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Originally Posted by Zyr
Well it's lucky we're talking about an omniscient being then isn't it?
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Not an omniscient
creator being, though. That's why I specifically commented on it.
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If the omniscient being see's the world as fatalistic, then he know's what's going to happen, and to him the world is mechanical.
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The omniscient being might look at a radioactive atom and know that in a given half-life it has a 50% probability of decaying... thus the universe is not mechanical. It also knows whether the atom is going to decay during this half-life or not, but that's because it is omniscient, not because the universe is mechanical.
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Originally Posted by Zyr
With the introduction of an omniscient being, won't becomes can't, whether you know it or not.
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Omniscient creator, yes... since it knew all possible outcomes, all apparent choice made in the universe are subordinate to the omniscient creator's choice to create this universe.
Merely omniscient, not so much... or at least no one has been able to explain it.
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But, as I've said, a few times now, depending on your definition of free will, this may or may not restrict it.
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By my definition of free will, if you can't choose something, it's not actually an option. If your only option is what you will choose, you only have a single option, and so you're not really making a choice. If you're not making a choice you do not have free will.