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 just read the first few chapters of the qur'an... the logic that many gods cannot agree is pretty much reasonable

and Ludwig von Mises also throws his hat in the centre with his point in Human Action that an Acting God would change the rules whereas a Knowing God would not need to... he doesn't quite draw this to its end but the point he makes is clear: if God knows all he can't change it, and so he is not omnipotent, even if he made it all, which is quite poetic, i think

no, i want to believe that jesus is a dude, who has a posse, and they are coming to help us out in the incoming next cycle of the history of teh earth, which could actually be total extinction for humans (we only made it through as ~5000 individuals about 75000 years ago this is now quite established in genomics of humans

but you'd have to read some Enoch and probably some other things to grasp that Angels = Humans and Angels != Gods - this is the equation the Fallen Angels push on people, who they treat as cattle 
 I want to make sure I understand one of your points. Is this what you're saying:

1) "If GOD knows everything already, then he can't change things, therefore he isn't the all powerful GOD"

2) gods disagree, therefore someone has to be wrong. 


Is this accurate? 
 I have read Enoch if that's what you were also asking.  
 The Quran also suggests to reference the Gospel which talks about how Jesus is the Christ lol 
 Once you understand time and that GOD is not limited by time, it'll make sense that HE knows what's going to happen. In addition, as a dad, my kids have free will, but I know what they're going to do and how things will end sometimes lol.  
 A theme in the original sin is free will. Without free will there's no point to live. GOD allows us to be tempted because we have free will. We can leave HIM, but HE doesn't leave us.