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rb1963
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| Posted 9/20/2001 1:55 PM (GMT -6) |   | I just looked for "Open Theism" as a search phrase. Boy have you got the "scholars" barking!
From the Southern Seminary I found an article that was full of vitiolic half truths.
From the Southern Baptist Seminary I read some intriguing surface argumentation, but easily answered.
I was wondering if you (Mr. Boyd) are going to invite some of those that are disputing Openess to debate their ideas? Is it possible that you could hold a forum between yourself and those that are opposed to openess? With the agreement of course that readers of these debates can ask questions from both sides.
Give each debate, say, two weeks to a month for response, questioning, and final response, before the next subject would be brought up.
I would say that a good opponent would be Bruce Ware, author of "God's Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism", as he does not seem to be venomous in his response. He is from the Southern Baptist Seminary. (I understand their reliance on "historical church teachings" as they are Calvinistic in their teachings, but he does seem to try to be evenhanded.)
You two of course would choose the subjects that would be debated.
Mr. Boyd, I am a King James Believer, a subject that I am resolved in by faith, and am tired of debating. I would like to know if there are any others like myself that you know of that, that believe Open Theism. I would like to fellowship with them over the Net. I am rather tired of the hard debating that I get from Calvinists, and would like to just have some peaceful conversations and Bible studies with likeminded folk for a while, if you understand where I am comming from.
Thanks,
Ray
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 9/22/2001 10:40 AM (GMT -6) | | Hi Rb,
Discussion boards like this one are intended for the very thing you are suggesting: dialogue about the issues. I'd be open to the possibility of a more open forum.
As to your question about KJV and Openness: the only person that comes to mind is Ron Elseth. He wrote "Did God Know" way back in the seventies, espouse an open position. He has since become a crusader for the King James Version of the Bible. (He came to my church several years ago: I wanted to talk openness with him but he was only interested in correcting my use of the NRSV. From my end, disappointing). Anyway, feed his name into the internet and see what happens.
Best wishes
Greg
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Washin9ton Apple
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| Posted 9/22/2001 1:55 PM (GMT -6) | | hello, i am presently a student at Trinity International University and have in the past year become a advocate of open thieism (thanx to my bib studies professor, Dr. samir moussou). i must thankyou mr. boyd for your wonderfully written book 'God of the possible' which seem to be the most biblical view on this issue. i am origianlly from a SBC background and have had a hard time trying to talk with anybody within my church about this topic due to thier calvinistic theology, and even now am considered somewhat liberal by my friends and piers back home in the wonderful state of Washington. i also have a brother inlaw who study's at Southwestern Baptist Theological seminary, which i find interesting when discussing this topic due to the way he agree's with me yet contradicts himself without realizing himself. i've noticed that how we live is not always inline with our theology which is so funny to me.
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rb1963b
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| Posted 10/6/2001 5:39 PM (GMT -6) | | Thanks Greg,
Sorry for being so long in getting back, old computer crashed.
Have you been able to get into contact with Mr. Ware?
Here is a ditty that I thought that you might get a laugh out of:
"Southern Seminary journal critiques 'open theism' as false doctrine By Jeff Robinson Baptist Press Thursday, September 7, 2000 LOUISVILLE, Ky."
When I read it I said to myself, WOOOOOOO!
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