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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#101  Postby hackenslash » Aug 05, 2010 4:20 pm

ispoketoanangel wrote:Being vulgar, and asserting the same thing over and over again, doesn't make you right.


Aww, diddums! Did the nasty man swear at you? Go tell somebody who gives a flying fuck.

You should calm down, read a modal logic book, and come back.


I'm perfectly calm, thank you, and reading a modal logic book (which I have done, by the way) will not change the fact that the accusation of the modal error overlooks the impossibility of this entity being wrong. Perfect future knowledge equals determinism.

You are still fucking failing.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#102  Postby Onyx8 » Aug 05, 2010 4:20 pm

Amazing... :coffee:
The problem with fantasies is you can't really insist that everyone else believes in yours, the other problem with fantasies is that most believers of fantasies eventually get around to doing exactly that.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#103  Postby ispoketoanangel » Aug 05, 2010 4:21 pm

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Wrong! Having a choice means that I have the ability to decide between at least two options


You do. You can choose to go to whatever restaurant you want to go. What's stopping you to go to the restaurant of your choice?
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#104  Postby ispoketoanangel » Aug 05, 2010 4:22 pm

hackenslash wrote:
ispoketoanangel wrote:Being vulgar, and asserting the same thing over and over again, doesn't make you right.


Aww, diddums! Did the nasty man swear at you? Go tell somebody who gives a flying fuck.

You should calm down, read a modal logic book, and come back.


I'm perfectly calm, thank you, and reading a modal logic book (which I have done, by the way) will not change the fact that the accusation of the modal error overlooks the impossibility of this entity being wrong. Perfect future knowledge equals determinism.

You are still fucking failing.


More vulgarities. When God is out of the picture, all is left is anger and bitterness. I know, I've been there.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#105  Postby hotshoe » Aug 05, 2010 4:22 pm

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ispoketoanangel wrote:
Being vulgar, and asserting the same thing over and over again, doesn't make you right.

Don't expect us to take lessons in manners from someone whose original username here was AtheistsAreVermin, and whose debut was this starting this thread:
nontheism/why-do-the-verminous-and-wicked-atheists-t6428.html#p184006

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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#106  Postby Tbickle » Aug 05, 2010 4:23 pm

ispoketoanangel wrote:
Tbickle wrote:
Wrong! Having a choice means that I have the ability to decide between at least two options


You do. You can choose to go to whatever restaurant you want to go. What's stopping you to go to the restaurant of your choice?


There is nothing stopping me from going to the restaurant of my choice. The problem is that my "choice" consists of only one option.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#107  Postby Dracena » Aug 05, 2010 4:23 pm

DaveD wrote:
ispoketoanangel wrote:
Being vulgar, and asserting the same thing over and over again, doesn't make you right.

Don't expect us to take lessons in manners from someone whose original username here was AtheistsAreVermin, and whose debut was this starting this thread:
nontheism/why-do-the-verminous-and-wicked-atheists-t6428.html#p184006


Oh, thanks for reminding us. :smile: :smoke:
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#108  Postby ispoketoanangel » Aug 05, 2010 4:24 pm

Tbickle wrote:
ispoketoanangel wrote:
Tbickle wrote:
Wrong! Having a choice means that I have the ability to decide between at least two options


You do. You can choose to go to whatever restaurant you want to go. What's stopping you to go to the restaurant of your choice?


There is nothing stopping me from going to the restaurant of my choice. The problem is that my "choice" consists of only one option.


There's only 1 restaurant in your city?
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#109  Postby Tbickle » Aug 05, 2010 4:27 pm

ispoketoanangel wrote:
Tbickle wrote:
ispoketoanangel wrote:
Tbickle wrote:
Wrong! Having a choice means that I have the ability to decide between at least two options


You do. You can choose to go to whatever restaurant you want to go. What's stopping you to go to the restaurant of your choice?


There is nothing stopping me from going to the restaurant of my choice. The problem is that my "choice" consists of only one option.


There's only 1 restaurant in your city?


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I will go to a restaurant.
I will not go to more than one restaurant.
God knows which one I will go to.
God cannot be wrong.
I cannot go to a restaurant other than the one that God already knows I will go to.
My set of possible restaurants I can go to consists of one option.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#110  Postby pennypitstop » Aug 05, 2010 4:27 pm

ispoketoanangel wrote:
hackenslash wrote:
ispoketoanangel wrote:Being vulgar, and asserting the same thing over and over again, doesn't make you right.


Aww, diddums! Did the nasty man swear at you? Go tell somebody who gives a flying fuck.

You should calm down, read a modal logic book, and come back.


I'm perfectly calm, thank you, and reading a modal logic book (which I have done, by the way) will not change the fact that the accusation of the modal error overlooks the impossibility of this entity being wrong. Perfect future knowledge equals determinism.

You are still fucking failing.


More vulgarities. When God is out of the picture, all is left is anger and bitterness. I know, I've been there.

oh really.

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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#111  Postby hotshoe » Aug 05, 2010 4:28 pm

ispoketoanangel wrote:
Tbickle wrote:
There is nothing stopping me from going to the restaurant of my choice. The problem is that my "choice" consists of only one option.


There's only 1 restaurant in your city?
That was a particularly asinine thing to say.

For a christian, you sure do have a great way of influencing people and trying to save souls for the glory of your lord, don't you.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#112  Postby hackenslash » Aug 05, 2010 4:28 pm

ispoketoanangel wrote:More vulgarities. When God is out of the picture, all is left is anger and bitterness. I know, I've been there.



Well, apart from the fact that I'm not angry, this is precisely the treatment you can expect after signing up with the username you did, and it's the only treatment you're going to receive from me during your tenure here (which I'm hoping will be spectacularly brief). I have no intention of letting that slide, thank you.

And don't think you've fucking been where I am, or have any idea where I'm coming from. I've experienced real fucking life, not a fantasy like yours. You know nothing, and you certainly don't know logic.

It's not often somebody comes along who I think should be excluded, but in my opinion, there's no fucking place for you here and, as far as I'm concerned, you're not fucking welcome. I would welcome the Westboro Baptist nutters first.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#113  Postby ispoketoanangel » Aug 05, 2010 4:31 pm

Tbickle wrote:
ispoketoanangel wrote:
Tbickle wrote:
ispoketoanangel wrote:
Tbickle wrote:
Wrong! Having a choice means that I have the ability to decide between at least two options


You do. You can choose to go to whatever restaurant you want to go. What's stopping you to go to the restaurant of your choice?


There is nothing stopping me from going to the restaurant of my choice. The problem is that my "choice" consists of only one option.


There's only 1 restaurant in your city?


:nono:

I will go to a restaurant.
I will not go to more than one restaurant.
God knows which one I will go to.
God cannot be wrong.
I cannot go to a restaurant other than the one that God already knows I will go to.
My set of possible restaurants I can go to consists of one option.


If you would freely choose to go to restaurant 1, then what God would know is that you will go to restaurant 1.

If you would freely choose to go to restaurant 2, then what God would know is that you will go to restaurant 2.

Etc.

The choice is yours, dear.

It's true that you cannot go to a restaurant other than the one you will freely choose to go. It doesn't affect one bit your freedom though, enjoy. :thumbup:
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#114  Postby ispoketoanangel » Aug 05, 2010 4:32 pm

hackenslash wrote:
ispoketoanangel wrote:More vulgarities. When God is out of the picture, all is left is anger and bitterness. I know, I've been there.



Well, apart from the fact that I'm not angry, this is precisely the treatment you can expect after signing up with the username you did, and it's the only treatment you're going to receive from me during your tenure here (which I'm hoping will be spectacularly brief). I have no intention of letting that slide, thank you.

And don't think you've fucking been where I am, or have any idea where I'm coming from. I've experienced real fucking life, not a fantasy like yours. You know nothing, and you certainly don't know logic.

It's not often somebody comes along who I think should be excluded, but in my opinion, there's no fucking place for you here and, as far as I'm concerned, you're not fucking welcome. I would welcome the Westboro Baptist nutters first.


Okay. :popcorn:
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#115  Postby Dracena » Aug 05, 2010 4:33 pm

ispoketoanangel wrote:
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That's double talk. You said that God knows where I'm going, I cannot do something other than what he already knows I will do so my future has already been decided. Regardless of whatever faux-decision making process I make after this will ultimately lead me to what has already been known.

I cannot have free will to choose if my choices exclude all other options but those that God already knows about. Aside from this implication, if God created all of us (including me), I was made in a particular fashion and in a certain setting that would incline me to particular restaurants or types of food over others I do not care for or that I may be allergic to. If our choices are indeed limited by any manner be it by divine knowledge that we cannot refute or by way of his design, I cannot actually realize full free will.


Yes, you have free will. You can freely choose to go to PIzza Hut, for example. In that scenario what God would know is that you would freely go to Pizza Hut.

What you seem to be saying is that, from the point of view of a particular world actualized by God (where you freely go to McDonalds, for example), you want to jump in another world where you freely choose to go to Pizza Hut. Of course you can't do that. You cannot change your destiny is a particular world actualized by God. But this has nothing to do with free will, but with trying to do the logically impossible. A world only has one path.


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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#116  Postby Thommo » Aug 05, 2010 4:37 pm

ispoketoanangel wrote:If you would freely choose to go to restaurant 1, then what God would know is that you will go to restaurant 1.

If you would freely choose to go to restaurant 2, then what God would know is that you will go to restaurant 2.

Etc.

The choice is yours, dear.

It's true that you cannot go to a restaurant other than the one you will freely choose to go. It doesn't affect one bit your freedom though, enjoy. :thumbup:


Yes it does. God could (according to this asinine, make believe fantasy logic) actualise a world in which I "freely choose" to go to A and he could actualise a world in which I "freely choose" to go to B, thus since god actualised the world where I "freely choose" to go to A I have no choice in the matter at all - it was decided by god.

But this is seriously obvious stuff. It's just relabelling determinism as choice and claiming it's something it's not.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#117  Postby Dracena » Aug 05, 2010 4:39 pm

ispoketoanangel wrote:If you would freely choose to go to restaurant 1, then what God would know is that you will go to restaurant 1.

If you would freely choose to go to restaurant 2, then what God would know is that you will go to restaurant 2.

Etc.

The choice is yours, dear.

It's true that you cannot go to a restaurant other than the one you will freely choose to go. It doesn't affect one bit your freedom though, enjoy. :thumbup:

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How are you not getting it? An action known about beforehand cannot be changed for another action within the parameters you have set up.
Go back to school and study logic this time, not apologetics, nkay.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#118  Postby tytalus » Aug 05, 2010 4:42 pm

I guess he can't see that there is no 'what god would know' as the would is nonsense. It implies the god-concept doesn't know yet.
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#119  Postby chairman bill » Aug 05, 2010 4:42 pm

Odin doesn't need to provide any more evidence than he has already done in order for those who are going to believe in him to actually believe in him. If you don't already believe in him, you're fucked. Specially christians.

I bet it works for Ra, Zeus, the FSM, the Tooth Fairy ...
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Re: Molinism answers all atheist objections

#120  Postby ispoketoanangel » Aug 05, 2010 4:44 pm

since god actualised the world where I "freely choose" to go to A


God actualised the world where you freely choose to go to A because you freely chose to go to A, where is the alleged lack of freedom?
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