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of course not. This is where the Bubba Preachers get caught in their lies about an all knowing God. Omniscience is their definition of God; not God's definition.

2007-01-13 09:28:44 · answer #1 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 3 0

It would seem that way, but in all actuality omniscience has nothing to do with the future. An omniscient character can see what is going on inside and outside other character's heads from a impartial point of view. This does not necessarily include knowledge of the future.

2007-01-13 09:28:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

No. Omniscience refers to knowing all there is to know about everything that is and the past. Not the future, because the future has not happened yet, otherwise there would be no free will.

2007-01-13 09:29:40 · answer #3 · answered by frigidx 4 · 1 0

Omniscience means all-knowing, so yes, it would include knowledge of the future.

2007-01-13 09:28:19 · answer #4 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 1 1

Yes, God omnisicenec does include a knowledge of the future.
His Word the Bible says he knows the beginning to the end, he is the Alpha and Omega. The Bible tells us he knew us before we were born and the number of days we would live. Also, the book of Revelation shows us his and our future and as he wrote it will come to pass.

2007-01-13 09:44:25 · answer #5 · answered by Terry M 1 · 1 0

If you want to believe God is Omniscient then maybe you could believe that god simply knows all possible futures. The fact that he gave us free-will then just gives us the power to choose which one we end up in. Just an opinion, im agnostic anyway.

2007-01-13 09:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by GonZo_K 1 · 1 0

Yes. Omniscience includes knowledge of EVERYTHING... including yourself, which is why it is a logically impossible characteristic to hold.

If God is omniscient, then he must know himself. He must be self-aware, and self aware that he is self-aware, and so on ad infinitum.

For a parallel, picture a perfectly detailed map of the United States... down to every tree and every building, every blade of grass. The map, of course, would have to have the map itself somewhere on it, and it would need to be just as detailed... so on and so forth.

2007-01-13 09:43:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Basically, NO. The Almighty knows everything there is to be known, and He knows what He has definitely decided to do. However He does not know the future. ( Like He doesn't know which pair of shoes I'll wear tomorrow) . This isn't a problem, for He is so great that whatever happens, He can handle it so perfectly that you might think He knew beforehand. We are told that He shares our joys and sorrows, and He could hardly do so if He had "experienced" them eons ago.

2007-01-13 09:31:33 · answer #8 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0 1

Omniscient means "all knowing."

Are you excluding the future from "all?"

If so, what else are you excluding?

2007-01-13 09:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1 0

Omniscient: –adjective a million. having finished or limitless expertise, understanding, or information; perceiving all issues. sure, God ought to ought to carry close each thing, previous, present, and destiny. it does not presume that the destiny replaced into linear, it ought to easily presume that god ought to recognize each possible effect to the destiny, as well as each possible effect that would have got here about interior the previous, and each and each possible effect to any difficulty interior the present. omnipotent: –adjective a million. almighty or limitless in skill, as God. 2. having very tremendous or limitless authority or skill. sure, God ought to ought to have the skill to do something at any time in anyplace. something that ought to reduce this skill ought to point that God replaced into not omnipotent. omni skill "all". All-understanding and All-skill is in reality what omniscient and omnipotent skill. If limits were positioned on one's skill to carry close all, and on one's skill to do all, then that ought to point that individual isn't All-understanding and by no skill all-functional, therefor not omniscient and by no skill omnipotent.

2016-11-23 16:27:24 · answer #10 · answered by persingerjr 4 · 0 0

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