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    Impossibility of knowing future contingent propositions a... — Carmelics
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    Supports→God does not have knowledge of future contingent events because it is impossible for anyone, including God, to know such true propositions.

    Impossibility of knowing future contingent propositions applies universally, including to God.

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    Another way of trying to solve the puzzle is to deny that God has knowledge of the contingent future. According to this approach, often called “open theism”, there may be future contingent events, but God does not know about them. God does not know about them either because (1) there are no true propositions now that report what future contingent events will occur, or because (2) it is impossible for anyone, including God, to know such true propositions, or because (3) God chooses not to know th

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