When does Yale makle their final decision for SCEA?

rockermcr
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:12:20 +0000

Good job. Welcome to philosophy. You’ve entered into a fundamental question in the field, “What is God’s relation to time?” My professor’s interest is in this field. It’s very interesting once you get into it. Later on it ties into the “Do human beings have free will” question. For example, if God knew the past, present, and future with absolute certainty, do we still have the freedom to act? Or is it predetermination? Or if we DO have free will does it simply mean that God knows every possible potential outcome?



IB philosophy served me well. :)

It’s pretty interesting to think about that. God may know what we will do before we do it, but that doesn’t mean that he necessarily interferes in our decisions. He knows something will happen before it does, but gives us the free will to make it happen for ourselves. I guess this whole conception of god is what allows faith to be possible. If God didn’t allow for the free will to determine one’s own actions, faith wouldn’t be a choice, and would lose a lot of its meaning… hmm.