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Astarho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 06:55 PM
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42. The old "Destiny vs. Free Will" argument
Most of your arguement is based on assumptions (granted that is usually all we have in regards to god, which is why there is no logical proof one way or the other.)

It is an assumption that free will and destiny are mutually exclusive. Most of the "nature of god" stuff is an assumption as well. I tend to take the agnostic position that the nature of god is unknowable.

From what I gather, you see god as some kind of gamemaster and we are merely the pieces. And since we the pieces have free will, you say that god cannot know the outcome of the game, which is another assumption.
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