Thoughts on why God didn't do this. God can create a scenario that He knows the outcome, but not necessarily all the events that get us to said outcome. He has the power to block His knowledge of the beforehand knowing our decisions. This would make a more interesting creation, don't you think? How would you like to know every word and scene of every movie before you saw it. Not much of an experience to be had.
Same reason to not just make perfect beings that obey Him. Just a bunch of robots that do what you program. BBOORRIINNGG!!! It's like playing chess with a computer and you know the programming for the moves it chooses. Waste of time, isn't it? So He creates things that have free will and are not predictable. Now I'm not saying this is all a game to Him. But it is an exercise in learning and growth for the human race.
Now we know about the angels who chose the evil side. Just as some of the angels were disloyal, He uses this life of ours to weed out the disloyal people. Why keep the bad element? In a garden you pull the weeds out and let them die to keep the productive plants. Yes, God started with a garden, (cheekiness intended).
Question would be, why wouldn't God want to have a creation in which the outcome is known, but everyone's choices can determine how we get there and how long it takes to get there. Just as a gardener plants tomato seeds and knows he will eventually get tomatoes in the end. The growth of the plant and which side the tomatoes grow on and how tall the plant gets is determined by the randomness of environment, soil, sun, water and such.
Same reason to not just make perfect beings that obey Him. Just a bunch of robots that do what you program. BBOORRIINNGG!!! It's like playing chess with a computer and you know the programming for the moves it chooses. Waste of time, isn't it? So He creates things that have free will and are not predictable. Now I'm not saying this is all a game to Him. But it is an exercise in learning and growth for the human race.
Now we know about the angels who chose the evil side. Just as some of the angels were disloyal, He uses this life of ours to weed out the disloyal people. Why keep the bad element? In a garden you pull the weeds out and let them die to keep the productive plants. Yes, God started with a garden, (cheekiness intended).
Question would be, why wouldn't God want to have a creation in which the outcome is known, but everyone's choices can determine how we get there and how long it takes to get there. Just as a gardener plants tomato seeds and knows he will eventually get tomatoes in the end. The growth of the plant and which side the tomatoes grow on and how tall the plant gets is determined by the randomness of environment, soil, sun, water and such.