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RusCrimson · 05-13-2005, 05:44 PM

Most theologians have held that the will of God is immutable (entirely unchangeable). First, it is worth noting that to change one's mind is one thing, and to want certain things to change is an entirely different matter.

On the other hand, I would have changed my mind if I wanted what before I had not; or cease to will what I had willed before. However, this only happens if I have either a change in my knowledge or in myself. If I know that eating something is bad for me, I no longer want to eat it. Similarly, I want to eat, and then when I'm done I don't want to eat. In either case, something changed in me.

But since God knows everything, and he (assumedly) isn't changeable, then neither of these applies.

05-13-2005, 05:44 PM	#79 (permalink)
RusCrimson Tilted Location: Massachusetts	Most theologians have held that the will of God is immutable (entirely unchangeable). First, it is worth noting that to change one's mind is one thing, and to want certain things to change is an entirely different matter. On the other hand, I would have changed my mind if I wanted what before I had not; or cease to will what I had willed before. However, this only happens if I have either a change in my knowledge or in myself. If I know that eating something is bad for me, I no longer want to eat it. Similarly, I want to eat, and then when I'm done I don't want to eat. In either case, something changed in me. But since God knows everything, and he (assumedly) isn't changeable, then neither of these applies. Last edited by RusCrimson; 05-13-2005 at 05:46 PM..