In a message dated 11/27/01 4:00:15 PM Mountain Standard Time,
gbrown@euclid.colorado.edu writes:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Howard J. Van Till wrote:
>
> > In regard to events in our future, unpredictable
> > options abound. Until these events in our future actually happen, they are
> > not knowable, not even, I believe, by God (unless God exercises all such
> > options by divine pre-determination).
>
>
>
> Such a view places the Creator in subjection to part of His creation
> (time).
>
Of course one possible way to avoid a problem with this (in addition to the
already-mentioned distinction between foreknowing and foreordaining, and I'm
sure there are others) would be for the "subjection" to be voluntary on God's
part. That would be consistent with the kenotic view of God's character
advocated by George Murphy and others.
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