Can God be omnipotent if we have free will?
As far as omnipotence is concerned, God would not be omnipotent if he created beings with free will and then proceeded to violate his own will by determining human behavior directly.
What is a word that means all knowing?
omniscient
adjective. om·ni·scient | \ äm-ˈni-shənt \ Essential Meaning of omniscient. formal : knowing everything : having unlimited understanding or knowledge an omniscient deity The novel has an omniscient narrator.
Can people have free will while God is all knowing?
Conclusion: Therefore, people cannot have free will while God is all knowing. We can accept premises 1 and 2 without concern. These are the claims of Christianity and the starting point for the argument. Right now we aren’t concerned with justifying these claims. Let’s move on. Premise 3 is really a continuation of premise 1.
Does God’s knowledge of the future mean we don’t have free will?
The question Josh asked is, basically, whether God’s knowledge of things that we think of as the future (more on that later) means that God, not us, causes them to happen, so that we don’t actually have free will. And the simple answer to that question, once again, is: No.
Does God know the outcome of my choice?
The outcome of my choice is not fixed. It is up to my free will to decide. Nevertheless, God, who knows all things, knows for certain that I will choose the waffles tomorrow morning. By this understanding, we are led to believe that divine omniscience, or foreknowledge in this case, is wholly compatible with libertarian free will.
Is God’s knowledge always correct and certain?
For if God’s knowledge is always correct, that is, infallible and certain, then what he knows of the future will certainly and infallibly come to pass. Take our Eggo example. Suppose God knows for certain that tomorrow morning I will choose the waffles. Then if I were to ask you, “What will I choose, the waffles or the french toast?”