(June 11, 2016 at 7:54 pm)SteveII Wrote:(June 11, 2016 at 5:42 pm)Irrational Wrote: The way you seem to conceive of knowledge is as mere possession of some required information to solve some problem at hand, and not as an outcome of a process.
So, for you, it seems omniscience is simply being a source of infinite information.
So, again, what distinguishes God (in this case) from a mindless source of infinite information (such as some eternal metaphysical supercomputer)?
If there is no distinction, then what logic do you have that God is a mindful entity and not a mindless one? If being mindful does not require time, then what makes it mindful rather than mindless?
Knowledge is a possession. Facts and information. For us, knowledge is an outcome of a process but then it exists as facts and information. We are blank slates (knowledge-wise) when we start off and need a process to start filling the knowledge bucket. Omniscience skips that step.
God is not a supercomputer because God acts on the information he has. He has a will, he has other characteristics by which he makes decision (justice, mercy, love, etc.).
But outside of time, how are all these mental qualities (will, knowledge, etc.) enacted in a way that distinguishes a timeless god from a mindless but also timeless entity?