just out of curiousity, does remembering something, require to you to have forgotten it?
Exodus 2:24
24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.
wouldnt this mean God forgot his covenant, and if God forgot this wouldnt that negate his "omniscience" ?
2007-02-05 06:48:03 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
why the gospel? is the OT not labeled as part of the bible? why should i read only certain parts of it?
2007-02-05 06:54:35 · update #1
lol
2007-02-05 06:53:31 · answer #1 · answered by Atheist Eye Candy 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I am answering this as an English teacher, not as a Christian (mainly because I AM an English teacher and I am NOT of the Christian religion although there are probably ways in which I am Christian). "To remember" is not ALWAYS the opposite of "to forget." For example, if someone said to you, "I am so happy you always remember my birthday." That does not imply you ever forgot it, just that you took the trouble to remember it.
Having said that, if you want to really look for errors, on the part of God, in the Old Testament, you only need to read Genesis. God re-does things plenty of times just because He did not get it right the first time. Even before he makes any mistakes, he seems to be constantly checking to make sure. For instance, when He separated dark from light, He checked it out first (He saw that it was good, and only then did he make it permanent).
Now, God being God, in a way, He cannot make mistakes. Suppose he does make a mistake. All he has to do is to erase and start over -- nobody would ever know. Since nobody is born before or after God (most religions say that God cannot be born because, if he could, he could also die), it would be impossible ever to know and/or to prove that God ever did make a mistake. If you did prove it, God could wipe you out and wipe out all memory of you from the Universe.
So, God is never wrong and he never forgets and so on. God is not omniscient though, because that is too limiting. To be omniscient, would simply mean that he knows everything. In fact, God knows more than everything, being God. For instance, he knows who God is and nobody else knows that. So, God knows more than everything that is known and/or knowable.
2007-02-05 15:03:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anpadh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Omnipotence, Omniscient, Omnipresence and all the other Omnis are theological understandings. While these ideas are inspired by various scriptural writings, they ultimately are the attempts by humans as the creation to describe attributes of the indescribable.
Most omni language comes from Psalm 139... but the Psalms were never meant to dictate theology, they are poetic hymns of worship, majesty, lament, confession and praise.
This is not meant to refute the concepts of the omni-God, but they are a matter of faith and personal understanding/relationship with the deity
2007-02-05 14:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by rogueknight17 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
so your trying to say that because a book about God written for illiterate sheepherders is wrong then God does not exist. God has nothing to with what people say about him write about him or her or it. Whatever God is he is billions of years old exists outside of our linear universe and cannot be described with human thought words or art. But the book helps people feel better it makes grandmas and people whose babies have half a heart feel better. and that feeling is what GOD is.
Stop crapping on other people find whats true for you and let others alone. Your just another warrior in just another religious war your not helping your hurting. STOP
2007-02-05 15:00:25 · answer #4 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess you would prefer it to say recall? I am sure there are some versions that say he recalled the covenant or that honored the covenant. Maybe you should interpret it from the original writings and determine if it still means that he forgot something.
2007-02-05 14:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by jwbyrdman 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well it probably means that it wasn't on your mind at the time. I thought God was omniscient. I don't think it says that he is in the Bible though.
2007-02-05 14:52:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure the paperwork Heaven generates would be enormous. All that smiting of populations alone would generate some heavy environmental reports.
He probably was snowed under. Happens to everyone.
2007-02-05 14:53:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That was before there was such an idea as an omniscient God. At the time, God was a Pagan God.
2007-02-05 14:53:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. To remember something means to bring to mind or think of again according to my merrian websters dictionary. If this is so, he could have brough back to mind or thought of something agains without forgetting it. Like if I leave my pen on my desk an leave, but then need it, I remember were I left it, but I did not forget it. Maybe I did not explain well, but I hope this helped you understand a little better.
2007-02-05 14:54:14 · answer #9 · answered by Please help me 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God will fullfill His prophecies don`t get cocky and say He is slow;the nation of Israel exist again this was prophesied 3000 years ago;and the promise is met;just like alot of prophesies that are coming to pass soon.
2007-02-05 14:54:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Don`t you think that this is the writers way of saying that God showed His compassion and mercy to the Israelites?
2007-02-05 14:52:40 · answer #11 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋