Originally posted by lucifershammerLuther? Freudian slip? 😀😉
FWIW:
1. I think that God cannot do otherwise than He does/did - so He does not have free will in the "libertarian" sense. What He does, however, is in accordance with His will/desires, so he does have free will in the "compatibilist" sense.
2. While Luther is not all-knowing, IMO he does know the utter futility of his undertaking. I think it's just a question of "let's see how many I can take down with me" for him.