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    It is not the case that Open theists like William Hasker argue that classical compatibilist solutions and Molinism alike presuppose a static, block-universe model of time incompatible with genuine libertarian freedom.

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    • 1.Relativity theory supports eternalism; rejecting it for libertarian freedom prioritizes metaphysical intuition over empirical science.
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    • 2.Open theism's presentism faces its own problems: it contradicts relativity, makes God's past knowledge unstable, and lacks scientific support.
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    • 3.Libertarian freedom may be compatible with eternalism if we distinguish between causal determination and logical necessity of facts.
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    • 1.Block universe models treat all temporal moments as equally real and fixed, leaving no ontological space for genuinely open futures.
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    • 2.If God's knowledge is tenseless and eternal, God knows future free choices as determinate facts, making them metaphysically necessary.
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    • 3.Only presentism (where only present exists) preserves libertarian freedom by keeping the future genuinely undetermined and open.
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