kelsei-is-just-whelmed-by-you:

monstrousgourmandizingcats:

residinginpurgatory:

nexxara:

If there’s a God there’s no such thing as free will.

Not for nothing, but Saint Boethius literally addressed this objection some fifteen hundred years ago.

If God exists in the present, and is able to “look into” the future and see what we’re going to do, then there can be no such thing as free will.If God’s “present” encompasses all of reality, and therefore He sees past, present, and future as if they are currently happening in front of Him… well, then that’s different, isn’t it?

From His perspective, it’s not that I will ride the bus a week from now, but I am riding the bus a week from now. Even if God can see all the actions I am performing in my life in His eternal present, that doesn’t necessitate that He’s determining the actions that I’m taking. 

I don’t believe Boethius was ever canonized, but otherwise, this was my understanding as well.

Ha I found it