Open Theism and Universalism - Keith DeRose

Professor of philosophy at Yale, Keith Derose, discusses how he thinks one can be both an open theist and a universalist.
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[ToddRVick]

A very reasonable treatment of Open Theism and Universalism that also encourages!

[trippjs]

Immensely probable grounded in the unrelenting love of God. Good stuff!

[therougesage]

Terrific view that would help so many questioners and debaters in times of doubt

[brotherandrew]

So God is not all-knowing and subject to time although he created time? That does not work at all.

[Crimsonlupus]

I’m honestly rather disappointed he takes such a philosophically inept view. You don’t need open theism for universalism to be true. Many ppl say that because of the interpretation that if God knows literally everything including the future, then we can’t have free will, (as the Calvinists would argue). This is a ridiculous argument to me, let me put it this way, imagine I set up a challenge in a video game, (let’s use Minecraft for example due to how much freedom it has). And I tell ppl, in order to win say 20 bucks, you need to beat the game, however take your time and play it how you want, just bare in mind you’ll get an extra reward when you complete the game. That player if you know anything about this game, has literally a tremendous amount of freedom and can build, break, and create anything they wish. But as anyone who play games understands, they will want to achieve as many things as they can so beating Minecraft is certainly on that list. I can have knowledge that eventually they will do this at some point, and know that they will have the freedom to do whatever they like via their own agency. When you really sit down and think about it, the notion that foreknowledge and free will are at odds makes zero sense to me. You need to make a case from a direct cause and effect that they are that interlinked, I see no evidence