Religion, Christianity in particular, comes into play in many topics, from abortion to capital punishment, to homosexuality, and now free will. If one is to believe the co

ntent of the Bible (taken literally), then one believes at least in part in predestination. It is stated that God is well aware of everything that ever has and ever will happened, until the end of time. Some religious followers take this to mean that though God knows the exact actions everyone will decide to perform, these deeds are still being performed through free will. However, simple logic shows that this, at least on some level, is incorrect. For example: if a man has to choose between A and B, and God knows that he will pick A, he has no actual option of picking B. This is called epistemic determination, and though it is argued that simple word choices and sentence structure of things like “If God knows you will do this then you must do this” are solely what make this deterministic (Schwartz), it is obvious to anyone with any sense of logic that this is just a way of dancing around the issue. To really put things in perspective, on a larger scale this means that from the moment you are born the way you will end up living your entire life is known, and therefore destined. So try as you might, if you are destined to be a hobo you will end up as a hobo. Though you may desire to become a doctor or a layer, the sequence of decisions that you will make which will lead you to becoming a hobo is already known by God, who is omniscient, so it simply must happen. This shows that though there seems to be a choice on the surface, if one is to believe the text of the Bible then there really is no choice in the matter of their destiny. When literally interpreting the Bible, there is absolutely no compromise between believing in God’s omniscience and believing in free will. One must either give up their particular interpretation of the Bible or give up their beliefs about predestination.

Johnson, Karen. “The Dopamine D2 Receptor As a Candidate Gene For Alcoholism.”

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