My Thoughts

Phew, I’m finally here. hmmm…. What can I say? Highschool actually started on tuesday 2 weeks ago. So I had to wait for around 30 minutes to get picked up again. I once thought that all our new teachers were good but Mr. Rosal, our filo teacher. Right now, I find him ok. The PE teacher’s different though. He’s quite strict and we’re going to take dancing for PE! I’m also kinda’ annoyed with Mr. Langahin (our religion teacher). Yeah, I also disliked him last schoolyear. He hardly has any respect for "infidels", like myself. He also thinks that Catholicism is superior among other religions, which I again find annoying. I just steamed three tubes of shuttles cause’ I’m playing tonight. I also learned more techniques in badminton which I can hardly wait to try this evening and badminton club; I just don’t know when the club’s starting. The school’s now expanding the soccer field. I have no idea why the school isn’t using the other field beside that field. I’m starting to get used to the braces now (yeah!). I can finally eat croissants which I desperately tried last week. Three days ago, I finally landed to the conclusion that divine foreknowledge contradicts free will. Here’s the basic argument for it.

(1) Yesterday God infallibly believed T. [Supposition of
infallible foreknowledge]

(2) If E occurred in the past, it is now-necessary that
E occurred then. [Principle of the Necessity of the Past]

(3) It is now-necessary that yesterday God believed T. [1,
2]

(4) Necessarily, if yesterday God believed T, then
T. [Definition of "infallibility"]

(5) If p is now-necessary, and necessarily (p
→ q), then q is now-necessary. [Transfer of
Necessity Principle]

(6) So it is now-necessary that T. [3,4,5]

(7) If it is now-necessary that T, then you cannot do
otherwise than answer the telephone tomorrow at 9 am. [Definition of
"necessary"]

(8) Therefore, you cannot do otherwise than answer the telephone
tomorrow at 9 am. [6, 7]

(9) If you cannot do otherwise when you do an act, you do not act
freely. [Principle of Alternate Possibilities]

(10) Therefore, when you answer the telephone tomorrow at 9 am, you
will not do it freely. [8, 9]

One of the criteria for free will is choice. I realized that infallible foreknowledge contradicts that; because if God just "knows", there would be certainty; if there is certainty, it would be fixed. Please remember that God is infallibe; so it’s necessary that it is fixed. I think that for free will to exist, there should be anarchy or chaos. If there isn’t any it can be determined, which means that we have no choice.

Oh yeah, for the guys who don’t steam there shuttlecocks, here’s how to and why…

http://www.shuttlecock.com/Resources/Shuttlecock/hydrate.php

You do don’t have to hydrate the shuttles by steaming, but I think this is the best method.
Whoah, this is a long post. I’m going to sign off now…..

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