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Episode 42, God, Morality, and Providence with TJ Mawson

The Reluctant Theologian Podcast

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Open Theism Leads to a Retreat From the Position Occupied by the Temperarist

Open theism does lead to a retreat. It's not a rout, but it's a retreat from the position occupied by the temperarist. In isqui, the temperist can ascribe to god unlimited omniscience and infallibility. Having surrendered ground on the omniscience front, te open theist must fall back on the omnipotent front too. And when it comes to being a perfect being, it seems to me quite possible that reality could do better than that."

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