@mlnevese: While I think quantum mechanics provides a useful parallel as to how free will could work, I don't think it's the basis for our choices. If it were, however, or if free will did function i… (View Post)

Back home! @BelgarathMTH: I understand your frustrations with the impersonal nature of theological academia, and open theism's engagement with the personal nature of god is one of many reasons why I … (View Post)

As I had mentioned, I love these types of discussions and would post another more detailed response right away, but I have to leave for work in a few minutes. @Heindrich1988, I certainly wasn't offen… (View Post)

Firstly, I can sympathize with @bob_veng, and I don't think he's asking too much in requesting some clarification. I also think that some of the answers @God has provided are lacking in either honest… (View Post)

As for religion, I was raised in an evangelical Christian family. However, my parents had been agnostics and later members of a spiritual cult before converting to Christianity. When I was still quit… (View Post)