The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Predestination and 'foreseen faith'

I think you are hitting on the heart of the matter in regard to the chasmic difference between the two systems:

1. Calvinism: God's foreknowledge, in the sense of it being prescience (knowledge of facts, events, etc.) is the RESULT of His eternal foreordination, predestination, election, etc., aka: decree(s).

2. Arminianism: God's foreknowledge DETERMINES God's foreordination, predestination, election, etc.

The problem with the Arminian view should be immediately apparent. God does not possess Omniscience since He is dependent upon the actions of the creation from which He "learns" what is going to happen. The impact goes even further and actually denies all three of the "Omni" attributes; Omnipotence, Omnipresence and Omniscience.