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If He knows the future and is therefore in control of everything because He already saw it all... then He's got something like a tyranny government set up.

Are you saying because you only read the Scriptures that you do not understand... Why Christians believe there's a Trinity. Why Christians believe dead people are alive. Why Christians believe water baptism is relevant. Why Christians believe the four gospels are written to Christians. Why...

I speak of many things in detail before they happen because they are details that I have worked around for many years. That does not mean I see into the future. If God is so wise as to be competent and resourceful in dealing with us instead of manipulating all that happens? Then this would not...

We seem to be talking about 2 different things. I'm talking about God who sees into the future and therefore controls everything. When I realized God does not know the future was when I realized He is not in control. This was when I realized such a concept of having God in control put me in a...

I stay out of Revelation because it's mostly all about Israel and I'm a Christian. Now on this time thing. You know God is outside of time. No problem so far. Then you make the jump to believe that if one is outside of time that they can see stuff that has not happened yet.

The OP is suggesting there are people called Seers who are different from Prophets in that they can see special things and also see into the future like Prophets and I'm saying nobody sees into the future.

Are you Catholic because this future telling started with Augustine? Why does it have to be God in control of everything when the whole world from every culture since the beginning of man has spoken about gods, angels, demons, and Satan? Even the Buddha speak about the realm of angry spirits...

You asked 5 questions and in the end asked what do I think which is another question. Which question do you want me to answer?

Much of the Roman Catholic doctrine was assimilated into Protestantism and is still being passed along as Christian groups continue to split off from one another. In a nutshell that is why even the independent church in your neighborhood today most probably believes that there is a trinity...

We are back to square one again. Not all of what Jesus said was addressed to Christians because much of what he said was addressed to Israel.

I said I hate to be the one to tell you this but there was a lot that Jesus said to Israel that was never addressed to the Christian. I did not say all that Jesus said was only for Israel.

When I used the word omniscience... I was referring to God knowing the future. God knows men and what and how they think having known us for a very long time. Even longer than we might know since He probably has done this before with other humans like us and maybe even others on different...

Two good Old Testament verses.

If we are then under the ultimate rulership of God, then it has to be something of a tyrannical monarchy. Either some power is shared or it's not.

How?

You seem to believe Christians cannot have friends flying in and out of their brain cells.

This is really a big deal because now I know I also have choices on how and how deep I interact with Him. Jeremiah repeatedly speaks of the conditional "if" in connection to both the clay (Israel) and the Potter (God). If Israel repents, then God will relent. This type of relationship God offers...

If I was twice your size and therefore able to stop you from going through a door. That would not mean I was able to see into the future. This thinking started with Augustine and yep I give you once again the Catholics. This is really a big deal because now I know I also have choices on how and...

Psalms 147:5........ does not say God is omniscient. Hebrews 4:12-13 does not say God is omniscient. 1 John 3:20........... does not say God is omniscient. You guys read stuff that's not there. Like for example this 1 John 3:20 that says God knows all things. It does not say He knows all things...

If the cosmos is not something of a free democracy because it's under the ultimate rulership of God, then it has to be something of a tyrannical monarchy. Either some power is shared or it's not. And if it's not, then all the blame for all the evil in the cosmos must ultimately rest on the lap...