Saturday, November 22, 2008
HELP ME!!!
Is the celebration of Thanksgiving an act of Idolatry if participated in by Christians? Speaking of Holidays, what about christmas trees? Isn't having a christmas tree an implicit sanction of a pagan practice? Aren't we called to be "set apart?" Where should we draw a line? Should we as christians draw a line? Are there any scriptures which inform these areas? HELP ME!!!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Can God Learn?
Can God Learn?
The word omniscience, is not a word of the Bible. In fact, that word is not, strictly speaking, a biblical term. It means to see or know all things, and has been a theological doctrine based on supposed biblical evidence.
But is this true? If you know everything, and there's nothing that you do NOT know, then are you able to learn? Can God obtain knowledge that He doesn't have?
If so, then I would argue that God has 2 things that He is incapable of: He cannot sin, for that would disqualify Him from the position of being God. He also, based on any belief that he is omniscient, would be unable to learn. Can God teach Himself? Impossible! If He can, then it would imply that there is something He does not know, and therefore he would cease to be omniscient, or all-knowing.
Because God is supposedly all-knowing, why does he get angry? There are many instances in scripture where it says that "the anger of the Lord burned against them". What would make Him angry? He is all-knowing. He knew that we would sin and disobey Him before we were born. Before the creation of the world. He's not surprised, if He's omniscient. We get angry when our expectations are not met. For instance, if I expect my friend to give me a high-five, and instead they smack me in the face, that would probably make me angry. I was expecting one thing and I got something different. That's a surprise. But God is not surprised, because He knows everything. So if that is the case, is there anything we can do wrong that would NOT meet God's expectations? After all, He knew we'd do it anyways.
The word omniscience, is not a word of the Bible. In fact, that word is not, strictly speaking, a biblical term. It means to see or know all things, and has been a theological doctrine based on supposed biblical evidence.
But is this true? If you know everything, and there's nothing that you do NOT know, then are you able to learn? Can God obtain knowledge that He doesn't have?
If so, then I would argue that God has 2 things that He is incapable of: He cannot sin, for that would disqualify Him from the position of being God. He also, based on any belief that he is omniscient, would be unable to learn. Can God teach Himself? Impossible! If He can, then it would imply that there is something He does not know, and therefore he would cease to be omniscient, or all-knowing.
Because God is supposedly all-knowing, why does he get angry? There are many instances in scripture where it says that "the anger of the Lord burned against them". What would make Him angry? He is all-knowing. He knew that we would sin and disobey Him before we were born. Before the creation of the world. He's not surprised, if He's omniscient. We get angry when our expectations are not met. For instance, if I expect my friend to give me a high-five, and instead they smack me in the face, that would probably make me angry. I was expecting one thing and I got something different. That's a surprise. But God is not surprised, because He knows everything. So if that is the case, is there anything we can do wrong that would NOT meet God's expectations? After all, He knew we'd do it anyways.
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