Can prayer change God's perfect plan?

[Valyza1]

Considering the idea of acting according to God's Will to be "one thing" is like considering living your life to be "one thing". You can categorize a whole bunch of things under a single title and call it "one thing", that doesn't mean it isn't also many things.  How would YOU define freedom?

You said God knows the future and our actions and choices are predetermined. That means we're free to do what God predicts and ONLY what god predicts. That's one thing.

Suppose you had the ability to look back and watch your entire past in as much detail as you want, knowing you can't change it. Would that make all the multiple choices you made in the past any less free? That's all omnipotence means. To know all things and events. There's no restriction on freedom there to those who are making choices. I don't understand why people can't wrap their heads around this.

The interesting thing is I'm not even trying to justify theism.  I'm just speaking hypothetically about the apparent conflict between Free Will and Determinism and explaining my thoughts about how they can co-exist.  I'm not interested in doing a "logic-battle" with anyone.

The only version of free will that is NOT in conflict with determinism is by definition: Compatabilism.

Which is a type of free will that no one doubts anyway. It's not a philosophical problem. It's a philosophical way of dodging a problem rather than dealing with it.

And it's a definition of free will that's so lax that it means we're free even though we can't do otherwise.

You can call that free however much you like... but you're basically just labelling normal willpower as "free will" rather than actually addressing the question.

Compatabilism is a godamn side-step.

So basically, what you are calling Free Will is the complete absence of Determinism, yes? If that's the case, then I agree with you. Free Will, by that definition, does not exist, because determinism does exist.