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God can make infinitely more special/valuable things than this universe
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RE: God can make infinitely more special/valuable things than this universe
(November 27, 2018 at 11:43 am)Drich Wrote: This question can be answered with the same answer.

qualifiers like "best, greatest in creation" is all a matter of perspective. It seems to God Love is one of the greatest attributes or things one can possess and give as it seem to be the currency the after life works on. 

Which is also why I said God uses our most valued items as common building materials, which reduces their values to little or nothing more than common cobble stones. To us our system of value is different, what we deem valued or the best, is common fodder.

Think about that for a second.

So to now ask has the best been created? The question need to be first asked by who's standards? who can judge what is best or greatest if our current best or greatest are no more important to God than common rocks and gravel?

So then if God hold something like Love with such high esteem and you don't see it as anything special, then by what standard what imperial measure do you use to judge best and or greatest?

That is why this answer works for both questions. it comes down to how does a finite being measure the work of an infinate God? what measure can one possible use to judge one creation greater or better than another, if you can not see how one creation touches and effects the whole of creation over it's entire life time?


-or to put it another way.. what do you think is better or greater than what has been created? by what measure or authority do you make this assessment? Does this assessment only concern you and this time or does it concern everyone for eternity, and is the outcome always better? How can you finite being say it will always be better?

Do you see the problem? even if you are proud enough to answer the question you have no authority to guarantee the result as always being better. meaning your standard as a finite being is unable to judge what a infinite being has already done. at best you can only speak to you and yours which has nothing to do with greatest or best..

Notably, my inability to detect a supposedly omnipotent God's infinitely better creations, has no bearing on said creations. It is odd to think my inability to detect the products of the supposed God's omnipotence, would affect said omnipotent power.

As a simple analogy: If I were a layman when Einstein were alive, I may not have understood what Einstein was thinking, but I could have correctly determined that Einstein would have already done far better than perform simple arithmetic calculations, like the calculation 1 + 1. My inability to understand Einstein's complex works, would not in anyway inhibit the reality that Einstein would have long done far more than simple addition operations.

And thus the question remains: Do you feel this universe's creation represents the end of God's supposedly unending power?
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RE: God can make infinitely more special/valuable things than this universe - by blue grey brain - November 27, 2018 at 3:26 pm

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