tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747867752017683527.post8797192370146898696..comments2023-07-30T02:34:04.488-07:00Comments on Cerebral Faith: The Problems With Denying Middle KnowledgeEvan Mintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04849664329253455702noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747867752017683527.post-42768763341418178712018-09-04T09:30:38.534-07:002018-09-04T09:30:38.534-07:00Hello Evan, may I ask you a question regarding thi...Hello Evan, may I ask you a question regarding this view of molinism?<br /><br />There is an issue I believe the view raises. In molinism people still have free will and yet God foreknows what man will freely choose to do. My issue is with the foreknowing part. If God foreknew that Adam and Eve would sin - to me that reasonably allows for the objection that it wasn't right for God to have created a situation knowing what the outcome would be. Now I'm not saying such a view is necessarily justified, but I can understand why people would reason that way. It's as if a helicopter pilot dropped a group on people onto a tiny rocky island with high cliffs knowing they would act in such a way that they will fall off. Sure, they freely chose the acts that would ultimately lead to their falling off - but it still doesn't put the helicopter pilot in a good light. <br /><br />Now my solution to the aforementioned issue is that God simply not consider or think about the actions man would choose. This is totally possible for God just as it is for us. We are capable of banishing negative thoughts from our minds - how much more so could God do the same. However that is merely a general rule that is compatible with God having, in specific biblical instances, used his capacity for foreknowledge or actively directed events toward certain ends. To me this solves the problem I raised earlier and makes it difficult for people to accuse God of being responsible (at least on some level) for what Adam and Eve did.Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883275110127729082noreply@blogger.com