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    It is not the case that If God eternally and immutably wills the complete causal history of a creature's act, then that act's occurrence is necessitated by divine decree prior to any creaturely deliberation.

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    • 1.Willing a complete causal history ≠ willing that the creature has no alternative—compatibilist freedom may remain intact.
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    • 2.Logical priority (decree precedes choice in explanation) differs from temporal priority; this conflates two distinct orderings.
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    • 3.God knowing an act will freely occur doesn't make it necessary; foreknowledge and determinism are separable problems.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.God's eternal knowledge includes complete causal chains; ignorance of causation would limit omniscience.
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    • 2.If God decrees X and X's entire causal history, then without that decree X would not occur—thus decree necessitates.
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    • 3.Immutability means God cannot revise decrees based on creaturely choices, so choices cannot be genuinely undetermined.
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