Originally posted by Chrawnus
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There is a common thread that theists want things "both ways" for a lot of these themes. They want to preserve free will, and also preserve omniscience. But the slight-of-hand being used here simply doesn't work. It is not merely that the person doesn't choose differently - they cannot choose differently; it would defy the choice god made in creating the universe. They may "feel" as if they are freely choosing, but the choice was made for them by the creative choice of god.
I'm not sure how you're not seeing why this is so. As I said, you only need to hypothesize that the person actually DOES choose differently to see the source of the contradiction. You also merely need to note that god's choice is effectively prior to the choice of the individual, so essentially chooses which "free choice" the person will make. If you don't see how that nullifies actual free choice, I'm not sure what else there is to say.
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