(May 26, 2012 at 11:34 pm)Stimbo Wrote: May be drifting off-topic, but does God have the power and/or the will to change the ending of the story, or does it have to play out exactly as written with all the seven-headed beast stuff?
Yep, will end as willed.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.