Omniscience vs Freewill and Evil

This is the first of three posts discussing the supposed "omni" (Omniscience, Omnipotence, Omnibenevolence) properties of God (When I use God here I am talking about the Abrahamic God).

To be Omniscient is to possess complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, and understanding; perceiving all things. God, with the capital G, is often stated as being omniscient. However there are a few problems that arise with omniscience. First off is freewill, second is the problem of evil.

Freewill is the ability to choose between one action and an opposing action. Society accepts that all of us have freewill. The criminal justice system is based off the belief that humans have freewill: if they had no power to choose there actions, punishing them for their actions would be immoral. However many people in society also believe in Fate and God's omniscience.

If God is omniscient, then there is no freewill. If God can see what action you are going to make, then you do not possess the ability to make a choice other then that action. If you could make such a choice, then God would have been wrong, and thus not omniscient. Some say that God knows all possible futures, and it is up to humans to choose which future they want by the choices they make. However this still implies a lack of knowledge on God's part, since he does not know what choice humans will make. Therefore God is not omniscient. In order to maintain God's omniscience, one must give up human's freewill (Equivalent Exchange for those of my readers who watch / read FMA).

Evil is a problem for the existence of an "Omni" God (A God who is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent). The problem of evil can be solved by conceding that God does not possess one or more of these omnis. If there is unnecessary evil in the world, a moral being would remove it if they possessed the power to remove it, the knowledge of the evil, and the love for those who it is hurting. If this being had the power to remove it, and the love of those who are hurt by it, but not the knowledge of the evil, then it is perfectly reasonable for unnecessary evil to exist. By concedding to the failure of God to possess one of those attributes the problem of evil starts to fade away.

When you combine the problem of Evil with the Freewill problem, omniscience becomes a logical omni to give up in order to strengthen the other arguments for the existence of such a God.

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Omniscience is his flaw!