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Omniscience

Omniscience is the attribute of God that signifies complete and perfect knowledge of all things—past, present, and future. This means God knows everything that can be known, including all possible choices humans might make. In discussions about free will, omniscience raises questions about how human freedom coexists with God's foreknowledge. If God knows what we will choose, can we be truly free? Theodicy, the study of why evil exists if God is all-knowing and all-good, also intersects with this attribute, as it challenges us to consider how God permits suffering within the framework of divine knowledge and human freedom.