Reasonable Faith Podcast Question of the Week #963: Molinism and Maximal Greatness
Nov 6, 2025
In this thought-provoking discussion, the nature of Molinism is explored, particularly how it relates to God's omnipotence and maximal greatness. The conversation delves into whether God's knowledge of counterfactuals limits His freedom. There's a fascinating distinction made between what God cannot do due to logical impossibility and true limitations. The panel also debates the importance of free will in determining salvation rates and whether God must choose the absolute best possible world. They even touch on interpretive nuances in biblical texts regarding salvation.
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Listener Testimony Of Intellectual Support
- Lucas thanks William Lane Craig for helping him through skeptical periods and praises his Passion City talk.
- He credits Craig's debates and writings with being a lifeline that supported his faith.
Middle Knowledge Limits Feasible Worlds
- William Lane Craig affirms that middle knowledge makes counterfactuals of creaturely freedom explanatorily prior to God's decree.
- Those truths constrain which worlds God can feasibly actualize without limiting his omnipotence, since impossibilities lie outside power, not ability.
Logical Impossibility Isn't Imperfection
- Craig distinguishes between limitations from lack of power and logical impossibility.
- Being unable to actualize logically impossible worlds does not contradict God's maximal greatness or omnipotence.
