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Originally Posted by kschmidt91  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. |
Hi
I am catholic too.
It is a god as you understand him first.
Do not ever be afraid of questioning, God doest not what you to stop. He also doesn’t want you to choose him because some one told you too. He loves you because you chose to be loved.
Omniscient?
Remember, part of the definition of Omniscient is to “know everything possible”.
That means knowing what you will probably choose. Nothing more can be known.
No one knows what God is.
He had to make the universe exactly the way it is.
Do you understand that?
He knows what you will probably do. As we move forward in time (away from now) the probability of him knowing decreases. If God has unlimited knowledge then he can learn more. Maybe watching you chose helps him learn.
Determination and free will work hand in hand.