:>)
And here we are discussing theology....who'd a thunk it?
If they had latitude in behavior, and if God is absolutely omniscient, then God could have foreseen everything as in a preview, and then made necessary adaptations according to a plan to accomplish a desired end.
The flood would have been one of those adaptations. (So would the cross of Calvary.)
Again, God's desired end was more important than the cost along the way. I was worth the cost of His own Son's life.
"If they had latitude in behavior, and if God is absolutely omniscient, then God could have foreseen everything as in a preview, and then made necessary adaptations according to a plan to accomplish a desired end."
He could have done all of this before he created mankind, but he didn't.
"The flood would have been one of those adaptations. (So would the cross of Calvary.)"
Only if God is cruel and capricious.
"Again, God's desired end was more important than the cost along the way. I was worth the cost of His own Son's life."
And humankind be damned.