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Well I was trying to distinguish between the way you (and I also, fwiw) believe in a higher power and the more often accepted notion of God.

So, for 1. I think you're missing the intended definition of 'God'

and for 2. this isn't actually that simple. Lets say you are given a choice between a blue card and a red card, and you get to choose one and only one and there is no clear advantage to you for choosing either. If God knows what you're going to pick before you are ever presented with the cards, you cannot choose the one God didn't know you were going to pick, thus calling into question whether or not the choice was truly free or just felt free.