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Allow me to break this conundrum down to its simplest form:

Premises:

1) Man has free will.

2) God is omniscient.

For a given decision, with two choices, A and B:

3) God, being omniscient, knows the man will choose B.

4) Man, has two choices:

    a) He freely chooses A, and shows God to be wrong,
       or *not* omniscient.

    b) He freely chooses B, as God knew he would all
       along.

So here we are.  There is *only one choice*, 4b, that
can be made without violating Premise #2.  If, however,
man is not free to make either choice, that violoates
Premise #1.

Where is the flaw in this logic, or what is the means
by which you can circumvent it?

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