Well far be it for me to get in the way of Auric and Feanor's Sisyphusian endeavors, but on the question of pre-ordainment, the simple answer that I've always found titillating is that time has no meaning to God (as defined by either Auric or Feanor).

GM, that panky is quite osé in a thread debating the existence of god - being all-knowing and omnipresent, I would suggest caution with that hanky.