(July 22, 2016 at 8:53 pm)robvalue Wrote:(July 22, 2016 at 5:23 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Wow. You gleaned all of that from Scripture, huh?
If you say so, GC.
It clearly reads that they hid themselves from from His presence, but...potato/po-tah-to, I guess!
Not the only time Biblical God appears to "find out" stuff, or doesn't seem to know what happens next;
But, I suppose your explanation of "No...He's just kidding." makes more sense.
Who cares what it says, really? Each Christian just writes their own totally individual bible it seems. It hardly matters what it said in the first place, or what the authors intended it to mean. And since there is no right or wrong answer, anything goes.
Well, whether approaching the content from a non-fictional perspective, or simply it regarding it as a cast of characters, that there are a few issues that really aren't subject to interpretation. Biblical God's omniscience is one of them. He's not.
And if He's not omniscient, it goes without saying that He's not exactly omnipotent, doesn't it?
I understand why theists would want to believe that He is, but it seems that they do themselves more of a disservice by stretching the definition of interpretation PAST it's limits, into flat-out ignoring or lying. I would think that it would present more of an edge; acknowledging that the God character simply knows more and has more capabilities than anyone, rather than purport him as ALL-everything makes Biblical God appear slightly more realistic and allows the Bible story line to move along/make more sense as a whole.
But, hey...what do I know? I'm just a dumb heathen.
