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Re: "st louis USA"
Posted By: Spider-Boy, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Sunday, November 7, 1999, at 19:54:08
In Reply To: Re: "st louis USA" posted by Chris on Sunday, November 7, 1999, at 19:27:04:

> > > ah, but one of the points of the end of the world as seen in Revelation is to give humans who aren't following him a chance to see his power and follow him. if he ended it in an instance, it would be kaputz for them, too
> > >
> > > uni"been reading the left behind series"peg
> >
> > If God knows everything that will happen, he knows which ones would turn to Him and he wouldn't have to do anything (technically if he knows everything then all of realty has no real purpose, he knows who is going to be evil and who won't before we're even born)
>
> Ugh. Just had this predestination debate in English-- read the Crucible, now we're doing 'Puritan Things.' OK, God knows what we'll chose, but he still gives us the choice. It's still up to us. We still have to repent, whether or not He knows we will.
>
> Frankly, I'm glad he didn't say 'humanity will be evil so I won't bither creating it.'
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> >Spider-sowhenarethemeeksupposedtoinheirittheearth?-Boy

I can name one thing the supposedly omnipotint God can't do if he is omnicient. (for those who can't make out my spelling there is one thing God can't do if he knows everything). Go on guess.

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