Question

For Augustine, the belief that God knows in advance how humans will conduct their lives :

a. means that they are relieved of guilt for their actions, because they could not possibly control what they do.

b. does not mean that they do not have free will because they do not know themselves what that life wll be.

c. means that humans need to embrace Brahman as the agent of control in their lives.

d. means that God has a responsibility to help them understand their fate.

Answer 1

Option B

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Augustine, there exists a difference in God’s will to

a) Something occurring necessarily

b) Something occurring voluntarily.

He further states that necessity does not preclude freedom by comparing the sufficient conditions for necessity and sufficient conditions for freedom.

He said that God’s foreknowledge is about necessity while man’s power/will leads to freedom. He equate freedom with power while maintaining free will

Option B is correct