RE: Godly Motivations
October 17, 2019 at 12:25 am
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2019 at 12:26 am by Belacqua.)
(October 17, 2019 at 12:14 am)Succubus Wrote: God is omniscient, he knew our thoughts and actions before he created us
God, they say, doesn't know things the way people know them. If I say "I know your phone number," that requires the existence of two separate things: me and your phone number.
Since God is perfect unity and simplicity, there can't be two things. God is omniscient in the sense that all possible objects of knowledge are included in him already.
Quote: so in what way are we independent beings?
Our existence isn't independent. We depend on God, who is existence itself. Without existence, nothing would exist.
As for our choices and behavior, I am asking Brian37 why, if God made us without having to, this would make us of necessity NOT valuable, free, or non-toylike. I don't know what his argument is.
Quote:What motivated him to do this?
God has no motivations.
As always, I am only describing here the standard theological arguments.
