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Physics Class 3:9
The Professor asked us students to define physics...
Half the students get up from the class and run to the dean's office. demanding a new professor because clearly our professor knows nothing about physics - for crying out loud they asked us, the students, a question!!!
Now, being perfectly objective about this professor, one must realise the professor knew nothing about physics, right?
The ball is in your court, bigdogg.
😉
P.S. If anyone fails to the see the sarcasm/satire go to bigdogg's post about God not being omniscient.
07 Jun 18
Originally posted by @wolfgang59The wheel spun and landed on that one, obviously. 🙂
Why a physics teacher?
Originally posted by @alphazeroIf God is as described in the bible, it must be assumed that His questions are rhetorical in nature.
My undergrad was in physics - just a personal association. 🙂
Originally posted by @tom-wolseyWhy?
If God is as described in the bible, it must be assumed that His questions are rhetorical in nature.
07 Jun 18
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemSeriously?
Why?
Because God as described in the bible already knows the answers to any questions He would (rhetorically) ask.
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07 Jun 18
Originally posted by @tom-wolseyOut of curiosity then, why did God say to Abraham "now I know you fear God." Why wasn't he already aware of that before asking him to sacrifice his son? What was the point of that 'test'? (And as an aside, why is it important to God that people fear Him and love Him above all else, to such an extreme length? )
Seriously?
Because God as described in the bible [b]already knows the answers to any questions He would (rhetorically) ask.[/b]
P.S I'm aware of the 'usual' answers to these questions.
07 Jun 18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukePsalm 19:9a
Out of curiosity then, why did God say to Abraham "now I know you fear God." Why wasn't he already aware of that before asking him to sacrifice his son? What was the point of that 'test'? (And as an aside, why is it important to God that people fear Him and love Him above all else, to such an extreme length? )
P.S I'm aware of the 'usual' answers to these questions.
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever:
"Why wasn't he already aware of that before asking him to sacrifice his son?"
He was. What you're failing to see is the meaning of the entire narrative.
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
The event of Abraham sacrificing his son was God showing Abraham a "type" of His own son's sacrifice. The story is heart wrenching if one understands what Abraham went through, as well as what God went through when He gave His Son.
08 Jun 18
Originally posted by @tom-wolseyBut I am contesting that very claim. Your response is "begging the question".
Seriously?
Because God as described in the bible [b]already knows the answers to any questions He would (rhetorically) ask.[/b]
08 Jun 18
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Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemI could inundate you with verses from the bible that declare God's omniscience but I'll give you enough credit to assume you already know the bible says it. That leaves your dispute to mean you contest the truth of the bible itself. If that's the case, then let's have a beer and talk about football, because an RHP forum discussion isn't going to fix that.
But I am contesting that very claim. Your response is "begging the question".
08 Jun 18
Originally posted by @tom-wolseyThere are verses which indicate a great power to foresee the future, and predict human behavior. Impressive though those insights may be, they do not get us all the way to Omniscience. That is a huge claim. Worse, in the Bible, there are hints here and there that maybe God did not know about certain things, but those are cavalierly dismissed by believers.
I could inundate you with verses from the bible that declare God's omniscience but I'll give you enough credit to assume you already know the bible says it. That leaves your dispute to mean you contest the truth of the bible itself. If that's the case, then let's have a beer and talk about football, because an RHP forum discussion isn't going to fix that.
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemIt's a pride thing. "My God is better than your God"
There are verses which indicate a great power to foresee the future, and predict human behavior. Impressive though those insights may be, they do not get us all the way to Omniscience. That is a huge claim. Worse, in the Bible, there are hints here and there that maybe God did not know about certain things, but those are cavalierly dismissed by believers.
Next thing you know they've painted themselves into an incoherent theological corner be it omniscience, omnipotence, omnibenevolence or any combination thereof.
Of course none of them have the humility to admit it.