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Merriam-Webster is not Scripture, and dictionaries do not settle doctrine. Dictionaries do not give inspired, fixed, technical meanings. They give common usage: groups of words used to approximate how another word is commonly used. So even if “omniscient” is commonly glossed as “knowing...

Amen. All Scripture is profitable. That is exactly why proof-texting Psalm 147:5 is not enough. Your doctrine has to account for Genesis 22:12, Exodus 32:14, Jonah 3:10, Jeremiah 18, and the passages where God grieves, relents, responds, tests, and says “now I know.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 does not...

Because “omniscient” does not mean “the future is exhaustively settled before anyone acts.” That is your definition, not the Bible’s. God knows whatever He knows perfectly. He knows what He has determined, promised, declared, and intends to bring about. What I deny is that every future free act...

No, you have not represented me correctly. First, your sentence has a double negative, so I’m not entirely sure what you intended to say. But if you meant that I deny God knows anything about future events, then no, that is not correct. I believe God knows future events that are settled...

The “why” has been stated repeatedly, but here it is plainly. You are treating exhaustive settled foreknowledge as though it were identical to “God knows the future.” That is the dispute. I believe in God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the living God who searches hearts. I believe God...

I’m not sure what you mean by “the God knowing Future Foreknowledge.” It sounds like you are treating your doctrine of exhaustive settled foreknowledge almost like one of God’s titles. I believe in God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Living God, the God who searches hearts. I believe...

Yes, that article is describing the general issue, but it makes the same mistake you are making. Open Theism does not deny that God knows the future. God knows what He has determined to do, what He has promised to do, what He intends to bring about, what He is able to bring about, what is...

Fulfilled Scripture is not a problem for open theism. Open theists do not deny prophecy. We do not deny that God can declare what He intends to do, bring His purposes to pass, or arrange events so that His word is fulfilled. The question is whether fulfilled Scripture requires every future...

There are several problems with this. First, Open Theism does not deny omniscience. It denies your philosophical definition of omniscience. God knows everything He wants to know, everything He needs to know, everything He has determined to bring about, and everything that exists to be known...

Several of your posts appear to be copied or closely adapted from your prewritten Progressive Disenchantment Atonement material. TOL is for dialogue, not for repeatedly importing article material into threads without directly answering the specific objections raised. Going forward, please answer...

He seems to be adapting his own papers/articles to this discussion. Definitely something that needs to be addressed, given our rules.

Okay, and? You quoted Revelation saying some people did not repent. What argument are you making from that? Open theists do not deny prophecy. We do not deny that God can reveal future events. We do not deny that God can know or declare particular future outcomes. So merely quoting a passage...

No one said otherwise? What does the canon of scripture have to do with this thread?

Who are you talking to?

What the heck are you talking about?

“Omniscience” is not a biblical term, so Scripture does not give us a dictionary definition of it. It is a theological term used to summarize what people believe Scripture teaches about God’s knowledge. Psalm 147:5 says God’s understanding is infinite. Amen. But it does not say “infinite...

I understand the concern, but the issue is not that God lacks knowledge of some existing fact. The issue is whether every future free choice already exists as a settled fact to be known. Omniscience means God knows everything that exists to be known. But if a future free choice has not yet been...

Posts #5 and #25.

Gladly. But first, let’s define the claim correctly. Open Theism is not the claim that God is ignorant, weak, mistaken, or surprised because He lacks intelligence. That is a straw man. Open Theists affirm that God is all-knowing, sovereign, incapable of error, and able to accomplish His...

Omniscience means that God knows everything that exists to be known. So no, I am not saying God is ignorant. I am saying that a future free choice is not yet a settled fact before it is made. There is a difference between: “I do not know the answer,” and “There is not yet an answer to...