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    It is not the case that Boethius and Aquinas argued that God does not foreknow but rather 'now-knows' all events from an atemporal vantage point.

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    • 1.Atemporality is metaphysically incoherent: timeless existence contradicts the relational nature of knowing, which requires temporal succession.
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    • 2.Even if God sees all moments at once, this doesn't solve the problem—God still knows the future will occur, making it seemingly necessary.
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    • 3.The view conflates epistemic access with causal determination without explaining why simultaneous knowledge avoids constraining human choice.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.If God exists outside time, God perceives all moments simultaneously rather than sequentially, avoiding the logical problem of foreknowledge.
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    • 2.Atemporality preserves human free will since God's knowledge doesn't causally determine future events, only observes them timelessly.
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    • 3.This view reconciles omniscience with contingency: God knows what will freely happen without that knowledge making it necessary.
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