Re: Blind religion vs. obvious Truth.

Okay, that makes more sense now, I was not familiar with open theism. I do believe that God is omniscient and omnipresent, and I do think He is the force behind every action, but not necessarily that He guides every action. I think God does allow some free will to be used, but I also do think that there is an underlying structure, a framework that is used by God and I think He does guide some events on the Earth and I am even open to the possibility that He could guide all events on the Earth. It is a very, very deep question. To know this answer, a person is essentially stating to know the core nature of God and the universe, something that I believe to be beyond the capacity of human comprehension. I believe this answer can possibly be known by some of the most dedicated seekers who experience the full glory of the Trinity.

I think it is good to know the attributes of God but once we start claiming to know the inner-workings of God and His whole plan for creation, to me this goes beyond what can be correctly discerned from the Bible and any intellectual knowledge.

Some questions that arise:

If God is the cause of every action good and bad, then God is responsible for people having evil actions that they are then judged and condemned by God for committing? Does this sound like a just God?

If God is the cause of every action, then it is God alone that is responsible for all atrocities on the Earth, such as the holocaust and other genocides. I am open to the possibility of God using terrible events for the good of human-kind as a whole, but it is a difficult leap to believe that God purposely creates all these terrible events to create so much human suffering.

I'm not saying you have to respond to all these, just throwing them out there as well as many other questions that would not fit into the attributes we know of God of He was the immediate cause of every single action on Earth. To me, it seems much more realistic to believe that God does allow His human children free will to interact and either follow Him or Satan. He knows every action that will take place in all of time and space and He helps shape these events (and yes I do think He can even use the actions of evil people to achieve some purpose). He allows others to use their free well to make choices, of which he knows full-well what they will all be in advance. This is my point of view with what seems to fit with Biblical scripture and what I understand of the attributes of God. You may have a different point of view that you feel fits with Biblical scripture, but I don't think either of us could say with absolute certainty that we were correct, unless one of us was so completely emerged in the Trinity that we could know and experience the ultimate nature of God.