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How does the open theist view 1PE 1:2, i.e., that we are "elect according to foreknowledge?"

JER 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations." The second clause is fine, but the first, before he was even formed; it's hard to see how this can be understood without future knowledge. Unless God simply...

The Calvinist would say there is no such thing as chance; the Open Theist would say there is. If we take the example of "Ruth happened across Boaz' field," wouldn't all agree that this really wasn't by chance at all, rather that this was similar to God leading Abraham's servant right to Isaac's...

If open theists believe God can't know the future, then the common Christian refrain, "this didn't take God by surprise" upon any bad thing happening (the pandemic, for example) is wrong. I think most Christians would then say this really isn't a God I can depend on for my needs because he is...

Question for any open theist reference point 1 %20https%3A//opentheism.org/verses']here. God wishes for his (negative) prophecies to go unfulfilled. Do you then have assurance that the good ones will come to pass? And of course, you can't actually be sure, right?