Posted on 06/03/2011 5:36:31 PM PDT by PhilosopherStone1000
You spoke about the mind-blowing aspect of infinity?
Infinite wisdom cannot but include infinite knowledge upon which that wisdom is based.
Infinite wisdom and infinite knowledge cannot but result in infinite power, because they contain the understanding of how to do anything that can be done - by definition.
In other words, infinite wisdom = infinite power.
Therefore, you can't pose a question about an infinitely wise God, without also positing an infinitely knowledgeable God, and an infinitely powerful God.
Thus, any question about such a God which invokes one of these aspects, of necessity invokes a God possessing all of these aspects.
QED
In e.g. Thomas, Elements of Calculus and Analytic Geometry, Addison Wesley 1959, pains are taken to explain this phrase in terms of assertions involving only finite numbers. For example, "As n approaches infinity, 1/n approaches 0" means that, "For any epsilon there exists an N, such that n > N implies 1/n < epsilon". I learned this well. Indeed I have always felt that math is sort of a religion, and the "delta epsilon proof" is one of its incantations, to be sure.
Yes, omniscience and omnipotence do seem to be related.
But it is possible to know what is going to happen at time t+delta t without being able to do anything about it.
I have seen several accidents in progress where I KNEW that car A was going to hit car B but was nevertheless powerless to stop the accident. Knowing what is going to happen in the future is not the same as being able to alter what happens in the future.
I’m in. For what it’s worth, I was an atheist for most of my life as well. Now my faith waxes and wanes so I don’t know what the hell I really am. I like to think of science and rationality as the one thing I can truly count on when nothing else makes sense.
If you put together a ping list put me on it , please.
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