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Originally Posted by rlbond86
Of course there's the argument that God lives outside the universe, but then, prayer wouldn't "reach" him correctly... if he has already experienced the future, he cannot change the past without changing its future, perhaps killing future people with a prayer He answers.
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Why wouldn't prayer 'reach' him correctly? You're assuming that God has to play by His own rules, no? For that matter what rules? How does prayer reach God correctly in the first place? What stops him from 'hearing' them once he steps outside of time....?
As to the destiny/free will thing, I'll just say, I think maybe God (again, assuming that he exists) is just a really good judge of character. He didn't know that the Allies would win WWII because that's the way he planned it, but rather he knew the people involved and was sure that they would make the decisions they did to end it. He's just playing a guessing game, but since he's all-knowing and all-seeing (according to books were not supposed to mention) then he's not just a good guesser, he's an infallable guesser. Is it still free will if someone else knows with certainty what you'll do?