(07-30-2010 06:20 AM)Orwell63 Wrote: hilly7 wrote:
>>I have yet to see a good answer for why God is all-powerful and all-knowing and all-good -- or even anything close to all-powerful and all-knowing and all-good -- and still isn't perceived by everybody.
mastermg wrote:
>>If He wasnt All-knowing, then we probably wouldnt be here right now. Other than that, who said he is all-good? God is just, and neutral. People invented good and bad in our heads. What one considers good may be harmful to another.
A classic argument is that Omniscience (all knowing) and Omnipotence (all powerfullness) are *incompatible* concepts. For instance, if someone were "all-knowing" then they would know the future -- but if they knew the future then they would be *powerless* (in a sense) to change that future.
Any knowledge of the future would also nullify "free-will."
Or it could be someone who knows all the possibilities that exist and the outcome of each possibility.
