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Originally posted by Alchoholic Hero
The free will debate (debacle) is the thorn in the side of every philosopher this side of Plato: the realization that if something is omnipotent, or omnescient, rather, then the premise for free will goes down the drain: if the future can be known to anyone, be they celestial or not, then the free will of man cannot have any place in the scheme of things.
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Imagine a God who knows the result of every possible action, but leaves the choice of action to us, except for certain interventions (like parting the Red Sea, for example). It seems to me that it doesn't have to be free will vs. omniscience. It doesn't have to be one linear future.