2006-06-20 21:43:03 · 16 answers · asked by mike hunt 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
What i mean by this is, if God is omniscient and omnipotent (knowing/seeing every thing, being every where) then he must know hope and faith but how can he have ever experienced hope or faith if he knows the future? And if he has never experienced hope or faith how can he expect us to have such things.
This raises other questions as to the existence of free will within a predetermined future and the presence of evil within a universe watched over by omnipotent devine sovereignty but i'll just stick with hope and faith for now. Feel free to expand upon this if you wish.
2006-06-20 23:03:20 · update #1
he knows hope and faith exist because he dangles it in front of us and we don't know the future. its like having your cat chase a laserpoint, we know there's nothing there to catch but the cat doesn't. heh heh
2006-06-20 21:48:27 · answer #1 · answered by Susie K 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The GOD philosophy what we carry in our mind got a lot of flaw. When I analysed, Christian, Muslim, Hindu religions, it talks or comes to a point where A super powerful god made an incomlete world. Purpose unknown and should not question also. Because GOD is unquestionable.
At the same time GOD believers never wanted to believe that god is seeing a drama and enjoying it at our cost. If we have a question for which there is no answer at present, then god knows. These are all common to all religious god belief. Then the question like if everything needs a creator then who created the creator nobody wants to lookinto.
Hinduism (Sanathan Dharm) is a departmental store. You can do anything in the name of god. According to your wants, you can opt the belief. Sometimes contradictory but ask the experts, they will set it right with their knowledge of Sanskrit.
God philosophy is not a complete philosophy. You will not be able to get the answer even to the seeker. But, without that, you can at least hope that, at present I do not know but I may come to know later. But, do not fall into the trap of hating GOD. That is another trap of your mind.
2006-06-20 22:05:19 · answer #2 · answered by r_govardhanam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because god has given us the gift of free will, so we in essence believe that we have control over our own lives and destinys. I think that life can be interpreted as a series of tests, in which hope and faith may help you to make the right desicsions in some of the tests.
Am i rambling?
Anyway, i think that we seal our own fate by our own choices, and how can we understand God when he is part of us, part of everything in the world? (rhetorrical question)
i am still in awe of the world, the sky, everything, it is just 2 much for the human mind to fully comprehend. Find your way, the answers you need will come.
2006-06-20 21:52:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not worry ,there is an answer for every question ,or it will be meaningless to knowing a question with out any answer ?God is perfection so if he has a personal aim to create us ,that means he needs to achieve some thing that he do not have and with that he will be no more perfection ! . We creatures cannot know the true acknowledgement of our creator because if that so we will be like him and there is no difference between us and him !what we can really know is the knowledge of his creation action truth that is the truth of universe ,knowing the actual happening future is related to his true acknowledgement( that never change) which we cannot understand unless we be Gods ?, knowing our might happening future which it can changes by changing our response , behaviours and loving people which makes us doing good for people may longing our living age ,so God hopes (with his might happening knowledge which he learns it to his prop hits and his angels ) that we do good thing for our seeks not his , it is along subject e mail me at sferjal@yahoo.com if you interested , i hope i make it clear for you to understand ,it needs to starts at the bigening WHO IS GOD ? ,thanks
2006-06-21 03:22:39 · answer #4 · answered by M.Ali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to the universe and everything in it is 42.
Would you have known this unless you experienced it.
Though God knows the future experience determines your past knowledge and when you die you knowledge returns to him this is the faith and hope you give to him through your experience in this life regardless of what he knows in your future life.
2006-06-21 06:55:15 · answer #5 · answered by chicco123uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if free will exists, we don't need the idea of god (that is, god wouldn't care very much about our decisions).. If that entity doesn't care, then why do we insist in worshipping it? If he exists and we are given free will, but we don't do exactly as he says, and punish us for doing what we decide - then, that entity is playing a sadistic game with humanity. Should we love that?
2006-06-21 01:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by hyperoil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know that destiny can be changed!
Hope and faith are the powers that make people go on with their lives so they are necessary for human.
God tells people to believe in them, because they can choose their own destiny instead of blaming god for everything bad happens to them.
2006-06-20 21:51:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man is affected by circumstances and environment which are unpredictable.So future is always unceratin.Hope and faith are two legs on which man survives.If future is known mankind will exit.Free will is a myth.
2006-06-26 23:13:22 · answer #8 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans have the god given gift of free will.
2006-06-20 21:55:04 · answer #9 · answered by headcage 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why does he need hope or faith he is everything if you believe in that sort of thing
2006-06-20 21:49:35 · answer #10 · answered by cgdchris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋