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My position would be equivalent to the view of some Catholics that God makes His decisions without foreknowledge. I would be interested to know if that view follows up with my conclusion that therefore, God must have caused our acceptance, otherwise, not all of the elect would accept, and there would be a paradox. That would seem to get rid of free will, so how is this resolved?

That is true, it is an acceptable position to take - that some Catholics can see that God chooses His elect without foreknowledge. Isn't the flexibility of the Catholic Church wonderful? However, this does not mean that God CAUSED our acceptance, no more than God CAUSED evil. In each case, God has seen to the end of the world and has planned accordingly to fulfill His will. Whether God "plans around us" or plans "simultaneously" with our actions, who can really say. We DO know that God does not take away our free will. There are too many verses that deal with our responsibility to obey God, for being judged based on what WE do, and for how God reacts to US when we do something. Scripture notes that there is some sort of interaction between God and man. I don't think we'll ever put it all together until we meet Him "face to face".

If God's will is DEPENDENT on man's choices, then we have some measure of power or affect on God.

For the ten thousandth time, you are placing God within time. You make it sound like God is drifting around in some sort of stasis waiting for us to do something, then God reacts to us....I don't really know how else to tell you this, but there is NO TIME for God. How is God DEPENDENT upon us, then??? He sees our response to His graces thousands of years ago. Everything you will do is seen in one moment for God. What can I say? Perhaps we should just move along to something else.

Regards

Whether God "plans around us" or plans "simultaneously" with our actions, who can really say.

I still don't see how "simultaneity" can have any meaning for us humans. But, if God plans around us then His sovereignty is destroyed. Of course God would have the power to do it if He chose, but it would necessarily make Him weaker. That would allow the creation to lead the creator.

How is God DEPENDENT upon us, then???

He is dependent if He takes into account His foreknowledge of our decisions into His decision to elect us. Regardless of whether God is subject to time, He acts in time as far as we can comprehend. If not, then there is no longer any need for discussion, and you cannot claim to be right because the true answer is unknowable. That would raise all of my views on predestination to a par with your views because the true answer cannot be known.