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HI, Great thread...
Omniscience is somewhat paradoxical, in my opinion. If A being (we can say God for arguments sake) knows everything, it has "omniscience", and that implies foreknowledge and a perfect understanding of all that I have done and will do. I cannot therefore make any decisions that were not seen by "god" before they happen.
In order for a being to be omniscient I beleive that one of two scenarios would have to take place, I am open to More if you can think them up.
Scenario 1 - God is omniscient and therefore MUST also be omnipresent. I do not beleive you can have one without the other and here is why:
To have the attribute of Omniscience God would have seen the entire "tape" of my life. God would therefore have to control me or else face infinitley differing world every time I actually make a choice that differs.. either God would also have to be omnipresent in order to be able to manage the change from any one action that God or I may undertake or God would have to be Omnipresent in order to control me. If I am aware of God's Omniscience it becomes EVEN MORE imperative that God be Omnipotent. The reason for this is that I may now choose another course in life just to complicate things further. SO... for god to be truly omniscient she would have to have Complete control of me and all circumstances around me. I hope my writing lives up to the logic I am trying to portray here.
Scenario 2 - If God is omniscient only you CAN have a degree of control !
Imagine playing "chicken" with God... You are driving your Ford towards God's on the highway of life. The first one to veer away Loses! Since I know that God knows what I am about to do... I do nothing. I drive straight ahead and wait for God to lose by veering out of the way since she knew what I was going to do. Imagine that I just won a game of logic over an omniscient being!
Again, if God is truly Omniscient, then omnipresence would have to be another attribute.
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