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Does God know in advance what man will choose?

שו”תDoes God know in advance what man will choose?
asked 6 years ago

If God knows in advance what man will choose, then man apparently has no choice.
Because God’s knowledge of what might happen requires that it happen (after all, God doesn’t make mistakes), then in advance
It is written what the person will choose to do.
The implications of this are of course on the concept of choice, reward and punishment, etc.
I would appreciate an answer as soon as possible.
With great appreciation
generation

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מיכי Staff answered 6 years ago
. replied 6 years ago

Rabbi, why don't you argue like the excuse of the rabbi, and I've seen that many of today's philosophers do the same. That God's knowledge is because of man's actions. And not the other way around or that the two are independent.
That is, since God is above time on a chronological level, he knows even “before” that we did in the current timeline. But on a logical level, it came because of our actions.

An example of what this is like. To a wedding photo. And the tape was sent back in time to before the wedding.

מיכי Staff replied 6 years ago

I referred you. Read there. The subject has been discussed at length on the site in several places. If you want more, search for “Newcomb's Paradox”.

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