~The "Clo'Pen" Theorem~ Explainatory Editorial

~Outline~
-Introduction
-Define terms
-Open Theory
-Closed Theory
-Introduction of "Clo'Pen" theory
-Paragraph 2
-Statement/Introduction to "Clo'Pen" Theory
-Paragraph 3
-Detailed explaination of "Clo'Pen" theory
-How it works
-What it consists of -Paragraph 4
-Relation to the basis of reality a.k.a--God
-What is true
-What is not true
-Conclusion
-Statement of how "Clo'Pen" theory is a hybrid
-What it borrowed from the different theories
-This is the way i believe it to be

~Editorial~
The greatest minds of our universe have sought after and debated the mysteries of predestination and the Omniscience of God for centuries. These theologians will always be fighting whether the “open” or the “closed” theory of the Universe is the correct theory that everyone should embrace. The “Closed” theory consists of believing that God predestined man and that God is completely and totally omniscient. God knows our thoughts, our minds, and can overrule our freewill by knowing what we will choose before we act on it. The “Open” definition however, is completely the opposite of the closed. Open theists believe God only knows and determines specific things about the future. They believe that God is omniscient about all the past and the present, but HE does not know the future, it is unknowable and uncertain.
People have their own views about this theological topic; some might be completely open, or completely closed. Can a hybrid between the two be possible? This is my theory: a hybrid including ideals from both extremes of the argument. The “Clo’Pen” theory, otherwise known as the “Spider-Web” theory, is my invention.

Basically, the “Clo’Pen” theorem states that there is a massive framework of possible futures branching out from one starting point and continuing along a chronological timeline (thus the spider-web analogy) until it ultimately reaches the end result, “Revelation”. The ‘actual’ future is defined as highlighted strands of this web. The starting point of this framework is the creation of the Universe and all its contents. God, once he created man, gave man free will. From that point on, God did not know what man’s decisions would be. God only knew the ‘possibilities’ of what man ‘could’ choose; not what he ‘would’ choose. This pattern applies throughout the whole interpretive framework (that includes the future “highlighted”). Every small, minuscule and infinitesimal action or thought that anyone does, changes the future. Every possible choice that we have is (in a sense) a strand of the big web that is this framework. Every person is connected to this framework in some way or another. Whether they are alive or dead, they still affect the movement of the highlighted pieces of the framework that is the ‘actual’ future. Every other strand of web that is not highlighted was a possibility that could have been the future; it is not the ‘actual’ future.

God is omniscient in the case that he knows ‘everything’; that is that He knows every possible outcome there is. He knows by heart and sees every possible strand that there is in this ‘web’ or ‘interpretive framework’. What God doesn’t know is the ‘actual’ future which is the highlighted strands of the web. God knows the highlighted past and present; he knows the ‘actual future’ of both, but only after the 'actual' future was chosen by the person. What he doesn’t know is the ‘actual future’ of the future. He just sees the possibilities of the future, the strands of webs; he does not see them highlighted yet. These highlighted webs, or ‘actual’ future, become clear to him once one of the many possibilities have been chosen by the person. This is where our free will comes into view. This is what gives our decisions a uniqueness that are all our own, no one else knows what we will decide; that’s why they are ‘our’ decisions.

What the “Clo’Pen” theory takes from the “Closed” side of the argument is the idea that God knows every possible outcome that we can choose when making decisions that will change the future. It takes from the “Open” theory that we as humans have free choice and that God does not know our decisions until we decide them; he just knows all the possible decisions we ‘can’ make. These two factors from the opposing viewpoints are what make the “Clo’Pen” theory a hybrid cross between two extreme theological viewpoints. I strongly hold to the belief that the "Clo'Pen" theory is the most correct theory out there.