Good day to you, Sozo.
Now, I want to start out by getting some things out of the way. I need to explain that I do not believe that if God had exhaustive foreknowledge that his foreknowledge would remove our free will. I do, however, believe that we would not have free will if He had the foreknowledge.
Of course, there are some instances where his having foreknowledge would not mean that we do not have free will, but that is if the foreknowledge were not exhaustive.
The reason I believe this is that I believe whatever allows God to have the foreknowledge is what would mean we have no free will.
One example is that if God predestined everything then we would have no free will. His preordaining is the reason we do not have free will, not his foreknowledge. Or if there were more than one god, and one of those gods foreordained all things, and the other gods had knowledge of those things, only the god who foreordained everything would be the cause of our not having free will, but the other gods would have the foreknowledge, but in no way would they be responsible for our not having free will.
Do you agree?
Of course, neither of us believes all things were predestined, nor do we believe there are multiple gods. So, after your response we can move on to things we do believe.
Now, I want to start out by getting some things out of the way. I need to explain that I do not believe that if God had exhaustive foreknowledge that his foreknowledge would remove our free will. I do, however, believe that we would not have free will if He had the foreknowledge.
Of course, there are some instances where his having foreknowledge would not mean that we do not have free will, but that is if the foreknowledge were not exhaustive.
The reason I believe this is that I believe whatever allows God to have the foreknowledge is what would mean we have no free will.
One example is that if God predestined everything then we would have no free will. His preordaining is the reason we do not have free will, not his foreknowledge. Or if there were more than one god, and one of those gods foreordained all things, and the other gods had knowledge of those things, only the god who foreordained everything would be the cause of our not having free will, but the other gods would have the foreknowledge, but in no way would they be responsible for our not having free will.
Do you agree?
Of course, neither of us believes all things were predestined, nor do we believe there are multiple gods. So, after your response we can move on to things we do believe.