As i read the Bible, i have a hard time buying the narrative that God is all knowing. He just gets way too angry. [Spirituality & Religion]

Thinking specifically of Isaiah and Jeremiah, God is so, so pissed that the people are worshipping idols and not obeying the law of their ancestors.
Like my anger will burn like a fire forever, i will have your enemies strip and rape you, your bodies will be like piles of manure on the ground etc etc.

Would someone really be (or reasonably be) that angry about something they knew from the very beginning was coming?
Seems crazy to me.

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SW-User

"Free will" seems to be the go-to answer to every challenge to Christian belief and doctrine, but it can only go so far as an answer. Is free will really free if God knows every action ahead of time? Is it really free will if our fate is predestined?

Pikachu

@SW-User

"Free will" seems to be the go-to answer to every challenge to Christian belief and doctrine

Sure seems to be.
It's even trotted out as an excuse for why god doesn't just show us al he's real.

Amyrakunejo · F

@SW-User Because Predestination is not absolute.

SW-User

@Amyrakunejo Depends on what you believe, I guess. Catholics believe that people are predestined for heaven, but not for damnation (cf. with Calvinists who believe people are predestined for both). They believe that you cannot change your fate but you also cannot divine it while alive.