Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 03:27:51 -0600
From: Craig Reynolds 
Subject: anti-theists

Was just browsing along using an "Ibid" search and ran across your
anti-theists page. I feel that the free-will debate wasn't boiled down
far enough. Just to have my quick say.
1. God gave man free-will. The ability to make his own choices,
non-predetermined.
2. Free-will is an impossibility. All choices were affected by all
previous actions and your personal make-up. Genetics and your personal
experiences to date. Wether I choose to run a red light or not, is
totally dependant on the surrounding circumstances as well as lessons
learned in the past.
3. If God is omniscient and omnipotent, then at the moment of Creation
he knew all about me, the trials I would face and the decisions I would
make. As well as why I made them. It is predetermined.
4. If God doesn't know, he is not omniscient. If he does know, then he
has predetermined my path. If I am an evil sinner, he knew long before I
came into existence. Even if he did exist, as stated above, then I
certainly wouldn't have any respect for him.

Craig A. Reynolds