You can have a deity who doesn't know everything that will happen
If the deity doesn't know everything then he is not all knowing and all powerful. Which means the deity is not perfect and has limits to their knowledge.
If the deity is not perfect and has limits to their knowledge then any morality they dictate could be flawed and the deity would not know it, so wouldn't that mean that any morality dictated by said deity would be subjective to them?
The second is not the logical outreach of the first. An omnipotent deity can, by definition, choose to create people who have free will, but would of course know the outcome of their choices. But foreknowledge does not necessitate predetermination. ((If you happen to be a Calvinist, you can send me a PM about it.))
I'm not a Calvinist. I actually don't even know what that means. I'm just someone who's recalling various things from philosophy courses taken many years ago through an imperfect memory and understanding.
Foreknowledge does not necessitate predetermination... After googling up a little about Calvanism, isn't this statement dependent on which definition of free will is being used?
Heh, there's always my favorite explanation ^^ God's a jerk.
Well then, he isn't all good then either.
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