Investigating the Argument of Theological Fatalism and the Response of Open Theism

Based on Theological Fatalism, since God has prior and infallible knowledgebabout the future events, human is not able to do anything except what is known by God beforehand; as a result, human actions are not choice - based. To solve this problem, theologians and philosophers of religion have provided different answers for this reasoning. One of these answers has been called Open Theism which is a modern theory in respect to God􀀇s knowledge and human will. For advocates of this theory who are divided into three groups, God is omniscient; however, since they believe that future is open to God in epistemological terms and it may be changed; therefore, the God􀀇s prior knowledge to human free - will actions is logically impossible. Although this group does not absolutely reject God􀀇s prior knowledge, they believe that it is typically restricted and since these restrictions are logically inevitable, there would be no damages to the God􀀇s omniscience. Explicating the theory of Open Theism, the paper deals with its analysis and criticism.