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Originally posted by Stingy Jack
See, that's another thing. You use "free will". Of course, you can't say that you have "free will" if you also believe that god is omniscient. Because if god knows everything, your free will is out the window.
As far as getting earth right ... ummm ... I dunno. I mean, you say you look out the window and see proof of god in the trees, flowers, clouds, etc. That's all well and good. I look out the window and think: "If I was all-powerful, I could come up with something better than this."
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It is quite possible to believe in God without believing in predestination. God gave man free will. That means we can do as we like. God, being omnipotent, knows/always knew/always will know what we would end up deciding because to him, time does not exist. He sees the dawn of man, the end of time and everything in between in the very same blink of an eye.
Right now I could type an 'X' or a 'Y' in the next line down. I can choose either one I want because I have free will. God knows what I will wind up choosing with my own free will because he sees all of time at once because to an omnipotent being, time does not exist.
'Z'.
Ooops, with my own free will, I chose to put down a letter that was not even one of the options. You know what? God knew that's what I would do, but it was still my choice what letter to type.
As for you thinking you could create a better world... Well, I would say that's a bit blasphemous, but since you are atheist, that probably wouldn't matter to you. So let me jusy ask how your world would be better.