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Originally Posted by Rust
An event known by an infallible omniscient being must happen... it could not have not happened or the being would be fallible.
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Right- but this being can give free will and also know what will happen. Must it happen? Yes. Can this being give free will and foretell future events with 100% accuracy? I see no reason why not. The argument, "because it must happen and therefore you can't change your mind, and if you can't change your mind you don't have free will" doesn't work. Why? Because you can "change your mind" all you want; it's just that an infallible, omniscient being knows what changes (if any) you will freely choose to make.
"But once God says this will happen, it must happen. If it must happen, you have no free will."
Poppycock! It must happen because he's always right. You can have free will and he can be clairvoyant.
I've debated this with others and it usually just goes around in circles, so I'll just bow out of this debate now.
