From: utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!tim
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: Re: Free will and predestination make no sense
Article-I.D.: unc.4997
Posted: Sat Apr 16 15:41:52 1983
Received: Tue Apr 19 00:09:19 1983
References: ihuxk.300


The real issue is not of free will vs. determinism, but of responsibility.
If God created us knowing what we would do, and could have changed any or
all of it freely, then It, not we, are responsible for all our actions.
Thus, we shouldn't be judged for them by It. It is the one who "really"
did them. It should go straight to Hell, not we poor preordained sinners.

Here's a new issue on this topic. Since God could make the universe any
way It wanted to, why did It make the universe one that would require
intervention? The only reason I can think of is that It wanted some
entertainment...

Tim Maroney