The traditional line on God's failure in the creation story is that he gave Adam and Eve free will, so he's not responsible for what happened. Now imagine god running the simulations for his creation, which are no doubt perfect given certain inputs. If you have a simulation with free will, it would come up with Adam and Eve eating the apple 100% of the time. That's not how free will works. Or maybe the simulation would say Adam and Eve would eat the apple 50% of the time. That's not how omniscience works. So, which one doesn't exist, God's omniscience, or free will?
Raven: It sounds like you reject the idea of omniscience, then. To reject god's will with omniscience and omnipotence would require god's tacit permission, and would therefore not be against god's will. If god went in not knowing what the outcome would be, which seems necessary to disobey god, he would not be omniscient. I am troubled by your inability to understand the thought experiment. Of course omniscience is, in effect, a simulation that would allow you to perfectly know what the outcome of your choices would be.
Skullhead: You fail to understand the thought experiment. The 100% simulation represents a God with omniscience. If God has omniscience, his simulation, which would be his thoughts, would perfectly represent what would happen. There is no room for free will there, as you yourself said. The 50/50 one represents what it might be like if he didn't have omniscience. You seem to take issue with the particular number I chose. Which would you prefer? 25%? 75%? You should probably enlighten us to what C or D might be. I don't imagine you can, as you've conceded it must be the 100%, since you conclude god "just knows" and free will, therefore, must not exist by your own admission.
Raven: It sounds like you reject the idea of omniscience, then. To reject god's will with omniscience and omnipotence would require god's tacit permission, and would therefore not be against god's will. If god went in not knowing what the outcome would be, which seems necessary to disobey god, he would not be omniscient. I am troubled by your inability to understand the thought experiment. Of course omniscience is, in effect, a simulation that would allow you to perfectly know what the outcome of your choices would be.
Skullhead: You fail to understand the thought experiment. The 100% simulation represents a God with omniscience. If God has omniscience, his simulation, which would be his thoughts, would perfectly represent what would happen. There is no room for free will there, as you yourself said. The 50/50 one represents what it might be like if he didn't have omniscience. You seem to take issue with the particular number I chose. Which would you prefer? 25%? 75%? You should probably enlighten us to what C or D might be. I don't imagine you can, as you've conceded it must be the 100%, since you conclude god "just knows" and free will, therefore, must not exist by your own admission.