Form of Knowledge attributed to God by the 16th Century Jesuit theologian Luis de Molina. Knowledge of what would happen if we made different choices in our life. Although, critics argue that it is only possible to have knowledge of events that happen
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:16 - does omniscience mean God knows the future
God's omniscience links to the problem of evil. Anthony Flew + John Mackie have argued that it should have been possible for God to have created creatures who always chose the right thing. Freewill removed if that happened. Problem of evil - natural disasters, from the Fall
Omniscience and the everlasting God:
if God was not omniscient - doesn't fit with key ideas
Swinburne believes that you can defend omniscience and free will without timelessness - its not that he knows everything, but that he has knowledge of everything logically possible
future has not happened therefore - it can't be logically known
God's knowledge may include all future event that are predictable by physical laws
does not include free will choices
God can answer prayers
weakens omniscience
Peter Geach's chess analogy. God is omnipotent and omniscient. He has a plan regardless of what occurs
God is supreme Grand master who has everything under his control. Whatever the players do God's plan will be executed.
God is not human, that he should lie,
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
