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If God is omniscient and therefore knows who is going to be saved, why does he create people that are not going to be saved?
Be advised: I am not the only one that has had this theory but as far as I know I am the only one that frames it in this particular way. However, it's not a popular idea and could be considered heretical. Remember, while here on Earth, we don't see God's plan clearly (1 Corinthians 13:12), so this is just speculation that probably has no bearing on the truth, but it does help me understand some things better.
Definition of omniscient
With respect to the Bible, the term “omniscient” means that God has perfect, that is complete and infinite, knowledge of all things. This includes all things past, present and future.
Biblical passages for God's omnisicence
Arguments in the Bible for God's omniscience are: Old Testament
New Testament
My thoughts
So, there's no shortage of references in the Bible to God being omniscient and it's pretty specific and clear and therefore I do not argue against God's omniscience. I believe that he is omniscient. I think that omniscience, omnipotence and omnipresent are the very nature of God. I argue against the definition of omniscience. I believe God has perfect and complete knowledge of all things that are knowable. What things are knowable and more importantly, what things are unknowable?
There is a silly question that non-believers like to ask relating to God's omnipotence: If God is all powerful, can he make a rock so heavy that even he can't lift it? If the answer is yes, then God isn't all powerful because there is a rock that he can't lift and if the answer is no, then God isn't all powerful because he can't make such a rock. The problem with the question is that it is asking if God can do a logical impossibility. It's like saying can God make a married bachelor? The answer to this is that God can do all things that can be done. One could also say that God is omnipotent and therefore could create a reality in which things that we consider to be logical impossibilities were possible, but it wouldn't be this reality, and I doubt that we could understand it. But, in any case, we are dealing with this reality, so let's stick to that.
I just apply the same line of reasoning to omniscience. Let's assume for the sake of argument that you didn't think of monster trucks yesterday. Does God know what you thought about monster truck yesterday. No, that's unknowable because you didn't have such a thought. So, there is something that God does not know. Does that mean he is not omniscient? No, it just means that the question is not logical, God cannot know unknowable things. Again, God is all powerful, so perhaps he could create a reality where it is possible to know logical impossibilities, but again we don't live in that reality so, let's ignore that.
I believe that it is possible that the future is unknowable. Not because God is in any way limited but because the future has not occurred yet, in this reality and therefore is unknowable.