Religious Perpective on Determinsm and Libertarianism

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  • Religious Perspective
    • Determinism
      • God is omniscient means he knows the future
        • Our future action must be determined
      • Our future action must be determined
      • Paradox exists between God's Omniscience and Human Autonomy
    • Libertarianism
      • Judaeo-Christian tradition man has free will
        • The Story of the Fall
        • Adam and Eve chose to eat the apple. They must've had free will if they could disobey God
        • ''man chooses not out of necessity but freely'' St Aquinas Summa Theologica
    • St Paul
      • God chooses who he saves and who he damns
        • But humans choose how to live their lives
          • They can seek salvation through faith and living a sin free life but only God gives salvation
      • But humans choose how to live their lives
        • They can seek salvation through faith and living a sin free life but only God gives salvation
      • St Paul seems to be a compatibilist since he defines freedom as what regardless of actions not directly effecting our future
    • St Augustine
      • Pre destination- God chooses who gets salvation
        • We should lead God fearing lives since we don't know who is saved
      • We should lead God fearing lives since we don't know who is saved
      • Rejects Omniscience and Free will paradox
        • God knows the choices we will make doesn't mean they are not free choices
      • Identifies three causes 1. caused by chance (hidden causes) 2 Caused by Go. 3 Caused by us
        • God or chance causes death but cause whether or not we live a good life
    • John Calvin
      • Pre Destination
        • God saves people based on his knowledge of a persons character and life
          • nothing anyone can do to change their fate thus we have no free will
            • Hard Determinist
      • God saves people based on his knowledge of a persons character and life
        • nothing anyone can do to change their fate thus we have no free will
          • Hard Determinist

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