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The problem is that both believe in determinism, but one is more consistent than the other. James White's view is more internally...

What I’m trying to point out here is that one man who believes in determinism ultimately ends up with a mystery. Another man who does...

Both mysteries dissolve with an openness construct that denies God knows the future exhaustively. Why should we choose one bad mystery...

I think Lon's motives are fairly obvious--he is clinging to a theological system that he can't logically defend any more, so he launches...

No. And of course you can erect a straw man and knock it down. But you should attempt to understand better when told your straw is...

Yes. This is the whole crux of the disagreement. If God only knows what you are going to choose ten minutes before you choose it, you...

It's not as interesting as the three denial prophecy. It's more interesting just because it indicates John wrote his Gospel AFTER...

The prophecy about Peter's death could easily have been fulfilled if Peter had later denied the Lord again finally. I'm not sure why it...

If you mean foreknowledge in the sense of infallible foreknowledge then the answer is yes, it does mean that the future is fixed...

It does, but you can't see it through your biases. I haven't seen any text where I have to be inconsistent. I've addressed several...

Will try soon. Ping me if you don't see it within a couple days.

Not quite following this. Would appreciate a paragraph.

It shakes your very foundation. And that means your foundation is wrong, and not a foundation at all, but a house built on sand.

Exactly what I've been trying to convey in this thread. See posts #61 and #78. But he's blindered himself and calls any explanation of...

No, it doesn't, if Hezekiah's doesn't. It doesn't matter whether you're a slave or not. If God tells you you are going to die, then says...