Attributes of God - Human freewill and God’s omniscience I - Mindmap in A Level and IB Religious Studies

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Created on: 11-05-17 19:46

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Human freewill and God's omniscience
- Omniscience
  - God knows all that has, is + will happen timelessly
- Freewill
  - We can choose what we do without restrictions (in our nature) - genuine freedom/libertarianism
  - We could have chosen otherwise
    - Moral responsibility
  - Act freely within our nature - but our nature is determined - SOFT DETERMINISM
- How have scholars tried to solve the freewill/God's omniscience problem?
  - 'Internal contradiction'
    - If God knows I will do X how can I have freewill?
      - Since I cannot fail to do X!
  - Boethius
    - God's knowledge is not causal of our actions
    - Sees the results of our freedom
    - We are still origination of our choices
    - God's omniscience is complete in that one moment of time
    - Possible evaluation: we still have freewill
  - Geach
  - Kenny
  - Molina
- See YouTube
  - What is God Like? Crash Course Philosophy #12

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Sergio Aguero

Report Fri 29th September, 2017 @ 10:43

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