Seems like they go with the "God gave man free will," line of thinking. Fine, though this means God cannot be all-knowing, which may seem blasphemous to some Christians (don't know how many)
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First off I don't believe that the Bible got anything wrong, and I do agree with Chicat that you can't fully understand God.
If you believe this, then why worship God? There's no way of knowing if God is just, or kind, or loving, until you die. So why spend your time worshiping a being whose motivations are unknown? Do you just take it all as a matter of faith?
I don't know how that means God is not all-knowing. You'll have to explain that to me more.
From the link you provided -
Adam had been given a Law to follow that in itself included the option to obey or disobey. ...
Fourth, God didn't cause Adam to sin. Adam freely chose, when presented with the fruit from his wife, to rebel against God. Adam fell because he freely chose to disobey God, ...
Fifth, if someone doesn't like the idea that God knew they would be tempted and would fall, and therefore says it was wrong for God to let it happen, then what he would be requesting is that God not allow people to fall into sin, no matter what. Think about it. Freedom of choice means that temptations will occur.
If God did give mankind free will than God cannot know what decisions we make, until they are made. God got angry at Adam because he chose to "fall into sin," but that means God didn't know whether Adam would do so or not until the moment he did.
God cannot be all knowing if mankind has free will. If God is all knowing, then humans do not have free will.
I guess I don't know why you think that just because man has free will that God automatically can't know what we will do. I believe we can have free will and that God can still know what we are about to do. I believe God knows what we will do, but we have the freedom to do whatever. Either seek God and obey Him, or not.
http://carm.org/questions/about-doctrine/if-god-all-knowing-and-he-knows-our-future-then-how-free-will This link explains it really well.
I believe God knows what we will do, but we have the freedom to do whatever.
These two statements cannot coexist. How do I have freedom of choice if God knows what I'll choose? What you are telling me is that God has planned everyone's life, and just gives us the illusion of choice.
Why would God get angry at Adam? According to Christians, even before God created Adam, he knew what decision he would make when faced with the choice of eating the forbidden fruit. Why would he get angry at his own creation for doing what he designed it to do?
Example - Someone asks you if you want a shirt in size Small or Medium. You think about it for a second, and then say Small. According to you, God knew you would pick small before the choice was presented to you. That means there is no way you were ever going to pick Medium. The choice of shirt size existed, but the outcome was predetermined. The "choice" you were faced with was merely an illusion.
Taken further, this means every decision I've made when faced with a choice wasn't mine, rather it was the decision God made for me. How do I have free will if someone knows every decision I'll make in the future?