geebob
April 29th 2003, 05:52 PM
I thought I'd bring this up since there are so many here interested in molinism.
With regard to the question of what happens to the unevangelized, whether they are all damned, or some can be saved, a molinist can take any position.
For restrictivism, the notion that those who have never heard are all damned, we have a view of middleknowledge that says that God has arranged the world such that those who never heard are exclusively people who wouldn't have responded positively to the Gospel anyway. This view is argued by William Lane Craig.
For inclusivism, the notion that it is possible for people outside the the boundaries of the Gospel can still be saved has been supported by the notion that God will save those whom he knows would accept the Gospel if they had the chance.
And the universalist molinist holds that God will save everyone claiming that for every man, there is a circumstance in which they would have accepted the Gospel, and this somehow provides a basis for everyone to be saved.
With regard to the question of what happens to the unevangelized, whether they are all damned, or some can be saved, a molinist can take any position.
For restrictivism, the notion that those who have never heard are all damned, we have a view of middleknowledge that says that God has arranged the world such that those who never heard are exclusively people who wouldn't have responded positively to the Gospel anyway. This view is argued by William Lane Craig.
For inclusivism, the notion that it is possible for people outside the the boundaries of the Gospel can still be saved has been supported by the notion that God will save those whom he knows would accept the Gospel if they had the chance.
And the universalist molinist holds that God will save everyone claiming that for every man, there is a circumstance in which they would have accepted the Gospel, and this somehow provides a basis for everyone to be saved.