Neal A. Maxwell, in a letter to Blake T. Ostler, states he does not understand some of the nuances of the debate about God having absolute foreknowledge.

Date
1984
Type
Letter
Source
Neal A. Maxwell
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

Neal A. Maxwell, Letter to Blake T. Ostler, January 24, 1984, repr., Blake T. Ostler, "The Mormon Concept of God," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 17, no. 2 (Summer 1984): 75-76n.30

Scribe/Publisher
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Neal A. Maxwell
People
Blake T. Ostler, Neal A. Maxwell
Audience
Reading Public
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Transcription

I would never desire to do, say, or write anything which would cause others unnecessary problems . . . I would not have understood certain philosophical implications arising (for some) because I quoted from Purtill who, in turn, quoted from Boethius. Nor would I presume to know of God's past, including His former relationship to time and space.

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