Battle Royale X Critique

A CRITIQUE OF A DEBATE
BETWEEN A CALVINIST
AND AN OPEN THEIST

Table of critique links:

Introduction: Terms and tenets that are repeated throughout my critique will be explained and defined here, eventually. Round 4A (Posted Aug 25, 2005)
Round 4B (Posted Nov 12, 2005) Round 8B (Posted Sept. 15, 2005)

Round 1A
Round 1B (Posted Aug 28, 2005)

Enyart on Divine Omipotence
Enyart on Divine Impassibility
Enyart on Divine Omnipresence
Enyart on Divine Omniscience
Enyart on Divine Immutability

Round 5B (Posted Aug 26, 2005) Round 9B (Posted Sept. 19, 2005)

Round 2 Round 6 Round 10

Round 3 Round 7B (Posted Sept. 5, 2005) Summary: A wrap-up and assessment of the debate will be offered here, eventually.

Enyart's unanswered questions
(Posted Sept. 21, 2005)

INTRODUCTION

There are several schools of theology concerning God's knowledge of the future. Calvinism claims that God's knows the entire future exhaustively. Open Theism claims that God only knows (a) what exists -- which does not include the future -- and (b) what He has decided will happen in the future. Beginning Monday, Aug. 1, 2005, in a debate on the internet discussion forum called Theology Online, two Bible scholars began to debate this topic. This running critique will be updated as the debate progresses, with links provided above (and below). The debate forum is called Battle Royale X. The question posed in this debate is:

Does God Know Your Entire Future?

Answering in the affirmative is Samuel Lamerson Ph.D., Associate Professor of New Testament and Practical Theology and Dean of Students at Knox Seminary. Answering in the negative is Bob Enyart, radio talk show host of Bob Enyart Live and pastor of Denver Bible Church in Arvada, Colorado. He is also the author of a popular albeit unpublished manuscript of Christian theology titled The Plot. Further biographical information about the participants is available at Theology Online.

The debate itself, as well as the rules and terms of the debate, can be read here:
http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21711

Discussion about the debate (in which I will not be participating) can be read here:
http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21712

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