I'm not trying to badger you into anything. I'm trying to avoid drawing conclusions from statements of yours that I may have poorly understood, so I was asking for clarification. I still think the distinction I'm drawing is valid, and I think you're using the "it's all the same to God" position to avoid addressing it. Not that it's notall the same to God; but it's not all the same to us.
God being timeless, omnipresent, and omnipotent, knew before time began what all of time contained/s. Therefore, nothing "surprises" God since he mandated what would happen even allowing for our "free will".(Now that may run into a religious controversy with others who feel we have no choice in the matter but that aspect I feel is answered in the same fashion)