Sentences with phrase «omniscient god»

God is constant but man is not, and he foreknew the ever - changing world his people would have to deal with; therefore, and if there is indeed an omniscient God, a Christ - like figure would be our only rational, possible connection to a constant, holy God throughout the evolution of culture and social law.

why don't you start with why humans invented religion in the first place, the origins of the books of the bible, the multiple «christ» (copied) stories throughout the history of time, fossil evidence of evolution of man and all species, all the discrepancies in the bible, knowledge of all the gods that humans have believed in through recorded history, the political uses of christianity in the time of it's origin, the fact that every other religion has followers who believe just as strongly in their own god / book, that fact that if you had been born in another part of the world you would be a different religion and going to «hell», and that a good, kind, omniscient god wouldn't allow all the suffering and evil to happen, and wouldn't need «help» as christians like to tout... and then we'll get to all these ridiculous fools.

god is omniscient god knows who will accept his son as a savior before they are born why does he allow those who will not to be born in the first place, if not to torture them?

Jesus4FREEDOM, the fact that you assert as much does not change the fact that if you have an omniscient god, who knows exactly what you future consists of, by definition, leaves no space for free will.

In my mind, there is no way and infinite, omniscient God can be contained in a few hundred pages.

But just because an omniscient God would have the ability to fully assure each of us of His existence doesn't mean that He will, or that He should, or that it's even be in our best interest for Him to do so.

What is interesting is that if you believe in the bible, you can not, by definition have free will if there is an omnipotent, omniscient God who created you.

His line of reasoning is that, until they actually occur, all future events and their alternatives are merely possible, not actual; and even an omniscient God can not know as actual what in fact is not actual but only possible.

Look, all of you who struggle with the apparent inconsistency of an omniscient god who planned everything and free will, I can solve this problem for you easily, in the manner that billions of Christians have done for ages:

But they also believed there was a huge gap — an «infinite qualitative distinction» in the words of theologian Karl Barth — between sinful humans and the omniscient God.

Unless, you happen to be an Omniscient god.

Robert, free will is totally impossible if there is an omniscient god who made the plan, set it in motion long before you were born, and who knows every outcome.

If your loving, omniscient God cares for the children the likes of you claim he «sends» here, he'd get his azz here and not allow them to starve to death or die of diseases.

Sam, you «reconcile» free will with a omniscient God quite easily.

@WobbleBob the fact that an infinite amount of «coincidences» had to happen for any of us to be here «points» to a creator... after that it is up to the individual to seek God... If in fact he does exist an omnipotent / omniscient God should have the ability to reveal himself to that person..

Wouldn't they have been created by an omnipotent, omniscient god so really god only has itself to blame for a) creating evil humans and b) not being able to devise a better solution.

The problem is that «it takes an omniscient God to bring justice out of these overturns,» as Jacques Barzun notes:

But if a man believes in the omnipotent, omniscient and loving God his life will be destiny in an even deeper sense: for it is wholly borne by the power of God without which nothing, not even man's own free act, can exist; his life as a whole and in all its details is always lived before the omniscient God of love.

If god knows that some people, before they are born, will not accept jesus as a savior (remember the whole predestination / omniscient god thing) but allows them to be born anyway, what does that say about the nature of god?

They overlooked an entire class of propositions the truth value of which an omniscient God must know.

Speaking of dishonesty, why do you hold to the idea that free will can be compatible with an omniscient god?

In fact, an omniscient god can't actually decide to do anything!

Simon, your omniscient god already determined what your future would be before you even acquired consciousness.

At the end of this offspring's life it shows up, attracts unwanted attention and commits suicide by cop in order to atone for the «original» sin that its own creation committed (why this omniscient god didn't see that coming is...... anybody's guess).

Gopher: Why you got your tail handed to you regarding free will and an omniscient god, you issued a weak «we'll have to agree to disagree» nonsense.

The idea that praying to an all - powerful omniscient god does any good, and that it might change it's mind is ludicrous.

@ellen, free will is a contradiction if there is an omniscient god... How do you explain the fact that your god knows about everything you will do and the fact that you think you have the ability to do otherwise?

They believe that this loving merciful, infallible, all - knowing, omniscient god decided he made a terrible mistake at one point (which sort of negates his credibility as a «god») and committed global genocide with a flood.

Don't know where your post is going with these incredibly stupid claims but I was talking about free will and the inconsistency that poses for an omniscient God.

An omniscient God would know what would happen with evil to every detail, it had to be intended.

if i apparently have two choices, A or B, and god KNOWS i am going to choose B, what are the chances that I am going to choose A and prove an OMNISCIENT god wrong?

He is a good, omnipotent, omniscient God, who remains in control of His creation, over which He will pronounce ultimate judgment.

- An omniscient god would know * precisely * what would convince each and every one of us individually and equally.

you believe in an omniscient god who knows whether we will accept jeebus as a savior, but then punishes them for eternity if they do not believe in him.

You said, «There is nothing contradictory or impossible about omnipotent and omniscient God» A god that is omniscient would know, a priori, all decisions it will make.

(7) An omniscient God knows with respect to any P exactly what P would do if P were made free with respect to any A.

- If, for instance, you believe in an omnipotent and omniscient god, you believe in one that has contradictory and therefor mutually exclusive traits.

Since an omniscient God already knows everything, playing it out in the physical world is completely redundant.

The point is you claim that your god is omniscient and omnipotent so therefore knows of amputees and could heal them, you also claim that prayer works (even though an omniscient god should be aware of all problems).

When an omnipotent, omniscient god could have dealt with the problem in a much more immediate way, does it really make sense to wait a couple of decades for the child to be born, grow up, and start a ministry?

Which raises the question, how can an omnipotent, omniscient God create something he's not pleased with?

my claim was that free will and an omniscient god were incompatible.

don't give me the bullspit freewill argument, because free will and an omniscient god are incompatible.

An omnipotent, omniscient god that supposedly created the universe and all in it, would not have needed to create evil, disease, and illness in the first place and would have the power to eliminate evil, disease, and illness if it chose to.

Instead, I understand that prayer is for my benefit (omniscient God already knows what I have to say), a way for me to organize my thoughts and priorities.

An omniscient god would certainly know about unborn children, even prior to his creation of earth.

With respect to an omniscient god, the famous, contemporary theologian, Father Edward Schillebeeckx made this observation:

Not exact matches

I pray to whichever holy name (God, Allah, Jehovah, Krishna, Jesus, etc.) suits the ONE Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent being that ignorance is wiped away from our species and we become a closer, more loving, peaceful creature and that we realize how much time we waste and how much further we push our fellow neighbor and brother under God, regardless of creed, away debating over who's God is better and discover the error of our ways before we destroy each other... before it's too late, because The End is Nigh!!!!! LOL!!!!! Really though, isn't the world full of enough tragedy, and aren't their so many more important things that need our energy and attention like the innocent children in Pakistan dying from diseases from the flood or the homeless children in our own country, or the lack of education, which is exactly what leads to this kind of debate?

If God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent — The Alpha and Omega — then He is indeed love.

If god is omniscient, he would know the future with absolute certainty; but his «omnipotence» would be rendered powerless if he ever tried to alter the future, due to his «omniscience».