08-09-2010, 10:57 AM
This is the same question as "Is it possible for God to create a rock that he himself cannot lift?" The answer is also the same of course.... The answer is we do have infinite choice, even if it seems we do not. God can create a rock he cannot lift.
While this seems to argue against omnipotence or our total freedom it does not. We are free to make choices that limit our experiences. There is a thing called consistency.
Consistency means any reality cannot be self contradicting. So in the end, any totality of experience cannot contradict itself. If I choose to limit myself by being a 3d entity. I cannot do something that would contradict my limitation without ceasing to be a 3d entity. If I could do that I would not be a 3d entity. But since I am,... I cannot. Or the universe would be inconsistent.
If the universe were inconsistent this would mean any choice is without consequences. Your choice would be detached from your experience. You would become a non event. Everything would revert to structureless chaos because a base requirement for structure would be missing..
So in short to give you choice. It was necessary for you to be bound to consequences. These consequences often seem to limit our options. But they should be perceived as limitations imposed upon ourselves.
While this seems to argue against omnipotence or our total freedom it does not. We are free to make choices that limit our experiences. There is a thing called consistency.
Consistency means any reality cannot be self contradicting. So in the end, any totality of experience cannot contradict itself. If I choose to limit myself by being a 3d entity. I cannot do something that would contradict my limitation without ceasing to be a 3d entity. If I could do that I would not be a 3d entity. But since I am,... I cannot. Or the universe would be inconsistent.
If the universe were inconsistent this would mean any choice is without consequences. Your choice would be detached from your experience. You would become a non event. Everything would revert to structureless chaos because a base requirement for structure would be missing..
So in short to give you choice. It was necessary for you to be bound to consequences. These consequences often seem to limit our options. But they should be perceived as limitations imposed upon ourselves.