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Why don't you try to rebut this: "But absolutely arbitrary (or contingent) future actions of men are not knowable, even granted previous divinely created and determined conditions, because these conditions, on this view, never determine human arbitrary actions. In sum, human indeterminism excludes divine middle knowledge." A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith, pg. 189 Robert L. Reymond Of this, John M. Frame said, "I cannot understand why so many sophisticated philosophers have failed to see this point.." Molinism eliminates God's Providence in that it is dictated by what he sees men will do, not by what he has determined they will do. And it eliminates efficacious grace, because God's grace can be resisted. Today it is popular among philosophers to use the concept of divine “middle knowledge” (knowledge of what will happen granted any possible set of conditions) in order to reconcile divine sovereignty with indeterminist human freedom. Helm points out quite rightly that if people have such indeterminist freedom, God cannot have “middle knowledge” of what they will do granted previous conditions. For the conditions, on this view, never determine human free actions. Thus indeterminism excludes divine middle knowledge. Helm is absolutely right here, and I can’t understand why so many otherwise sophisticated philosophers have failed to see this point. From Frames’ review of “The Providence of God” by Paul Helm.  WTJ Fall 1994