Thomas Flint - If God Knows the Future, What is Free Will?

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For God to be God, God must be infallible and know the future perfectly, including all my actions from birth to death. For my will to be free, my actions must not be constrained. But if God knows the future – if God literally knows now what I am going to do later – then how are my actions later not constrained? How then free will?

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Thomas Flint is an American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, known for his work on philosophy of religion. He served as Editor of Faith and Philosophy for eight years and was the Director of the Notre Dame Center for Philosophy of Religion for six years, after having served as Associate Director for 18 years, during Alvin Plantinga’s time as Director.

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