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    It is not the case that Middle knowledge is logically prior to God's creative decree, so foreknowledge tracks free choices rather than determining them.

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    • 1.Middle knowledge's claim that God knows counterfactuals independent of His will is unclear—what grounds such knowledge if not God's decree or nature?
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    • 2.Even if foreknowledge doesn't causally determine choices, knowing with certainty what someone will freely choose seems incompatible with their genuine contingency.
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    • 3.The logical priority distinction collapses under scrutiny: if God's knowledge is infallible, the future is settled regardless of the ordering of logical operations.
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    • 1.If God's knowledge causally determined choices, those choices wouldn't be free—they'd be necessitated by prior divine knowledge, violating libertarian freedom.
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    • 2.Middle knowledge allows God to know counterfactuals about free creatures without creating them, preserving both omniscience and genuine agent autonomy.
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    • 3.Logical priority explains how foreknowledge can be comprehensive yet non-coercive: God knows what free agents would choose before deciding to actualize that world.
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