The only consistent Arminian is an open theist.
I'm certain there will be immediate objections to this post, but I do hope that at least some will be challenged to wrestle through this and see that the statement is indeed true. This is a logical implication of Arminianism.
What are your objections to or support of this?
The Only Consistent Arminian is an Open Theist
Discussion in 'Calvinism & Arminianism Debate' started by thatbrian, Dec 15, 2017.
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
At least you are consistent.
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I like how this writer puts it:
. . .the classical Arminian view of exhaustive, yet passive simple foreknowledge logically destroys what the Arminian desires to preserve the most, man’s libertarian free will. We then noted how the open theist rightly concludes that commitment to said teaching from an Arminian doctrinal platform leads to finite godism. In other words, the open theist believes that if the classical Arminian wants to posit that God infallibly knows all future choices and actions, then it follows that those choices and actions are not free (in a libertarian sense), that genuine freedom related to human behavior is destroyed, the authentic providential control of the universe is undermined, that real relationship and intimacy with God is only apparent and illusory, and that in spite of all efforts to preserve libertarian free will, a fatalistically determined view of the Creator/Creation relationship must be adopted.
Logical Implications of the Synergistic View of God’s Knowledge: Part II -
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