Free Will and God's Omniscience

In this video, I go over my basic understanding of why we have free will, despite God knowing all of the actions we will take in our lives.

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References:

ST, Q. 83:

ST, Q. 14, A. 13:

PintsWithAquinas "37: If God knows what I’m going to do, how can I be truly free?":

AquinasOnline "Aquinas and the Freedom of the Will":

[TheFire]

I know you are getting a lot of shit from your old subscribers, but these religion videos are honestly some of the best I've seen on youtube and I hope you continue to make them.

[bradleyconrad]

But God is not a passive observer, like someone watching a replay of a football game. He omnisciently created the football game and every play, rule, and decision that occurs within the game - otherwise he wouldn’t be an omniscient creator.

[whiteswordwarrior]

Once in a debate with an atheist I explained it like this.
He said: You believe God set everything into motion, meaning he determined every beginning variable that would result in you. This includes your mind. So the “nature” of your mind was not your controlling. The “nurture” wasn’t either, as these circumstances were also entirely out of my control.


To which I replied:

I would explain it as: I believe God set everything into a possibility of different motions one can choose, he just knows what motion this will be turned into ahead of one's decision.

[skeletronmk]

prophecy, free will, and omniscience is incompatible. god does not exist, therefore, we have free will :P