Free will vs Omniscience

We don't have the freedom to circumvent gravity either.

We can choose opposing the monster under the bed as our destiny... or... we can see whether the monster under the bed actually has any effect on our lives - and if not, we can ignore it.

As a teacher of mine used to say, if you can't explain it to an eight-year-old you don't understand it. On the other hand, a lot of what an eight-year-old understands is nonsense.

It's not about the understander; it's about the explainer.

I'm suggesting that that explainer isn't you. You haven't succeeded in explaining anything yet, which is why I suggest that you don't really understand what you're trying to explain.

In Matthew 7:23 Jesus was referring specifically to false prophets but more generally to doing good works as opposed to paying lip service to religion. He used the word "know" not in the sense of knowing facts but in the sense of knowing a person. What he was saying was, "You were never my friend." It has nothing to do with omniscience. In fact, the implication was that He DID omnisciently know all along that you weren't his friend, even though you claimed you were.

I think you can't have your cake and eat it too.If God has foreknowledge of evil and doesn't act on it, then He's evil.If He doesn't have foreknowledge, He may well have other limitations. In His "communion" with you, He may be exaggerating His powers.If He holds us responsible for our free choices, He must be held responsible for His.In summary, I don't think either "free will" or "omniscience" is a very useful concept.

How can you possibly excuse a God who would not stop him? I don't. EVERYBODY, natural or supernatural, should do as much good as possible as often as possible.

If there is a god with a timeless moral system, I don't see how that's relevant to us.

From God's point of view, He's always right (unless He changes His mind). If we have "free will", we should be free to consider God wrong, from our point of view.

Clearly not, because according to your theology if we disagree with him we go directly to hell. Once again, a choice between ice cream and a sharp stick in the eye is NOT a free choice.

From your employer's point of view, showing up for work is probably more important than your degree. He lost interest in that right after he decided to hired you.

Maybe you need to reassess what you're proud of. Bring it up to date.

Have you heard of Jesus at all?

No, God is perfectly welcome to go through my files.What annoys me is the idea that God already has my place in Hell reserved, that I don't even know yet what it is that will send me there but He does - and YOU have the gall to suggest that its my choice.