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Podcast: Defending the Manifesto (6 of 10)
Greg responds to challenges by William Lane Craig from Craig’s podcast “Reasonable Faith.“
Greg denies Molinism and discusses the logic of possibility.
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Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Future, Molinism, Open Future, Open Theism
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