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Doctrine of Agency

Related Posts: Opposition In All Things; Problem of Evil; Fall of Man: The Doctrine; Fall of Man: Defense of the Doctrine; The Premortal Life Agency is a very important belief in Mormonism. It means generally, that we are free to make morally significant choices. But more than this, it means that God’s eternal plan is … Continue reading “Doctrine of Agency”

Related Posts: Opposition In All Things; Problem of Evil; Fall of Man: The Doctrine; Fall of Man: Defense of the Doctrine; The Premortal Life

Agency is a very important belief in Mormonism. It means generally, that we are free to make morally significant choices. But more than this, it means that God’s eternal plan is requires that we be free to make morally significant choices. This belief relates to the purpose of life and where we came from (The Premortal Life).

Before we were born into this mortal life we lived with God the Father. He gave us our agency. A war in heaven was fought over this very issue. Those who supported agency (you and me) were born into a mortal life, and Jesus was appointed to be our savior.

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The Attributes of God: Omniscience and Fate

Related Posts: Immutable, Omnipresence; The Fall of Man: Defense of the Doctrine; Election; Creation ex nihilo; Omniscience and divine Learning; Whence God? Talking about God Omniscience and Fate Immutability leads to timelessness. And timelessness leads to ubiquity. If so then God is omnipotent and free from all spatial and temporal limitations. God is also omniscient. … Continue reading “The Attributes of God: Omniscience and Fate”

Related Posts: Immutable, Omnipresence; The Fall of Man: Defense of the Doctrine; Election; Creation ex nihilo; Omniscience and divine Learning; Whence God? Talking about God

Omniscience and Fate

Immutability leads to timelessness. And timelessness leads to ubiquity. If so then God is omnipotent and free from all spatial and temporal limitations. God is also omniscient. In contrast, the LDS belief in spiritual omnipresence does not entail timelessness or immutability, and it still allows us to believe God knows all things.[1]

A typical definition of omniscience is that God knows all truths and holds no false beliefs. Traditional omniscience includes God’s certain knowledge of past, present, and future. Of knowing past, present, and future, absolute knowledge of the future is most controversial.

In this post I explore how omniscience affects beliefs about freedom, moral responsibility, and the nature of man. If one billion years ago God knows that today I have a veggie sandwich for lunch, and because God cannot be wrong, I have no choice but to realize my fate. If God knows me completely, does that mean I am a mechanism? If I am a mechanism and/or my future was determined without me, can I be held morally responsible for my actions? Continue reading “The Attributes of God: Omniscience and Fate”