Predestination
By ajarca
@ajarca (57)
Philippines
2 responses
@livewyre (2450)
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9 Apr 08
My own interpretation of predestination as mentioned in the Bible is that God has full knowledge of everything we have do and WILL do, yet this needs to be balanced with the fact that he has given us freewill. So in any given circumstance, we make our own decision, but God knows the outcome.
This is easier to understand if you accept that God is not constrained by time as we are. God created the elements that mark time in our world, the sun, moon and starts and the seasons. Therefore God is essentially OUTSIDE of time and can see our whole lives laid before him (in fact all of eternity laid out before him) at a glance.
Anyone who has been 'predestined' in the Biblical sense was not forced or brainwashed, but selected because their choices were already known to God.
Hope I have made some sense, this is not the easiest of subjects...
@rombi001 (941)
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9 Apr 08
I don't think we have the capability to give a definate answer to that question. I don't think its a matter that people should be concerned about as it doesn't make any difference to us. (since we don't know who have been predestined and who haven't)