| The Fury said: But this goes goes back to SHADE's orginal answer to the idea that God was testing Cain. God knows Cain killed Abel, he knows the future of what Cain will do however God cannot affect Cain's free will of choice, to say that he did kill him or that he didn't. All these things point to the same arguement that Free Will and omniscience contridict each other. You cannot have one with the other. I see it as the past has happened so God knows. The future hasn't happened but God knows all outcomes. The futures are determined by man's free will but it doesn't matter which free will choice man makes as God knows them all.
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You can't have free will and determinism at the same time. That is basic knowledge.
If God is omniscient then he knew every detail of what would happen on and around Earth before time as we know it started. The way things were, are and will be were completely determined by God, as he made the decision, again, before time started. I.e. had he decided to change some details of his creation we would have made completely different decisions throughout our lives. But he settled with our current situation.
