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Old Aug 22, 2006, 06:08 pm   #1 (permalink) (top)
Zeppelin DC
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Bertrand Russell's Argument - Freewill

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If someone has free will, then at any point in time they may either choose to do a certain thing or choose not to do it.

An omniscient God knows everything that will happen in the future, including all of the choices he will make at any future point in time.

By the definitions of "knowledge" and "choice", if one knows for certain what choice one will make in the future, one will not be able to make the opposite choice.

Omniscience and free will are logically contradictory. Either nobody has free will, or nobody is omniscient.
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Do you agree with this argument?

Why, why not?

I'll weigh in later.
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