2007-02-14 10:03:50 · 21 answers · asked by I-Ponder 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You fail to establish a logical connection between omniscience and disappointment. Furthermore, what makes you think He is disappointed?
"The Lord has made everything for its own purpose - even the wicked for the day of evil." (Proverbs 16:4)
2007-02-14 10:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like many, many other seeming paradoxes associated with an "omnipotent, omniscient, all-merciful, and good God" this turns out to be not a paradox, but one example of a logical argument against the possibility of the existence of such a God.
If God created something, it was by definition Good, since He cannot make mistakes. If he is later disappointed in His creation, it is because He either
1. Made a mistake by creating it
2. Created it incorrectly, or with flaws,
or
3. Failed to foresee that it would be damaged or destroyed by another force, in this case Satan.
In any of those cases, God was not infallible and therefore was not the God described in either the Old or New Testament of the Bible.
The only other possibility is that God knew his creation would become corrupted by Satan, sin, or evil men, and let that happen, leading to death and destruction on Earth, horrific suffering by the humans he created, and eternal suffering and torture for those who would eventually be condemned to an eternity in Hell. In this case, He proceeded with his faulty creation despite the consequences to the humans He claims to love and to whom he claims to show mercy, without regard to their suffering.
Of course that last possibility means that God is not all-loving and all-good, which again rules out the God of the Bible.
Again, this is a logical argument against the existence of God, at least as he is described by Christians, not simply a paradox.
2007-02-14 18:20:23 · answer #2 · answered by Don P 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians view the temptation and failure of Adam in a negative light. In Judaism this is not necessarily a negative thing. The resultant failure of Adam created an oppurtunity for mankind that didn't previously exist. The oppurtunity to perceive ourselves as seperate from the Creator. It is through this seperateness that we strive to "find" a connection. Once we find our connection, which in reality has always existed, we fulfill an immense purpose. Besides bringing meaning to existance their is a teaching in the Zohar that says that the one Adam was a single soul. Every subsequent person after Adam is a part of the same soul. Each of us possess a spark, which must be elevated and returned to its former status. This is a process known as t'shuva in Hebrew.
2007-02-14 18:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by Sholom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Disappointed - Yes. Suprised - No. God is not a random unpredictable ball of gas. He follows a set of laws. Therefore He has granted that all men and women have their own agency to act. He knew that we would not always make the right choice, that is why He sent His Son Jesus Christ to make an atonement for our bad choices IF we would repent of our sins. He is disappointed when we fail to repent.
2007-02-14 18:24:13 · answer #4 · answered by Tsar 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If God is impassible, how could he be disappointed in anything? If God is unchanging, how can he know anything about a creation which changes?
Traditional theism is incoherent in about 10ⁿ ways.
2007-02-14 18:09:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In true Socratic fashion, allow me to answer with another question: If we knew every choice that our children would make, and knew that some of those choices would be bad, maybe even REALLY bad, would we still have children? Would we be disappointed in their choices? Of course - but that probably wouldn't keep us from having children. If everybody thought that way, none of us would be here today.
God wanted people to be with Him who consciously chose to be with Him, not robots. So He gave us choices, and weeds out those who don't want to be with Him. If you think about it, that's the only way to go without having robots. If you can think of a better way, let Him know.
2007-02-14 18:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You know He could of erased us and destroyed us long ago---He could of started over, but He had a plan from the beginning, and it was salvation through Jesus Christ, since sin entered the world- And His plan will carry out.....and in the end He will have the victory. He loves His children, those who love and seek Him.
"The Lord is good to those who love Him, to the soul who seeks Him" Lamentations 3:25
2007-02-14 18:07:31 · answer #7 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You know what a difficult road drugs could be for your child, how could you be disappointed in them for following that road?
2007-02-14 18:08:38 · answer #8 · answered by rezany 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a very difficult question...whe cannot understand God with our small limited brains..I think we should go beyond our mind, there we can find god, and maybe can answer this...but my opinion is that He is not dissapointed, i think that He does what is necessary to complete his divine work and wants His children to become perfect so that He ses Himself in His creation
2007-02-14 18:14:24 · answer #9 · answered by anthony 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He won't be. He would have know exactly what was going to happen. It is just one of the many paradoxes of the god hypothesis that is unanswerable.
2007-02-14 18:06:48 · answer #10 · answered by Alan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋