Recently I was contemplating determinism vs free will. I came to the conclusion that God knows the choices that you will have presented to yourself, but does not know what choice you will make, the same answer you have came to. But if this supreme intelligence is all knowing, it would know the decision you make, otherwise it would not be all knowing. I do not have the best knowledge of Guru Granth Sahib as I have just started reading Bhai Sahib Singh’s first Guru Granth Sahib Darpan, but in Gurbani is this Intelligence just vastly superior to us, or is it all knowing?
Veer Ji, coincidentally we are working on an article regarding this question. But even we know that an unanswered question is like a thorn in the rear end. From our understanding of Gurbani this is what we believe:
The Supreme intelligence knows the outcome of whichever course you select. But the final decision is yours. And this is the Supreme intelligence entrusting free will to you and selecting not to interfere in your selection process.
Thank you a lot for the work the sikh renaissance is doing, I’m glad I found it.
I was wondering however if you could give a quick summary of the answers to epicureans questions so I can quickly reference them, it’ll be greatly appreciated.
Apologies for the delayed response. Basically, good and evil strengthen and weaken men and they are to select good. We know this is a hilariously watered down simplification but this is all we could think of laughably. Apologies if it beats around the bush.
Recently I was contemplating determinism vs free will. I came to the conclusion that God knows the choices that you will have presented to yourself, but does not know what choice you will make, the same answer you have came to. But if this supreme intelligence is all knowing, it would know the decision you make, otherwise it would not be all knowing. I do not have the best knowledge of Guru Granth Sahib as I have just started reading Bhai Sahib Singh’s first Guru Granth Sahib Darpan, but in Gurbani is this Intelligence just vastly superior to us, or is it all knowing?
Veer Ji, coincidentally we are working on an article regarding this question. But even we know that an unanswered question is like a thorn in the rear end. From our understanding of Gurbani this is what we believe:
The Supreme intelligence knows the outcome of whichever course you select. But the final decision is yours. And this is the Supreme intelligence entrusting free will to you and selecting not to interfere in your selection process.
Thank you a lot for the work the sikh renaissance is doing, I’m glad I found it.
I was wondering however if you could give a quick summary of the answers to epicureans questions so I can quickly reference them, it’ll be greatly appreciated.
Apologies for the delayed response. Basically, good and evil strengthen and weaken men and they are to select good. We know this is a hilariously watered down simplification but this is all we could think of laughably. Apologies if it beats around the bush.
Haha it’s all good. More times I read it, it seems I get a more clearer understanding of it. I really appreciate the response, thank you a lot.