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An omniscient god cannot be intelligent
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RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent
I thought I'd address a point brought up about omniscience somewhere else. It was claimed that an omniscient being makes perfect decisions.

This is a reasonable statement, but only once you consider that it must be perfect for some purpose. A decision can't be perfect in all regards, that doesn't make any sense. For example, I might make a decision which is perfect for maximizing my own happiness. That doesn't mean it's perfect for anyone else's happiness, nor for achieving any other goal you could think of.

Even if you include multiple goals, some sort of weighting between them must still be given; and it's presumably impossible to achieve two contradictory goals, even if you're omnipotent.
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RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by vorlon13 - August 24, 2018 at 10:06 am
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by emjay - August 24, 2018 at 9:50 am
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by ignoramus - August 24, 2018 at 9:56 am
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by brewer - August 24, 2018 at 11:18 am
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by Angrboda - August 24, 2018 at 11:14 am
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by Angrboda - August 25, 2018 at 12:40 pm
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by robvalue - August 24, 2018 at 2:32 pm
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by robvalue - August 24, 2018 at 9:19 pm
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by brewer - August 24, 2018 at 9:33 pm
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by robvalue - August 25, 2018 at 10:26 pm
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by Angrboda - August 26, 2018 at 2:35 pm
RE: An omniscient god cannot be intelligent - by robvalue - August 27, 2018 at 9:30 am

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