I can watch a movie that I've seen before, but that doesn't mean I played a part in the production.
God is outside of time, he is the Alpha and the Omega. He already knows how this movie ends.
If you've already seen the movie you should also know the ending
Yes. Exactly the point.
so free will could be defined as our limited number of choices always leading to the same culminating end? is that really free will? i suppose it is OUR choices of the limited number
Simple. An Animal still has 'free will' according to it's Natural instincts, even or despite of living on a Large African Wildlife savanna reserve. We exert our Free will on this Earthy realm. Which We can not physically leave.
Unless you're crazy and your decisions have nothing to do with circumstances, why wouldn't you make the same choices given the same circumstances? God would know all the circumstances, so wouldn't be surprised by anyone's decisions. Free-will involves perception of what is and choosing what you think will best meet your goals. None of those is unpredictable.
Just by turning right out of your driveway instead of left alters your future. That was your choice, God had nothing to do with it. But I believe it is deeper than that. It's not about the daily trappings of this world.
When God speaks of free will, I believe he is speaking of whether or not we freely choose to love him and accept him in to our heart. God doesn't follow us around like some stalker begging us to love him, that would not be true love. He gives us free will to love him or reject him.
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