In other words, can humans be the very first living beings to know and understand something, or does it have to already be known and understood by another living being, i.e., God.
(BTW, this can be viewed as a trick question.)
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2007-03-27 04:37:59 · 21 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Information may exist, but if it is unknown, it is not knowledge.
2007-03-27 05:01:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Human brains is perhaps like the computer of the modern days. The most sophisticated ones are the computers that have been stored with almost all kinds informations. It is just a matter of navigating the mouse to server he wants and typing in the right word for the information you need. Of course, the computer will not bring out any information that has not been fed on it before hand. The brain of human also have the same load. Knowledge is already there. All that is needed is to tap the right button to put in works.
2007-03-27 04:52:27 · answer #2 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans are created beings, and we're imperfect. There is nothing we can ever discover or learn, that has not already been known.
People would like to believe that scientific discoveries are an accomplishment, but its no more than humans "finally" figuring things out.
It's extremely arrogant and illogical, to find something which has always existed, and then attribute that to human intellect.
God tells us in the Bible what has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done there is nothing new under the sun. (ECC 1:9 RSV).
2007-03-27 08:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by LovingJirie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As in, "if a man is alone in the forest and opens his mouth but there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong"?
Sorry, I love that one.
I guess it depends on your definitions.
Surely there are facts that exist that human beings do not know or understand. Are these facts "knowledge"?
Is God a "living being" in the same sense human beings are?
Can human beings have "knowledge" of God?
Can human beings, in fact, actually "know" that there is such a being as God?
Your question raises more questions than can be answered at this time, at least by any living human being. We simply don't have enough...uh..."knowledge".
EDIT:
Those are bats? I thought they were cats...
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2007-03-27 05:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aha! The old trick question.
The Universe and everything in it exists. Even though we have not experienced something to gain knowledge of that thing, it still exists. Galileo was the first living thing to gain knowledge of the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn. they existed for millions of years before him, but by virtue of being the first being to turn a telescope on them, he was the first to have knowledge of them.
BTW No god needed.
2007-03-27 04:45:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trick away my friend.
Here is one analogy:
Did Newton invent gravity?
Did the Wright brothers invent aerodynamics?
No.
Knowledge is just that, understanding laws that are already in place. We create our own ways to explain them, gravity, laws of flight, so on.
Knowledge existed before it was known or understood by man.
I do not understand the trick?
Laws are laws and universal truth or knowledge as you refer to it are like God, was, is, is to come.
Peace and blessing my tricky little friend.
How did you make those cool bats?
2007-03-27 04:50:47 · answer #6 · answered by elibw 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say there is the potential for knowledge of everything, but that it may take a long time and further development before we can realize that potential.
Of course, I don't believe in a supreme being, so I can't include that in my determination.
2007-03-27 04:42:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Intelligence can neither be created or destroyed, only obtained. Knowledge about a thing is a form of intelligence concerning that thing.
2007-03-27 05:08:03 · answer #8 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer to this depends on your view of God. Clearly you believe that God can have knowledge that man doesn't. I believe that god exists within the hearts and minds of man and we are part of God and God is part of us. Therefore God can't know what is unknown to man.
2007-03-27 04:43:42 · answer #9 · answered by gerrifriend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge itself is only a concept. Physical objects and events don't change based on humans' observation of them. And don't even say "quantum physics," because if you do, you don't know what you're talking about.
2007-03-27 04:44:46 · answer #10 · answered by RabidBunyip 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋