Yes, and I guess it's a matter of perspective. If you were religious, the predestination would be known only to God, as He would be the only one who would have knowledge of everything to come. Come to think of it, he would be outside of time, having created it, and therefore, there would be no 'to come' or future for him. I mean, He's God. [img]smile.gif[/img] For us though, time is a constant and unalterable dimension...however, we know that theoretically it is alterable (thanks Einstein) and that brings in the definite possibility of controlling time: i.e. if God is outside of that dimension, it is just another variable for Him, in the way the four directions are variable to us, right?
So, if you are still following my kindergarten-level philosophical ramblings: The idea of predestination isn't really a useful one for us, except to use as a method to cope when things happen to us that we can't explain. Since we don't know the future and are locked in time, our options still exist and since there is not way we could know, if you assume God does, what will happen (is predestined) you can only try your best and struggle as you can. Precisely because the future is unknown to us.
Anyway, that's the way my mind, trained in a little physics and math, looks at the problem of predestination that exists in most major religions.
Does that make sense FIsh?
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