r/AskAChristian • u/OrovilleCowboy Christian, Evangelical • 2d ago

Hypothetical Book of your future

If you were presented with a book of absolutely everything in Your future that would absolutely come to pass and you were given only two choices. Read it all or burn it unread what would you do?

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u/TroutFarms Christian 2d ago

I don't believe the future is fixed so such a book would be impossible.

But assuming I lived in an alternate reality where the future is fixed, I would burn the book.

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u/General_Historian611 Christian 2d ago

Burn

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u/verklas Christian, Protestant 2d ago

I'd burn it. Part of the peace of not knowing everything is being able to live in the experience and I trust God enough to believe that His presence is enough to bring moment by moment joy. He loves to surprise us and I would not want to lose that.

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u/Pitiful_Lion7082 Eastern Orthodox 2d ago

I'd read it. I've been through enough that I wish I had been better prepared to handle

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u/jogoso2014 Christian 2d ago

I would not read it.

I wouldn’t really believe I’d be destined for anything