On Dec. 1, 2017, I debated Mr. Will Duffy on open theism. The debate occurred in the Denver, Colorado area. The topic of the debate was "Is Open Theism a Proper Representation of the God of Scripture?" No, it is not. Nevertheless, I recently discovered an article...
I've always been puzzled by the notion held by some people that if God knows what we are going to choose in the future, then we don't really have free will. They say that if God knows we are going to make a certain "free will" choice, then when it is time for us to...
Following is an attempt to provide a logical proof that God knows all future events exhaustively and that the open theism view that God does not know the future free will choices of creatures is false: God is the only eternal, uncaused, and self-existent being who was...
Introduction What is open theism? What are the basic tenets of open theism? Things you might hear the God of open theism say Open theism verses listed by topic Issues and Answers The plain reading of scripture A logical refutation of open theism Does God choose to not...
Open Theists often use Moses' effective intercession for Israel as "proof" that God is learning and does not know what will happen in the future or what people will say or do. In this view, God apparently relents because Moses was able to surprise God with arguments...
In Open Theism, God does not exhaustively know the future. He also makes mistakes, learns, and has regrets because of His ignorance of future events. The open theist says that God does not know future free will choices of people because He either chooses to not know...
Following are the basic tenets of Open Theism; it is with these presuppositions that open theists approach the Bible and interpret it: God's greatest attribute is love. This attribute of God is often elevated above His other attributes and used to interpret God in...
The following list of statements is not meant to be offensive to the Open Theist. They are meant to be both humorous and illustrative. Open Theism teaches that God does not know future events, that He can be surprised by them, that He can make mistakes, and that He...
The following is a reprint of my original paper (in black text), with an open theists response (in brown text), and my answer to his response (in green text): Do you believe that God learns? According to Open theism, God does not know the future free will choices of...
Open theism teaches that God does not know the future either because He chooses to, or because the future is unknowable. Following are questions to ask open theists: Do you believe that God learns? According to Open theism, God does not know the future free will...