I have, on more than several occasions, asked this question, both to myself and the people I consider but most especially the ones that confess to be grown in the faith. For a conscious mind, they usually hesitate to supply an answer. Most have usually not thought about it beforehand but it is such a burning concept that one understands what it means in a short time. One’s face will be creased with a smile as they supply a stark “yes” or a dodgy “no” although interestingly, most will look to evade either with a counter explanation that conforms to what they believe in.
One thing is obvious. Either answer is an ideological trap. One answering in the affirmative, will be acknowledging the omniscience God. This in itself implies quite an array of assertions. That God for example knew before hand and actually willed it that Eve would harvest the raw apple before ripening. He knew it that the willy serpent would successfully persuade naïve Eve and that Adam too would not stand the test of time. It would mean that He knew the battle would be lost and yet His majesty went ahead to issue a stern warning against the harvesting of the apple before He had authorized It. Do you see where I am going?
The affirmative answer to the question would imply that God knows everyone before they are born and duly knows what they shall do, when they will die and what their fate in the afterlife shall be. He would know that Kony for example shall see it fit to rape young girls and mutilate countless bodies or that Hitler would be a menace to a certain minority yet He would go ahead to allow the people set foot on earth. That means that He actually willed it that the better proportion us come to earth, make wonderful nuisances of ourselves and there after proceed to the eternal agony of the hot flames while a select few suffer here on earth and then proceed to an ephemeral rendezvous in paradise.
That would make the world the Lord’s play thing, like a toy or a novel, where some characters are in it to die, play prop or obey whatever whims the writer sees fit. I mean it would sound like the Lord just created the universe and decided to throw in a bunch of miniature dogs, to fight, mistreat each other, drive cars, go to the moon and think they have made it in life and then die while He invited some over for tea and others burned in Hell. Sounds hypocritical to me, I do not know about you.
The negative answer is not any better. The failure to believe in predestination actually doubts the omniscience of God. This would cast a shade on the other qualities, omnipotence in particular. It would therefore mean that something’s are beyond God’s control and that when push comes to shove, He does not know what will become of us or what will happen in the end. Now, there is a common belief, as asserted in the Bible too, about the final battle , then, when God shall defeat Lucifer so magnificently and then proceed to claim His rightful place. What if He is not sure about this too? What if He was to lose this battle given the fact that Something’s are beyond his control? I mean at the moment, things are not looking good for team heaven. Homosexuality, disease, war, famine and a lot of stupidity which are All evils attributed to the devil. I mean the devil has claimed people like Kaweesi, Muhamad Ali and Micheal Jackson. Why would you ever take these while Justin Beiber and Kim Kardashian are left standing?
What if the devil was to play a Bayern on Arsenal on the final battle?
There are voices in my head, questions that need to be answered and these keep me awake. Someone schedule a meeting for me with the Pope, I will meet Kayanja there after, the Mufti and Mama Fina. May be they can put my heart to rest.
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