Calvy's: Natural/Necessary Knowledge

[semmie]

In the first, unconditioned moment God knows all possibilia, not only all individual essences, but also all possible worlds. Molina calls such knowledge "natural knowledge" because the content of such knowledge is essential to God and in no way depends on the free decisions of His will. By means of His natural knowledge, then, God has knowledge of every contingent state of affairs which could possibly obtain and of what the exemplification of the individual essence of any free creature could freely choose to do in any such state of affairs that should be actual.
http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/middle2.html

an excerpt from bill grai'cs (woah...that's dyslexia for ya)...uhm...bill craig's article, No Other Name. do you agree with this description of Natural Knowledge? if not, what would you change/add?

many thanks. many blessings. many moo's.
~sarah

[semmie]

:yes:

that's what i thought.

[Xavier]

Most the ones I've ever talked to have supported the notion of Natural Knowledge. But then (as Craig defines it), it's a necessary attribute of God.

God simply would not be God without Natural Knowledge.

[Kenny]

I agree that God's natural knowledge is a Craig describes it.

[semmie]

thanks, fellas! i greatly appreciate it.

~sarah

[lee_merrill]

I agree, too! That seems clear from passages such as 1 Sam. 23:11-12.

Now me being a four-point Calvinist, maybe sign me up for an "oo," instead of a moo...

Blessings,
Lee

[semmie]

thanks, lee! i appreciate you jumping in!

oo!
~sarah