| Free will and gods omniscience are indeed contradictory. The foundation of god's omniscience stems from his "plan" for us all. Upon the creation of the universe, he had a predestined plan for my life, and knew every decision I would ever make. In other words, he would have created me to fulfill those decisions. A good analogy would be to program a robot to run a specific course and then set it in motion. Would you say that the robot had free will, even though different courses were "possible". No.
"I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other gods you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts |