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
- God is omniscient means he knows the future
- 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
- Judaeo-Christian tradition man has free will
- 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
- 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
- God chooses who he saves and who he damns
- 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
- Pre destination- God chooses who gets salvation
- 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
- nothing anyone can do to change their fate thus we have no free will
- God saves people based on his knowledge of a persons character and life
- 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
- nothing anyone can do to change their fate thus we have no free will
- Pre Destination
- Determinism
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