Believing in accidents is like believing in miracles--both presuppose that God does not know the future.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Belief in accidents or miracles implies God lacks foreknowledge.
- In plain terms
- Accidents imply God doesn't know the future.
- What can you take from it?
- Chance challenges divine knowledge.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does God know the future?
- What is an accident?
Another view
It presumes a specific view of divine omniscience.
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