(March 10, 2012 at 1:44 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: As a deist, I don't have to believe God has knowledge of the free-will choices in future let alone that God has knowledge of everything we would've done given a situation, let alone knowledge of what every possible soul would do. In fact it seems to me knowledge of future free-will choices doesn't make sense. Also I don't think it dimishes his greatness at all if he doesn't have this knowledge so he would still be the greatest being. He rather has every knowledge that is possible to know, but it may very well be, knowledge of free-will choices before they are decided is not possible.
So there would be a solution to this issue, but for those whom insist God has knowledge of what every soul would do, then this is a problem for them. He could've chosen to create good people only or the best people, and you have an infinite supply of possible souls.
Heraclitus said,"For man sees good and evil. For God all things are good." Humans follow what they love and desire. For those that love God and their fellow human beings they are allowed to pursue that course. For those that love themselves they are also permitted to go their way. If you are allowed to do what you want to do, it matters little if you fate has been predetermined or if it results from an uninfluenced choice. For the evil, hell is their heaven.
From a Panentheistic point of view, God would be the complete and full self-awareness of the universe of which human consciousness would only reflect an insignificant portion thereof, i.e. we share with God the attribute of freedom.
