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Unkurg
Lv 5
Unkurg asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

An age-old question...?

Much of Milton's "Paradise Lost" revolves around Lucifer's aggressive pursuit of Free Will. According to most established monotheistic religions, God is an omniscient being.

My question is: if God is omniscient, can Free Will truly exist? What are your thoughts on this matter?

Update:

To those who think I am trying to get others to do my homework:

Believe what I am going to tell you or not, but it is the truth. I am a person in my forties who has not seen the inside of a classroom in quite some time. I have asked this question purely as an intellectual exercise for those who care to answer it.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Yeah, this is a tough one. It's hard to take a stance on this, but if I had to, I'd say hard determinism is most likely what goes on.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Like somebody else said this seems like a homework question. I am not going to do your homework. But I am going to give you my thoughts on the matter. Like in the Iliad, the Gods play a part in the people's lives, but it is the person who ultimately decides what they are going to do.

  • Quoi
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I'm sorry, but I won't do your homework.

    Seriously, your question reeks of being homework. Do your own work, that's the point of homework

    Source(s): I had a friend who didn't do his homework, now he's at McDonalds.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    idk . sorry

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