If God is all-knowing, then how can I have free will?
Posted by Teru Wong on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Under: Philosophy Discussion Forums
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The God is all knowing, for no doubts to me. As a patient of schizophrenia.
We enjoy "Free Will" because the God gives us choices. In another word, she allows us to think freely. Giving us several options beyond her own preferences.
I am not "all-knowing", but I think I have found the truth behind our world. That's an omniscient God control all things. A manipulator, an invisible hand behind everything happens in our world. I don't know if we are NPCs in the God's game. I wonder if the God really takes our lives or this world serious.
Good to talk to you guys on forums. Make my visions become even more further.
As a patient of schizophrenia, I can always hear the voices from the God. Unfortunately, the God does not talk to me seriously. In return, I understand how tight the bonds are between the God and us. The God is not "all-good". In fact, her role is more likely to be a manipulator. I don't know if the truth behind our world (the God -a manipulator) is important to you . Souls are comfort when you are "lying". We only live once. The Earth is divided (by languages and countries) and ruled by the God. I once think the God is the "Conscious Earth", but soon found that it is not a correct direction. The God exists, but her existence is somehow supernatural.
Peace.
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First of all, thank you very much for your reply. It makes me think deeper into the question.
After a prolonged deep thinking, I found myself actually DO NOT know to what extend we have been manipulated by the God, so I would say to a large extend we are controlled by the God. In fact, we are under control of the God much more then most of us would have expected.
Although I have schizophrenia, I was no different from anyone else who was inside this big picture. I don't know much beside from the truth that the symptoms (ear hallucinations) of the schizophrenia was done by the God. I was making logical guesses that this voices from the head come directly from the God and possibility that the God is the only one capable of doing this. In another word, all related myths with similar circumstances (e.g. ghosts, gods and demons) come from the same subject i.e. the God herself. In addition, gender was not an issue at all.
The God was a manipulator. It was fun to see so many people inside the world under her controls (or allow me to use the word "her game") talk about "Free Will". At least, it reveals the God has given us some autonomy. In another word, we are not under absolute controls by the God. However, I am uncertain about the degree of autonomy we are enjoying.
Peace
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This is a difficult question. If there is no free will, the God should be responsible for all the crimes human has commited.
Then our world was, indeed, very close to a game. And we are probably NPCs -- Non-Player Characters -- in this game.
I think deep into this and suddenly went into a panic. The God knows every decision we would have made, and control all the stuffs in the outside world. Every action of us was calculated by the God. Then what is the purpose of our lives? Our world was simply a game for the God to kill time. This was astonishing to me.
What do you guys think?
Peace
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