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Is divine omniscience compatible with human freewill?

Is Divine Omniscience compatible with human freewill?

The two most basic parts of the definition of God is that he is all powerful and all knowing, or omnipotent and omniscient. This essay will focus on the classical definition of God’s omniscience and the problems that this definition creates for human free-will theory. I will outline both definitions and the problems they mutually create for each other, some alternative views of God’s omniscience and also alternative views of human free-will, I will then suggest solutions to the problems from both sides of the argument and then conclude if they are compatible
The most basic definition of divine omniscience is that God knows everything, and that everything he knows is a true fact, that god has a complete and ultimate knowledge of everything. This means that God’s knowledge is based on the true reality of the universe. Many theists hold that the reason God knows everything in the universe is because he created it, while...

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