Scholars stir heated debate over open theism.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | February 3, 2003 | Copyright

Byline: Kristin E. Holmes

An age-old religious debate about fate vs. freedom has taken on a new urgency among evangelical Christian scholars and may result in the expulsion of two established theologians from a biblical research organization.

The question: Are all events predestined by God, or do human beings have a free will that shapes their future?

On one side of the debate are traditionalists who believe that God controls everything and has planned the future, knowing completely what will happen as time goes by.

On the other side are ...

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