Omniscience

During the golden age of Greece, the arts and sciences prospered through the works of incredible thought provoking individuals. One of the most well-known was Aristotle, a philosopher who engaged in some of the most philosophical questions of his time; and quite possibly our own. He delved in to questions of our universe, often pushing the ideas and boundaries of the accepted beliefs. Aristotle constantly persisted to better not only his knowledge, but also that of his people. The Golden Age of…

God is giving us a test" (Green 54). This test is to determine if we deserve to live eternally in heaven when we die. This could explain the reason behind why the GCB lets us commit such moral evil. But this idea denies the idea of a GCB having omniscience again meaning all knowing. Most theists agree that the GCB is able to see into the future and what specific path each and every one of us will end up taking, so then why is there need for a test if the GCB knows everything? This idea of a test…

God is all knowing. His divine intellect, or omniscience, is undeniable when examining scripture. There is an overflow of scripture to back up the claim that there is nothing and no one more intelligent, more knowledgable or wise than God. We get understanding of God's omniscience from the writings of David. This is especially shown throughout chapter 139 of Psalms, which starts out with David exclaiming, "You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you…

Underestimating God When something evil is happening it is normal for mankind to go through the five stages of grieving (Axelrod, 2006). Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance are all normal parts of processing a detrimental moment in life. No two individuals will go through the stages in the same time or even the same order yet rest assured that at some point we will all ask: why? As part of our quest to understand our relationship with the rest of mankind and God we…

Argument for Omnipotence and Divine Goodness Does God exist? A question that has raised so many questions and answers for years. To even consider someone with this title would need to hold omnipotence, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. Omnipotence means all powerful, omniscient is knowning of all things, and omnibenevolent means to be everywhere, at all times. The arguments for the paradox of omnipotence, omniscient, omnibenevolent is something people have discuss for years, however not all…

Thomas Aquinas was an Italian philosopher and theologian of the Medieval period who raised valid arguments as to why evil exists. His first argument was that evil in fact does not exist but that there is only a “privation of the good” (Renick, pg 33). What this means is that God creates only good, therefore evil does not exist. Things only turn into bad when the good of an object of person has less of the good that it was initially given. Aquinas’s next arguments all go together; at least that…

In “God in the Doorway,” Annie Dillard conveys a shift in her perception of God by associating fearful childhood experiences with her current interpersonal relationship with God. Santa Claus appears at Dillard’s doorway on Christmas Eve and as a young girl Dillard reacts in fear of a powerful, omniscient god-like figure and runs away. (M.S. 1) Dillard later realizes Miss White, her elderly neighbor, dressed-up as Santa Claus intending to shape a loving relationship with Dillard. Miss White…

Free Will and its Relation to Grace: Erasmus versus Luther In our reading on Discourse of Free Will, we develop a wholesome idea of the opinions both Erasmus and Luther had on the topic of free will and the how it correlates with God’s grace. Once we look beyond the back and forth debate of this text, we will begin to look at their theological opinions on free will separately to find a better understanding and formulate our own opinions on this commonly debated topic. As we look at the…

From the class I’ve learned that there are two kinds of evil, natural evil and moral evil. Natural evils are natural circumstances such as tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes. Moral evil results from human actions such as murder, theft and rape. The question that is risen if God is all good, then why does evil and suffering exist in the world? Just within the last few months, on the news there have been reports of tragic school shootings and natural disasters, and if God is all good why does…

God’s Power The Religious Quest Introduction According to Merriam-Webster theodicy is “defense of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil” (“Merriam- Webster”, n.d.). Omnipotence is having great power with no limitations. For He is the only one who has the great power because he is all knowing and all good. There is an existence of evil because of original sin, superiority of God, and absence of good. Free Will God lets us choose from good and evil in order for us to…