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Open theism: God wouldn't be mean

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John Sanders, an evangelical theologian says that god doesn't know the future. Open theism as it is call say that god could never be so mean as to let people suffer and die if he knew it was going to happen. Anyone who thinks the fundamentalists' god is a sweetie-pie must suffer from Old Testament avoidance syndrome.

Trustees of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the 16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention, weighed in last month by passing a resolution saying, "Open theism's denial of God's exhaustive definitive foreknowledge constitutes an egregious biblical and theological departure from orthodoxy and poses a serious threat to evangelical integrity." ...

Open theists, in essence, say there would be no point in praying for a sick child if God already knew what the outcome of the illness would be. Why struggle over making the right decision, they ask, if God has decided for you in advance? And how can you love anyone, even God, if that love is forced on you or away from you?

Bill Broadway, Washington Post: Redefining Omniscience

[Listening to: All You Need Is Love - The Timelords aka The JAMs aka KLF - (5:01)]

Richard Evans Lee
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Hi Richard, I am a follower of Christ. I have some questions for you. Are you intolerant of my "Fundamentalist" beliefs? Are you close-minded(not open-minded) to my beliefs? Do you have hatred toward me and my beliefs? Do you believe that my beliefs are wrong(morally)? And from what standard would you be able to say that my beliefs are bad? Are you judging me and my beliefs? Sniff.....Sniff....I smell hypocrisy! Really! Think about it. Sean Paul Sarte: "If there is no God everything is absurd." bye

Posted by: God doesn't believe in Athiests | December 22, 2003 10:12 PM

Read Christians kind and homophobic. If that doesn't satisfy you read my About page.

Posted by: Richard | December 23, 2003 2:35 AM

How do you feel?

Feel free to share your feelings about Open theism: God wouldn't be mean. Please stick to the theme of the entry. Disagreement is fine. Homophobia, racism, and kindred expressions of hatred will be deleted. This site is one of my hobbies. I genuinely enjoy hearing from people and hate moderating or killing comments. Forthright disagreement is fine as long as it is civil.
My thanks,
Richard

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