Thursday, October 22, 2020

R.T. Mullins on the Superior Knowledge God has in Open Theism vs. Classical Theism

 

 

The neoclassical theist will affirm that God has an exhaustive knowledge of all tenseless propositions, but she will also affirm that there is more to know in the world . . . there is also knowledge to be had of tensed propositions. As God sustains the universe in existence from moment to moment, the truth values of tenses propositions will constantly be changing. God’s knowledge of what was true, what is true, and what will be true, is constantly changing. Thus, God’s knowledge will change over time. In knowing the truth values of tense propositions, the neoclassical theist will say that her God knows more than the classical God. But the neoclassical theist will not stop here with God’s knowledge. She says that there is more knowledge to be had than merely propositional knowledge. (R.T. Mullins, God and Emotion [Cambridge Elements Philosophy of Religion; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020], 29, emphasis added)