RE: Why Would God Hide?
November 19, 2014 at 6:50 pm
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2014 at 6:55 pm by Smaug.)
Quote:Actually I believe he said that if humans made it to heaven, they would become like gods. So he was afraid of them gaining enough power to challenge him.Yes, in Genesis he mentioned that after eating the fruit humans became like "us" (us reffering to him and, perhaps, other gods). He also said very similar things addressing the Tower.
As far as I remember, there was also a tree of Life and if humans ate from that tree they would have become some kind of gods (both knowing good and evil and immortal).
And I'd like to point out the anger fallacy once again. While you're in control you're calm. Being in total control (omnipotence) means no anger at all (assuming you have no mental issues such as spontaneous outbursts of anger).
By the way, why do they separate omnipotence from omniscience when discussing religious issues? Doesn't omnipotence already imply omniscience?