RE: On Hell and Forgiveness
September 26, 2018 at 5:56 pm
(This post was last modified: September 26, 2018 at 6:02 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(September 25, 2018 at 10:58 am)SteveII Wrote:(September 24, 2018 at 9:47 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: The term 'omnipresence' is unnecessary if what is meant is covered by 'omniscience'. As I said, you can't have your cake and eat it too. If 'omnipresence' does not mean 'God is present everywhere', then God is not omnipresent. It's okay, Steve, omnipresence isn't a necessary attribute of God. IMHO, the Bible verses used to derive 'omnipresence' are ambiguous and lack detail. You can just jettison the concept and get much more consistency with the Bible.
You didn't read carefully enough: I believe the correct understanding is he is cognizant of and causally active at every point in space. When you look at the meaning of that sentence, God is:
1. cognizant of every point in space
2. causally active at every point in space
This is not even close to meaning of omniscience.
That I don't agree with your argument for changing the meaning of omnipresence from 'present everywhere' to 'cognizant of and causally active in every point of space' does not mean I don't understand it. 'Present everywhere' is an inconvenient meaning, so you don't want it to be that.
And 'cognizant of every point in space' is not even close to the meaning of omniscience? Not even close?
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
