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Originally posted by CryptikSoul
I'd like to think that an all-knowing God would be able to see ALL possible futures, all possible outcomes for all possible events that can take place, and knowing THAT then he can decide which is the best future he should follow, so in that sense he can both see the future and yet have a choice on how to act. La la la . . .
And the boulder thing, think of it like this: God would have infinite power, therefore he could create a boulder of infinite mass, and yet since his power is infinite he would still be able to lift it. So there.
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Well, arguing within these parameters, possible futures don't matter. If there is one best way, and god always does things the best way, then god has no free will. If it is possible to predict with 100% accuracy what a person/thing will do, then how can that thing have free will?
Ultimately, though, this argument defines god as some sort of entity that's sentient in the same way that we are (barring omniscience and omnipotence), which I think is erroneous.