On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:38:55 GMT, Grinder <grinder@no.spam.maam.com>
wrote:
>Bible Bob wrote:
>
>>> God has foreknowledge. The Bible does [not]
>>> say that God is "omniscient.' People say that.
>
>Grinder wrote:
>
>> My only argument here has been that there is a
> > conflict between the concepts of man's free will
> > and God's omniscience. If you don't believe that
>> God is omniscient, then there's no rub to worry
> > about.
>
>Just a sidebar:
>
>I personally like the image of a God that doesn't know it all. Being
>able to surprise, disappoint or impress him/her makes for a much more
>personal relationship than forever hearing, "cha, I knew you were going
>to say/do that."
>
>My personal preferences, I suspect, have zero impact on the existence or
>character of the gods -- equalled only by their impact other human's
>intepretations and speculations about their own views of the gods.
>
>If I ever find myself in the postion of becoming a theist, shopping for
>a pantheon, I think I would go with the Greek or Roman gods. their
>interactions are recognizable enough that I could believe Man was
>created in their image.
That is understandable because their gods are man like. God is not a
man and does not literally behave as a man. When human attributes are
ascribed to God it is an Anthromorphic figure.
BB
http://www.biblebob.net
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