Monday, July 31, 2017

Divine Omniscience and Income Inequality

Even if God does play dice with the universe, his presumed omniscience guarantees that he knows the outcome in advance.  Now, that divine characteristic contributes to doctrines of Predestination, since if God knows from the outset what will occur, and is omnipotent, all events must be expressions of divine will.  Thus, in particular, good fortune and ill fortune are expressions of divine Grace and Damnation, which as Weber shows, are the cornerstones of some varieties of Capitalism.  So, if Weber is correct, the political fight against income inequality is, according to some, blasphemous.  In any case, Einstein might be correct that God does not play dice with the universe, simply because, as omniscient, he would know the outcome anyhow, thereby eliminating the possible play factor from any motivation to do so.

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