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According to JohnFeinberg,authorof the No One Like Him:The Doctrines God of ,
opennessmodel aproposedmediatingcorrective theclassicalandprocess is to
models. Althoughtherearesomesimilarities betweenopennesstheology,[1]
classicalandprocess theology, there are alsosignificantdifferences. Theopenview
believestheirunderstandingandknowledge God consistentwith thebiblical of is
description ofGod. opennessgodattributes aredescribed loving,caring,and The as
committed.Whentheattributesofthe classicalandprocessgodsareconsidered,the
openviewagreeswiththe processthinkersmore.Forexample,opentheistsaccept
theprocessclaimthat certainaspectsofGod arecontingentbutrejecttheclassical
viewthatGod absolute. Furthermore,opentheistsaffirm nature and is [2] God’s
attributesare unchangeable. Becauseopennesstheists believeGodhasfeelings [3]
andemotions,impassability rejected.Additionally, aresult of involvement is as God’s
in theworld, openness theismcontendsGodgovernshimself to time.
Theopenview'sunderstandingoftheomniscienceandomnipotenceattributes that is
Godhassovereigncontroloverthe world. According Feinburg,thebelief that[4] to
humanshavelibertarianfree will central the openview. Moreover,openness is to [5]
theism claims that itsperspectiveontheproblemof evil more understandable than is
thatof classicaland process theism.Feinburg states, the processview, the “Unlike
openview solvetheproblem ofevil makingGod impotentandfinite that doesn’t by so
he isn’t guiltyforwhat happens in our world because he can’t do anythingabout it.”[6]
Overall, openview adistinct alternative bothprocessandclassicalmodels “the is to
of God.”[7]
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