how could you be all-knowing, and all-powerful, yet have feelings and traits. this god fellow sounds like a machine to me. i personally dont believe it possible to know everything in the first place. but how could he have a personallity, and display such human characteristics like he does?
2007-03-06 13:32:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He doesn't, but he does.
An all-knowing deity would KNOW everything. But if he were not also all-present, he would not know what it is to be at some place at some time, so by definition, he must also be all-present to be all-knowing.
In addition, in the same way you say that an all-knowing being "knows everything", rather than "could know anything", you would have to say the same about all-powerful (God DOES everything, rather than God could do anything).
If God is all-powerful, then everything MUST exist, somewhere, somewhen, including you and me. In that sense, and in that there are a multitude of Gods, devils, etc. that MUST exist, to that extent he has all personalities, while as a whole, he has none.
May be too much for a general public discussion, but I'm happy to explore it further with anyone with a modicum of actual training in logic. There's more, but I'd hate to take up too much time (too late?).
2007-03-06 13:50:01 · answer #1 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He displays human characteristics because he was invented by humans who, of course, had no experience with omniscient beings. I don't know that omniscience necessarily means not having a personality, but it does mean that things like 'tests of faith' would be absolutely pointless.
2007-03-06 21:36:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was God in human form. Read the gospels, which accurately portray His life. He always displayed the appropriate personality style (which I am well versed in.) at all times.
God is omniscient enough to know exactly how to appear to us at all times.
2007-03-06 21:41:38 · answer #3 · answered by Nathan 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
lol that's what the Hindus said, why Brahman makes so much more sense than a God with anger management issues...
2007-03-06 21:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by Jedi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our emotions came from Him;without God,nothing would be
2007-03-06 21:35:13 · answer #5 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you could discover what you are like at the core of being, you would have your answer.
2007-03-06 21:38:47 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋