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To: Revelation 911; The Grammarian; SpookBrat; Dust in the Wind; maestro; patent; hopespringseternal; ..
Secondly, I agree with Oden that if anyone claimed that God was "ignorant" of anything that existed this would be a heresy, for it would be admitting that God is limited. But I do not affirm this. God is not "ignorant" of a unicorn in my office, because there is no unicorn in my office. So too God is not "ignorant" of the future if in fact the future is not exhaustively there to be known.

God doesn't foreknow what is not going to end up being true about the future. Makes sense to me.

2 posted on 02/03/2004 9:37:07 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!!)
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To: xzins
Bookmarked.

(I'll never get all my homework done...)
3 posted on 02/03/2004 9:42:23 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (www.wardsmythe.com)
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To: xzins
God doesn't foreknow what is not going to end up being true about the future. Makes sense to me.

x, is that to say though that He knows all of the possibilities?

Otherwise He ends up limited

6 posted on 02/03/2004 9:49:50 AM PST by Revelation 911
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To: xzins
***God doesn't foreknow what is not going to end up being true about the future.***

Does this mean you are back on the Open Theism bandwagon?

As a saint, I have a duty to pull a brother out of his sins. But, there is that fine line where I am not even asked to pray about certain things which a professing Christian who is not really saved is mired in. See 1 John 5:16. I tend to regard Open Theism as a fatal sin because how could someone who has actually met the Lord believe something so outrageously wrong about Him. How could someone so degrade the majesty of God? Could I be wrong? Yep! I don't think so. I think this wind which bloweth through the church is of the same spirit as those who deny the Trinity. And she ain't the Holy Spirit.

I am also still tending to be of the opinion that it would not be to my FReep health to wade into this mess, even though I know a great deal about the fatal flaws in the arguments of Open Theism. Besides, my well reasoned argument would probably not be read. You yourself have in the past indicated that you don't read my posts.

Woody.
12 posted on 02/03/2004 11:03:47 AM PST by CCWoody (Recognize that all true Christians will be Calvinists in glory,...)
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To: xzins
God doesn't foreknow what is not going to end up being true about the future. Makes sense to me.

What twisted logic.

I agree but couldn't it be said much simpler?

God's is omniscient.

I'm not up on this Open Theology concept.

What are the main objections?

From the couple articles I've read it seems to be some labored attempt to explain how God can be omniscient and man can be a free moral agent.

Is there something else?

50 posted on 02/03/2004 5:10:18 PM PST by PFKEY
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