How do we know God is simple?

Question

Dawkins suggests that God must be incredibly complex to design every atom and listen to every thought, yet most theologians maintain that God is simple. How is that conclusion drawn?

Answer 1

So...a person who leads a simple life can't be incredibly intelligent? Wow.

Let's see....created the world, everything in it, knew what was to pass, knew how we were going live, and could answer the questions: who, what, where, why, and how?, all within 6 days.
Doesn't sound so simple to me.

However, you can draw your own conclusions. I prefer to think that nothing is beyond god.

Answer 2

Which theologians say that? I don't think Paul thought that way at all; quite the contrary.

Romans 11:33-34
"Oh the depths of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgements, and His paths byond tracing out!
Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counsellor?""

Answer 3

the two and neither God grow to be ~created~ by greater ~complicated~ beings -- what makes people greater complicated is the actuality they actually exist; a no longer something is easier. Now over the millenia the myths have won complexity in info, so perhaps you ought to declare God developed ****** although, you merely shot your self interior the foot using the observe "theory". you won't be able to reason with theists whilst using a observe like "theory", then they declare creationism is a "theory" too. Neither faith nor technological expertise explains what grow to be earlier the super Bang. the two camps could desire to settle for that, on the instant, we've not got solutions to 3 questions. on the grounds which you comprehend what? you nevertheless have costs to pay, nutrients to repair, lawns to mow, etc. on the top of the day, the mundane aspects of daily existence are greater pressing concerns and understanding what grow to be earlier time, etc, does not assist you with those issues one iota. If human beings ought to settle for a sprint unknown without freaking out approximately all of it, that should eliminate even having the breakdown in debates with the Achille's Heel of "theory" -- by fact no one might have created faith or be arguing interior the 1st place. If the caveman did no longer soil himself the 1st time he observed lightning, the international could be a greater effective place on the instant :)

Answer 4

God is complex. His ways are not our own, His thoughts not our thoughts...He uses the simple things of the world to confound the wise. He tells us 'we cannot know the thoughts He has for us..." God wouldnt be God if you could google Him and know His thoughts and plans.

Salvation is simple though. Simply believe.

Answer 5

I have never heard that God was simple. On the contrary, he is the most complex of all. There is none like him. His thoughts and ways are far above those of man.

Answer 6

The commandments are simple. For example: Listen to my appointed leaders on earth or spend eternity in hell, which is a bad place where you do not want to go.

Answer 7

God works in mysterious ways, if he wanted us to know all of them then we would. He makes it as plain as day for us though.
Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. (Acts 16:31)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
Pretty easy huh?

Answer 8

It's quite simple my friend we exist, if you asked a alien nation what do you think of the human race, they would say all you humans do is fight and war. I'm not quite sure if that's gods world my friend.

Answer 9

It could be theoretically a fractal pattern. But I'm afraid that's not the type of god people expect.

Edit.-
Jeez for ignorant thumbs down people here's the definition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal

Answer 10

What we view as complex or even impossible... is simple to him... all because he is God! Our tiny minds cannot even attempt to fathom all of his wonder!
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