Reviewing a Tiktok Debate About God

Описание: In this video, AMOT reviews, with Scripture, a back and fourth from some tiktok atheists and a Christian on the topic of free will and foreknowledge/omniscience and predestination.

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Video summary (provided by AI and edited by AMOT):

Atheist’s Argument: The atheist claims God’s infallible foreknowledge makes free will impossible. If God knows all future events inherently, they must occur as known, rendering the future fixed and human choices predetermined, negating free will. He rejects the Christian’s claim that foreknowledge doesn’t cause actions.

Christian’s Flawed Response: The Christian, echoing William Lane Craig, uses a barometer analogy: God knows actions like a barometer knows weather, without causing them. This analogy fails as it’s unbiblical and misrepresents the atheist’s point, which is about logical incompatibility, not causation. Scripture, not man-made analogies, should guide explanations (Isaiah 55:9).

Biblical Predestination: Scripture teaches God’s foreknowledge stems from His predetermination, not vice versa (Romans 8:29-30). God decrees all events (Ephesians 1:11), ensuring His knowledge is infallible. Human actions, including sin, align with His plan, not autonomous free will (Romans 9:17-18). Sinful actions don't catch God by surprise nor are they against His sovereign plan. Analogies like barometers obscure this truth.

Free Will Unbiblical: The atheist’s “free will” assumes neutral autonomy, absent from Scripture. Humans are slaves to sin (John 8:34) or God (Romans 6:18), not neutrally "free" agents. God’s sovereignty, not human choice, determines outcomes (Romans 9:11). Christians should reject this idol of free will, desiring Christ’s will (Matthew 5:48).

God’s Sovereignty and Sin: The atheist questions why God placed the forbidden tree in Eden, implying He could’ve prevented the Fall. Romans 9:17-22 explains God allows sin to demonstrate His power and mercy (e.g., Pharaoh’s hardening). He favored Noah (Genesis 6:8) and elects many for salvation, not based on their choices or works but His love and purpose in Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Unbelievers’ Knowledge: Romans 1:18-21 refutes the atheist’s claim that moral knowledge is unprovable or societal. All know God’s moral law (e.g., murder is wrong) via creation and conscience but suppress it in unrighteousness. Their rational arguments presuppose Christianity’s truth, borrowing its moral framework to deny God.

Subjective Morality Refuted: The atheist’s subjective morality fails; if morality is relative, no compass is valid, undermining debate itself (Proverbs 1:7). Objective morality, rooted in God’s law written on hearts (Romans 2:15), explains universal moral truths. Atheism’s “cosmic dust” worldview renders morality meaningless, contradicting their own ethical objections.

Christian Duty to Answer: The Christian’s weak response (e.g., “God is outside time”) dodges the issue, unbiblically avoiding Scripture’s clear answers (1 Peter 3:15). God’s incarnation (John 1:14) shows He operates in time, and His decrees explain foreknowledge (Acts 2:23). Christians must use biblical reasons, not speculation, to refute atheism.



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0:00 God JUST KNOWS the future?
1:35 Knowledge doesn't cause events
5:07 Is God outside of time?
6:36 God's knowledge cannot be wrong!
8:43 Why put the tree of knowledge there?
11:55 Fair chance at salvation?
13:29 Belief IS a choice!!!
14:45 Everybody already knows!!!
17:10 Subjective morality?
22:52 Conclusion