If God 'foresaw' our acts, it would be very hard to understand how we could be free not to do them. But suppose god is outside and above the Time-line... You never supposed that your actions at this moment were any less free because God knows what you are doing. Well, He know your tomorrow's actions in just the same way--because He is already in tomorrow and can simply watch you. In a sense, He does not know your action till you have done it: but the moment at which you have done it is already 'NOW' for Him.
C.S. Lewis addresses the complex relationship between divine foreknowledge and human free will. He suggests that the idea of God foreseeing our actions raises questions about our autonomy, implying that if God knows our future choices, we may not truly be free to make them. However, Lewis offers an alternative view: if God exists outside of time, He experiences all moments—past, present, and future—simultaneously. This perspective means that God's knowledge does not impose constraints on our freedom.
In this framework, our actions remain free despite God's omniscience. God does not force or predict our actions in a conventional sense; rather, He observes them as they occur. When we act, that moment is already present for God, allowing Him to witness our decisions without interfering with our capacity to choose. Therefore, God's awareness of our future actions does not undermine our freedom; rather, it coexists with it, preserving the integrity of human choice while affirming divine omniscience.
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