An idea from The Consolation of Philosophy

The prisoner’s last worry is this. If God knows everything in advance and can’t be wrong, your choices are already fixed. Rewards and punishments become unfair, and prayer becomes pointless. He can’t find a way out of it on his own.

From The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

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