Some religious people (I have Christians in mind) make two separate and paradoxical claims about the universe. Their first claim is that their god is omniscient (all-knowing) with a plan for everything. Their second claim is that their god gave them free will. Determinism and omniscience are essentially the same thing. If a god is omniscient it means that they have knowledge of how everything will ever be. The example in the previous post also applies here; whether you choose to kick a ball or not, your omniscient god already knows your choice; you have no choice but to act in the way that your god knows you will.
If you have free will then your god will constantly have to make amendments to their plan. Let's say that there are two people, person A and Person B. God plans for and knows that person B will save a boy from drowning. Similarly, this god knows that person A will not kick a ball. If the god knows all of this to be the determined future, he can have a plan that will definitely occur. If we add free will, however, it becomes clear that the god cannot have a plan. If person A acts on free will and kicks the ball which hits person B and knocks him into the street where B is hit by a bus, then the god will have to craft a different plan; additionally, it becomes clear that the god cannot predict even the immediate future. So long as humans have free will the god's plan and knowledge is entirely subject to human action and thought.
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