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kschmidt91 · 11-03-2007, 06:50 PM

Hello I'm new here and hope this is in the right place.

I've been raised Catholic my entire life (which isn't saying much since I'm only 15), but I've been seriously questioning my religion as of late. In particular is free will.

I get that God has created us with the power of free will in every aspect of our life. But if he is omniscient as the church says then how is it possible that he isn't indirectly affecting our decision? God knows, truly knows (and as humans I don't personally believe we are capable of grasping what "knowing" truly is), what we are going to do before we know. So what if we want to do something else than what God already knows? We can't exactly do so can we because that would mean God isn't truly omniscient. So in giving humans the power of complete free will God has taken omniscince away from himself. Or we don't have free will to the degree we think we do.

11-03-2007, 06:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
kschmidt91 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 15	Free Will Hello I'm new here and hope this is in the right place. I've been raised Catholic my entire life (which isn't saying much since I'm only 15), but I've been seriously questioning my religion as of late. In particular is free will. I get that God has created us with the power of free will in every aspect of our life. But if he is omniscient as the church says then how is it possible that he isn't indirectly affecting our decision? God knows, truly knows (and as humans I don't personally believe we are capable of grasping what "knowing" truly is), what we are going to do before we know. So what if we want to do something else than what God already knows? We can't exactly do so can we because that would mean God isn't truly omniscient. So in giving humans the power of complete free will God has taken omniscince away from himself. Or we don't have free will to the degree we think we do.