themuzicman said:
I am. It says that God declares the end from the beginning. The end is that God sends those who believe to eternal life, and those that do not to eternal condemnation. There is nothing in that verse that requires that God know everthing that happens in the middle.
You see, I believe that God can prophesy what He will do without having to fix every event along the way, and still accomplish His purpose. that's called omnipotence.
Do you think God is able to accomplish His purposes without having to fix the game beforehand?
Michael
without having to "fix every event;" by that you mean not caring enough about certain things, like when a sparrow falls to the earth? After all, you know, there are so many of them and they are such unexceptional birds, why would God care about such things, right? Or maybe you were talking about the number of hairs on your head...surely, you think, God doesn't care about that, right? Or when the lot is cast into the lap---oh, you know, surely He doesn't fix those events along the way. What the heck!! You don't care what the Blble says about such insignifcant things! And if what the Bible says staggers you credulity, you can just say, well, the Bible does not say definitely that all these things are ALWAYS applied without FAIL.You can just say that they are not "normative." That is a good word open theists like to use to set their CREATURELY bounds upon the God who "works ALL things after the counsel of HIs own will." Ah, yes! There are many defiant words men can throw against the word of God forever settled in heaven! No, there are many things that the Lord of heaven and earth has no interest in or any need to govern, like for instance, He didn't REALLY mean it when He said a man will give an account for EVERY idle word---could He?