7 
     - The argument goes as follows...  Direckshun   May-05-04 07:59 AM   #8 
        - But that doesn't negate free will  kiahzero   May-05-04 08:04 AM   #9 
        - I totally agree with you, but that's Pike's hypothesis  Rabrrrrrr   May-05-04 08:53 PM   #12 
        - Ah but ...  Nihil   May-05-04 08:15 AM   #10 
 

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