I grew up going to church but I’m not religious now and I never really understood this part.
Please, no answers along the lines of “aha, that’s why Christianity is a sham” or “religions aren’t logical”. I don’t want to debate whether it’s right or wrong, I just want to understand the logic and reasoning that Christians use to explain this.
that… does not sound right. humans have free will
Humans believe they have free will. If you think that you have free will, in what way does that differ meaningfully to you from actually having free will?
This gets weird, because the human brain appears to make decisions unconsciously before you consciously make that choice. It appears that our “rational” , thinking brain is making up reasons why we did a thing, rather than those reasons actually driving the choice. So did you–the consciousness that you conceptualize as being yourself–really make that choice, or is there some other ‘dark’ you that’s driving, and you only think you’re in control?
One view is that God knows how people will end up not because He is forcing them to act a certain way, but because He has a perfect knowledge of the outcomes of their actions. Kind of like how a parent knows what the outcome of a small child’s actions will be.
You’re not a parent, are you? 😁
I’m not the commenter but it seems fairly obvious what they’re saying.
The child doesn’t know that touching the hot stove will burn them, but you do because you have a lifetime of experience.
To add to this: To the child, it’s essentially magic that you know exactly where the heat starts, and how you have the ability to boil water.