(November 9, 2014 at 12:32 pm)abaris Wrote: If god is all-knowing, he doesn't need his tests, because he already knows the outcome to the last detail before the person in question is even born.
HisMajesty is contending that the tests are not for God's benefit, but for ours. For instance, the test of Abraham regarding sacrificing his son Isaac can be interpreted as God showing Abraham that he is indeed willing to obey no matter what God commands; and the point of the test was to impart that self-knowledge. Of course, an omnipotent being could impart such knowledge directly, but it doesn't make much of a story.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.