[Blueblaze]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Assuming that God does exist and is the ultimate engineer and is perfection personified and has set up the perfect plan, then it is implied that He/She/It/They (father, son, holy ghost) are infallible. If the plan is infallible then there is zero error and all things are going exactly according to plan. Creatures live and die, galaxies collide, all according to the perfect plan. Then, you or I in a moment of desperation or distress cry out to God to grant our prayer. The unmitigated gall! To dare to ask God, the creator, to change His perfect plan for the universe because we are upset. Even if you get what you want, it is only because it was destined to happen anyway. And, you or I were destined/required as part of the plan to make the request.
Imagine God's perfect plan as a billiard shot that started with the big bang. We, like particles on the billiard balls are just along for the ride. We may imagine free will, but it is only illusion. Like actors on the great stage of life, we go through the motions without a choice of what we will do next. We can't recognize it as we are immersed in and lost in our rolls. God created the plan and our fates, along with the fate of the universe has already been dictated. Those who believe, have no choice but to believe. Likewise, those who don't believe, have no choice but to not believe.

You missed the only theory that covers all the facts. It's not a "perfect plan", it's an conscious universe. And you, being a spec of God's consciousness, have a spec of His free will. Yes, it was engineered, but not all at once, any more than the Wright Brother's invention was the Boeing 747.