"And only an omnipotent all-mighty being that is both past,present and future could have given
such information,and read genesis where the birth,and death,and resurrection of Jesus was predicted"
Two forms of theological determinism exist, here referenced as strong and weak theological determinism.[1]
The first one, strong theological determinism, is based on the concept of a creator deity dictating all events in history: "everything that happens has been predestined to happen by an omniscient, omnipotent divinity".[2]
The second form, weak theological determinism, is based on the concept of divine foreknowledge - "because God's omniscience is perfect, what God knows about the future will inevitably happen, which means, consequently, that the future is already fixed"...[3]
There are various implications for metaphysical libertarianfree will as consequent of theological determinism and its philosophical interpretation.
Strong theological determinism is not compatible with metaphysical libertarian free will, and is a form of hard theological determinism (equivalent to theological fatalism below). It claims that free will does not exist, and God has absolute control over a person's actions ...
Weak theological determinism is either compatible or incompatible with metaphysical libertarian free will depending upon one's philosophical interpretation of omniscience.
