Do we really understand omniscience?
We use the terms omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, and eternal to describe God. But do we really have a handle of what they mean? Consider this: If God is eternal and all knowing, He would know everything that ever happened or ever will happen, from eternity past to eternity future. I have one word to describe that. BORING. Nothing would be new, because every thing would be known about it from....well forever. Every day would just be a rerun, because everything that happened was already known. I think our concept of "all knowing" is wrong. Perhaps we as humans don't have the brain power to completely understand what it is all about. Then again, maybe we aren't supposed to know just now. It doesn't make sense that everything is a rerun for God, but it also doesn't make sense that he doesn't know. I just have to trust Him on that. Kinda like the "all powerful" conundrum: Can God make a rock so big that he can't move it?
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- Is God a good person? - Devo March 19, 2024, 12:41 pm
- If you are talking about the Biblical god then unequivically NO - Trish March 20, 2024, 6:39 am
- Not by human standards.... - Sprout March 19, 2024, 1:16 pm
- That’s right, not by human standards. - observer March 19, 2024, 11:26 pm
- I thought indiscriminate killing was done by the devil. - Ken C March 19, 2024, 2:07 pm
- I think that is often what is taught to young children... I remember that - Sprout March 20, 2024, 5:01 am
- The OT God killed everyone but Noah, sons and wives. - Pikes Peak 14115 March 19, 2024, 4:47 pm
- Well, evidently he. she or it spared Asians. - Muqwump March 20, 2024, 7:58 am
- Yup, because he LOVED them SO MUCH! - Sia March 19, 2024, 9:17 pm
- No, they were killed because they were disobedient, terribly - observer March 19, 2024, 8:55 pm
- It all goes back to the fall - BornToFarm March 20, 2024, 12:25 pm
- And in their arrogance.... - Skye March 21, 2024, 9:04 am
- This is a point that bothers me - trish March 21, 2024, 2:49 am
- Do we really understand omniscience? - BornToFarm March 22, 2024, 1:35 pm
- BINGO! - Sia March 21, 2024, 4:40 pm
- So true! - observer March 20, 2024, 3:55 pm
- It may have been early Summer. - Muqwump March 20, 2024, 12:48 pm
- We're told they were disobedient, so they were killed. - Pikes Peak 14115 March 20, 2024, 9:56 am
- Knew better? I would say that their lack of faith was also within the scope - Sprout March 20, 2024, 5:28 am
- When I went to church, they focused on the New Testament. - Ken C March 19, 2024, 7:54 pm
- I don't know if He is because you think He is. - Pikes Peak 14115 March 19, 2024, 12:59 pm
- God is good. The devil is bad. - Ken C March 19, 2024, 12:52 pm
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