RE: Omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence... etc.
September 10, 2015 at 11:55 am
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2015 at 11:55 am by bennyboy.)
(September 10, 2015 at 11:13 am)Napoléon Wrote:(September 10, 2015 at 11:05 am)bennyboy Wrote: The answer to this is obvious, methinks. The function of the God idea is to provide justice, or at least sense, to an unfair existence, thereby allowing people to get out of bed in the morning.
If God doesn't know everything, then how is he going to (one day, in a land far, far away) repay you for the shit that is your life, here and now?
Knowing everything is different to knowing enough though. You could conceive a god that knows enough to judge you, and has the power to judge you, without taking the extra leap of saying it's omni this or omni that.
Yeah, but if you're making shit up, why not go for gold? All you have to do is say, "Yeah, the paradoxes don't make sense. But god is so omni-powerful that he's stronger even than paradox." See, easy.
