Free will

[Ignorant]

Oh, I now see the problem.

Omniscience alone is not a deterrent to free will.

Is that the problem?...

I mean, a psychic, if one was to ever truly exist, could know something about someone's future, but in the end does the psychic actually have any control over ensuring that future happens?

Omniscience is not the same as being a puppet master.

However, since theists are fond of stating that god is omnipotent, therein lies the problem.  

Ah, there we go, that's better.

In the end, I understand that religion has no claim to free will whatsoever.  In the end, the one important claim for which religion needs to answer is omnipotence of its supposed god.

If that is what you understand... fair enough. How about reason and contingency? Does reason have any claim to contingency whatsoever?

In the end, the important distinctions which need to be made are between determination and necessity and contingency.

If you care about understanding a different point-of-view, then those distinctions must be understood.