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The (near) sacrifice of Isaac--it is logical?
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<blockquote data-quote="hedrick" data-source="post: 74067910" data-attributes="member: 239032"><p>A straightforward reading of the text says that God didn't know what Abraham was going to do.</p><p></p><p>There has been a discussion on this topic here: <a href="https://www.christianforums.com/threads/is-god-in-charge-of-everything-that-happens.8117108/" target="_blank">Is God in charge of everything that happens?</a></p><p></p><p>We don't know "where" God is. Under some reasonable models he can't, even in principle, know the future, because it isn't determined. I don't believe Biblical statements on God's power and knowledge contradict this. The other thread was based on the passages saying that God changed his mind.</p><p></p><p>We can dismiss all of these as anthropomorphic statements not meant literally. I'm not convinced. More plausibly, we can say that the OT authors had an earlier and incomplete knowledge of God. But I think it's plausible that they're right, and translating Biblical statements into more abstract terms needs care. It's not unreasonable to say that God knows everything that's knowable, but the future isn't, at least not perfectly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hedrick, post: 74067910, member: 239032"] A straightforward reading of the text says that God didn't know what Abraham was going to do. There has been a discussion on this topic here: [URL="https://www.christianforums.com/threads/is-god-in-charge-of-everything-that-happens.8117108/"]Is God in charge of everything that happens?[/URL] We don't know "where" God is. Under some reasonable models he can't, even in principle, know the future, because it isn't determined. I don't believe Biblical statements on God's power and knowledge contradict this. The other thread was based on the passages saying that God changed his mind. We can dismiss all of these as anthropomorphic statements not meant literally. I'm not convinced. More plausibly, we can say that the OT authors had an earlier and incomplete knowledge of God. But I think it's plausible that they're right, and translating Biblical statements into more abstract terms needs care. It's not unreasonable to say that God knows everything that's knowable, but the future isn't, at least not perfectly. [/QUOTE]
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