The Argument From Consciousness

[Neo-Scholastic]

When we say that God is a conscious being of what is He conscious? Do the contents of His consciousness change like ours? Does God have an unconscious part of His intellect?

I'm somewhat inclined to believe that the theist will be closer to knowing how to answer these questions than myself. Surely the Bible hints at possible answers.

I doubt many have thought about it. Dilemmas like this, including the Trinity & hypostatic union, moved me toward Swedenborg. Not that he had all the answers either.

...wouldn't such a "mechanical" relationship almost partly rob God of his free will?

On first blush it would seem so. I tend to think of this graph more as Man's experience of God. God's love is a constant force which you experience as His wrath when you disobey. Not that that entirely solves the problem either, although it is an avenue to explore.