31 Oct '11 17:19>
Originally posted by RJHindsWhen that happens to me it is with a heavy heart that held out hope that what seemed inevitable, wasn't really. That is because I am not omniscient, so hopefully I could be wrong. A simple example is when I see that I have blundered at chess I hope my opponent won't see it, even if he's a 2000+ player like you. So I do feel it when the move comes, but that's because I wasn't certain he would see it.
If you knew that something was going to happen that you intensely disliked
and then it happened. Do you really think your dislike for it would diminish
to the point you would no longer feel anger when it actually happened?
Look at it from the other point of view. When I am certain something is going to happen, I can accept it, and deal with it more rationally. They say people who learn that they or a loved one are terminally ill go through stages that may include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
I think a god that is omniscient from time immemorial would be at the acceptance stage from time immemorial. In fact for a god to go ahead and create a universe while knowing everything that is going to happen in it, sends a message that the god accepts what is going to happen or that god would not have created that universe.
But my bottom line is that it is just too much anthropomorphism and making something in our own image, to ascribe emotions to a god. Believe it if you want to, you don't have to think the way I do.