dsgrue3 on 08 August 2013
| happydolphin said: 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. |
It says "establish in advance." If one is aware in advance, one has established the outcomes in advance. They are set in stone and not subject to change.
This is predeterminism.
