| dsgrue3 said:
Actually it does. predetermined past participle, past tense of pre·de·ter·mine (Verb) Verb Establish or decide in advance. Predestine (an outcome or course of events). fore·knowl·edge
/fôrˈnäləj/
Noun
Awareness of something before it happens or exists.
The terms are nearly identical. Not sure which definition you're reading... |
They are utterly different. I'm reading both.
In one case, God establishes a course in advance => Predeterminism.
In the other, he knows something before it happens (which is exactly what I said) => Foreknowledge.
He can have foreknowledge without establishing the course, but just by knowing. The biblical example I gave was if he was unbound by time, which happens to be the only logical explanation of him knowing without predicting it.
Matter of fact, since we have free will, it is impossible to predict our actions in advance. Simply put.
