[xzins]

Actually, I think the omniscience of God being discussed biblically was Boyd's reason for going this route that is called open theology.

They wished to remain true to a high view of scripture and inspiration, and maintain a "literal" hermeneutic while taking the problem passages of God at face value.

If God said he repented of something, then they wanted to be literal about it. If God said, he changed his mind, then they wanted to be literal about it. If God said something never entered His mind, then they wanted to be literal about it.

But to do so required them to look for new ways to be literal about other portions of scripture.

I think it's fairly clear to me that they were being honest because I'd had the same concerns about some passages of scripture long before I ever heard of open theology.

[Vernon]

While Omniscience means to me that God knows everything, could it possibly mean that he has the ability to know everything but may choose to limit that knowledge. By an act of self choice, he has not changed the nature of His being, but rather demonstrates it in a different way.