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There's nothing Man can do that violates God's will, who created our nature. Man acting according to nature, Man in rebellion, is precisely to God's glorious plan.

The fact that we can make choices in our lives does not threaten God's omniscience, nor does it mean God is in suspense awaiting our choices, then reacting. No, God knows how we will act before we do, but that doesn't mean we are not the ones who are acting.

Man truly exists as beings apart from God, just not independent of God's sovereignty.
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61bb909b... 9mo ago

I realize that’s Calvinist theology but I’m unconvinced that either scripturally or philosophically correct.

Have you explored Molinism. William Lane Craig is a prominent proponent of this view.

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Laser 9mo ago

Will look into it.

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61bb909b... 9mo ago

Boss.

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Laser 4mo ago

Ray Dalio with a good overview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM29opD9XoE

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Laser 4mo ago

No, I don't agree with Molinism.

My view sits with Calvinism.

Man has sovereignty (lowercase, little s) but God is Sovereign.

We have "free will" but are creatures of Creation, so that anything we do is bound in time and in Creation, so that God (who sits above Creation) knows how we will act before we do, to the extent that He knew before Creation and could know the Elect then.

Predestination, God's knowing of how man will act and Creation serving God's glorious plan, does not undermine God's creatures "free will".