Contradiction Of God
The God of the bible is omniscient. and since he created the universe knowing what would happen, it means that everything that he created is perfect in his eyes and is in no way what he didn't plan. He knew that Lucifer would rebel, trick Adam and Eve, as well as the fall of humanity. But, since being omniscient, there should have been no anger whatsoever from God in response to what happened. Anger reflects a sentiment that something happened that shouldn't have happened. But an omniscient being who knows before he sets his creation into motion how EVERYTHING will turn out, can feel no more anger then we can feel anger when we consciously allow a brick to fall from our hand and decend under the force of gravity to smash a plate. Same with the flood, God's apparent disappointment to his creation is impossible. Disappointment is the non fulfillment of what one hopes. An omniscient being doesnt hope, it KNOWS.
We are told that the angel of the lord stops Abraham from killing his son, saying "Now I know that thou are a god fearing man" Now I know? An omniscient god would have known the entire time. Besides for omniscience to be true, stories involving divine surprise, emotional reaction, or reassessment must be false. For if those stories were to be true, omniscience must be false. Whatever the case the combination is fatally compatible, its a path that leads no where.
Not only this but there are alot of contradictions of "omni". A being who can be anywhere, see everything, is all powerful and all benevolent, might at first sound impressive when first thought up, but when we attempt to integrate them, especially in view of a reality chalk full of immorality and suffering. These ill conceived concepts collapse under the weight of their own ambition. Perhaps the pinochle of over ambition is perfection.
There's a lot of disagreement about what attributes a perfect being would possess. some say it would be perfectly emphatic, others say it would be perfectly detached, etc. Whatever the case, perfection sets up considerable problems. Matt 7:18 says "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit but a bad tree cannot bear good fruit." A perfect god creates a perfect human and imperfection comes of it? How could a perfect being sin? We cant just say "it just decides to" or "free will" why would it decide to? What possible need would it be serving? The answer: an imperfect need. And were did the imperfect need come from? When we work back to find the point of transition from perfection to imperfection, the problem is unworkable. Free will or no free will, perfect beings both divine and human beings, don't make imperfect choices. Those who claim they do are to claim that a good tree can bear bad fruit. The problem extends to imperfect revelations, some say that it isn't their gods revelation that's important, but human error conveying that information. By stating this, they unwittingly highlight their deities imperfections.
We are told that the angel of the lord stops Abraham from killing his son, saying "Now I know that thou are a god fearing man" Now I know? An omniscient god would have known the entire time. Besides for omniscience to be true, stories involving divine surprise, emotional reaction, or reassessment must be false. For if those stories were to be true, omniscience must be false. Whatever the case the combination is fatally compatible, its a path that leads no where.
Not only this but there are alot of contradictions of "omni". A being who can be anywhere, see everything, is all powerful and all benevolent, might at first sound impressive when first thought up, but when we attempt to integrate them, especially in view of a reality chalk full of immorality and suffering. These ill conceived concepts collapse under the weight of their own ambition. Perhaps the pinochle of over ambition is perfection.
There's a lot of disagreement about what attributes a perfect being would possess. some say it would be perfectly emphatic, others say it would be perfectly detached, etc. Whatever the case, perfection sets up considerable problems. Matt 7:18 says "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit but a bad tree cannot bear good fruit." A perfect god creates a perfect human and imperfection comes of it? How could a perfect being sin? We cant just say "it just decides to" or "free will" why would it decide to? What possible need would it be serving? The answer: an imperfect need. And were did the imperfect need come from? When we work back to find the point of transition from perfection to imperfection, the problem is unworkable. Free will or no free will, perfect beings both divine and human beings, don't make imperfect choices. Those who claim they do are to claim that a good tree can bear bad fruit. The problem extends to imperfect revelations, some say that it isn't their gods revelation that's important, but human error conveying that information. By stating this, they unwittingly highlight their deities imperfections.
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