Open theists believe God's greatest attribute is love. I certainly would not argue against God having the attribute of love, but is He more loving than He is just? I don't think you can have one without the other in equal levels. Open theists believe man's free will is truly free in the libertarian sense. That is, man's free will is not restricted by his sinful nature, but is equally able to make choices between different options. I wonder, however if in reality man’s nature not only affects his free will choices, but also limits his ability to equally choose.
Open theists believe God does not know the future because either God cannot know the future because it does not exist, or because God chooses to not know the future even though it can be known. This suggests that God is not omniscient either by limitation or choice. Since He has always been and always will be then He not only knows the future, He is the future. Open theists believe God takes risks because God does not know the future exhaustively. He must take risks with people whose future free will choices are unknowable. They also believe God learns because God does not know the future exhaustively, He learns as the realities of the future occur. If this were true then it would be possible for God to make mistakes. Since man would have a free will to make any choice that God would not know until it was made then He might not deal with man correctly and have to change the direction of His plans.
Did you know this is a growing theology? Be careful who you listen to - they just might be an open theist!
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