That's the logical paradox. We may think we're making a free will choice. But if in actuality we're fulfilling God's preordained plan, is it really our choice?
What you're saying is that it's a matter of faith. You just have to believe that God is the ultimate in goodness and love, and will grant blissful eternal life to his faithful. And that's fine. I won't argue with faith. I'm just pointing out that God's ways and means--as believers describe them--are not logically coherent. And I wonder why a god who gave us a brain that processes information according to the rules of logic, would expect us to believe something that violates logical thinking.
"rules of logic" - which rule or rules of logic is/are being applied there are several?
logic and reason - I am assuming here it is logical thinking/reasoning - it's interesting
Then of course then we have premise
"What you're saying is that it's a matter of faith." Thank you for no argument ;o)
Definition of faith:
complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
So my understanding is atheism is
disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
and that's fine by the way, not being critical, just having conversation here
and then of course there is the word belief.
Definition: an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
Do you have a belief of how mankind got here?
The word logic is a interesting one, comes from the Greek word Logos meaning ...
word - reason.
So, to apply logic and/or reason we first have a "thought"
A thought: Found this in a article from MIT School of Engineering.
The human brain is composed of about 100 billion nerve cells (neurons) interconnected by trillions of connections, called synapses. On average, each connection transmits about one signal per second. Some specialized connections send up to 1,000 signals per second.
That's a lot going on even before we get to logic and reason LOL Pretty amazing.
Anyway ... so my conclusion is belief and belief is simply ones acceptance something is true or not, and belief is on a individual basis
Truth defined: fact or belief that is accepted as true
I will say, with the Bible though .... it is a historical and prophetic book. Prophesy, being able to predict things before they happen and in great detail and many of which are verifiable by history and archeology and ancient writings. Fact or fiction? Depends on what one believes. When mathematical odds are applied prophesy becomes quite compelling.
2nd Peter 1
19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.
21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
