philosophy of science: meaning and functions (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, September 17, 2018, 14:58 (2055 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

David: Why should God have to learn about emotions if He knows all to begin with? He may have created us to see how we handle those emotions since He gave us consciousness with self-awareness to reason about problems, which is consistent with your idea of 'spectacle' but at the mental level, not your 'zoo ' level.

Tony: I can't speak for the Torah, but the Bible doesn't claim God knew everything from the very beginning.

david: My impression of the first five books of the Bible is confirmed by my encyclopedic dictionary of the OT. Deut: 10-14 says He is all powerful, omniscient, omnipresent and all efficient. Also confirmed in Ps. 139: 1-24; Job:12-22.

Tony: I can write a computer program and know every variable in that program, but that does not mean I know everything. Likewise, while I certainly accept that God knows everything about his creation, I do not necessarily agree that there is no room for him to grow in might, power, knowledge, or some other metric. Yet, it suffices to say that he is so far beyond anything we can understand that, for our purposes, he may as well. Also, while omnipotence and omniscience are loosely supported in biblical terms, omnipresence is absolutely NOT supported biblically. He is often referred to as having a specific 'dwelling place' and as moving about or traveling.

I see you are analyzing what The Bible says about God from the New Testament. I'm not well-versed in the Bible, and I do not view it as knowledge given from God, but written by people. I use it as a guide for my thoughts about Him.