[DouglasKC]

Before he created them? Since God is outside of time, then yes. He absolutely knew, but there was nothing he could do to stop it since he had granted them free will.
No Doug God was not helpless..man's free will did not trump God's power.God allowed the fall to occur it happened with His permission. God was not powerless, or blind or helpless...God foreknew and allowed the fall..

Whoa! Back up the horse there Nelly. You constructed an entire distorted image of belief. God foreknew and allowed the fall BECAUSE he had created man with free will and wouldn't violate his principle.

[RnMomof7]

Whoa! Back up the horse there Nelly. You constructed an entire distorted image of belief. God foreknew and allowed the fall BECAUSE he had created man with free will and wouldn't violate his principle.

Could God have stopped the fall had he chosen to? Remember God foreknew the fall before creation..could God have made things differently and prevented the fall?