This is the difference between the Open Theist and the biblical view. I did not pull away from atheism. I did not earn a :thumb:. I was saved from Atheism by God. I was unable to save myself. I was powerless (Ro 5:6), unable to pull myself away from false beliefs. I was spiritually dead (Eph 2:1-5), unwilling and unable to yield myself to God (Ro 8:7). It was not my effort that saved me (Jn 1:13). It was not my will that saved me (Ro 9:16). It was not my faith that secured eternally life for me, but the blood of Christ alone. At the decreed time, the Holy Spirit regenerated me, gave me the faith that I could not manufacture on my own, and by that faith, showed me the errors of atheism; and by that faith, drove me to the truth I eventually found in the Scriptures. All of God. None of me. Sounds biblical, doesn't it? But that's not what Open Theism teaches. Open Theists are co-saviors and cannot logically thank God for doing it all. They can only thank God for doing part of the work. At some point, the Open Theist should say, "OK God, thanks for doing your part, but I'll take it from here."