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My brother and I have been having this ongoing argument. He says since God is all-knowing, and knows what we’re going to do and where we’re going to end up–that is, Heaven or Hell–we don’t really have free will.
I’ve tried to explain like this; God doesn’t just exist in our timeline (which He sustains), but in Eternity as well, which lies outside of the timeline. From His viewpoint in Eternity, He sees the timeline as its whole, from its beginning to its end. Hence He sees what we’re going to do, because in a sense, from His point-of-view, we’ve already done it. Mike still insists this is not fair, as He knows whether we’ll succeed or fail, and this “test of worthiness”, as he calls it, should be invalid, as since simply by knowing the outcome, God causes the outcome. (Yeah, I know, that’s confusing, but he says it’s a quantum physics thing?)
How do I counter this?
I’ve tried to explain like this; God doesn’t just exist in our timeline (which He sustains), but in Eternity as well, which lies outside of the timeline. From His viewpoint in Eternity, He sees the timeline as its whole, from its beginning to its end. Hence He sees what we’re going to do, because in a sense, from His point-of-view, we’ve already done it. Mike still insists this is not fair, as He knows whether we’ll succeed or fail, and this “test of worthiness”, as he calls it, should be invalid, as since simply by knowing the outcome, God causes the outcome. (Yeah, I know, that’s confusing, but he says it’s a quantum physics thing?)
How do I counter this?