To: Dr. Eckleburg; blue-duncan
If God's omniscience simply means He knows everything perfectly, everything blue-duncan said is correct. God is hostage to the whims of men who can outwit the sovereign Lord Creator.
Omniscience does mean that God knows everything. One cannot forget, however, that God is omnipotent and omnipresent.
So the issue is that God has the power to enact that which He has foreseen.
Is it illegal to desire someeone to die?
Is it illegal to take out a contract to have another human killed?
6,998 posted on
01/29/2010 5:17:38 AM PST by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who support our troops pray for their victory!)
To: xzins
Omniscience does mean that God knows everything. Oooh. Wow.
7,000 posted on
01/29/2010 5:19:45 AM PST by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: xzins; Petronski
Omniscience does mean that God knows everything.Say more, please?
I know that Whitehead would agree, specifically that God does not know the future.
Personally I think that Whitehead's Process and Reality is a tour de force whose only flaw is that it's pretty much a waste of time. It doesn't add much to Christian thought, though it illuminates very well a philosophical cul de sac.
In any event, I promise I am not lurking behind a bush with my knife out. I really would like to know more about your thinking here.
7,009 posted on
01/29/2010 6:36:00 AM PST by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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