Re: Question about "the Gros Venure" as mentioned by Aubrey
- From: R. L. <see-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:58:10 -0800
On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:18:09 +1300, zeborah@xxxxxxxxx (Zeborah) wrote:
>Brian M. Scott <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
/snip/
>> If it's possible for
>> anyone/anything to know the outcome of a decision before
>> that decision was made, then I don't see how to avoid the
>> conclusion that the result was predetermined.
>
>For the God I'm postulating / believe in, there *is* no "before". He is
>outside of time; past, present and future are alike to him. In our past
>he knows our future just as in our future he knows our past, because he
>sees it all at once; he *is* all at once. Or once at all. Words don't
>work well.
I'm not following most of this sub-thread, but there are some relevant
metaphors in Sayers' THE MIND OF THE MAKER and in one of Lewis's books.
--
RL at houseboatonstyx com (insert one 'the')
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