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If God is infinite, does this mean that God is able to know everything? If so, can God choose NOT to know everything?
How easy it is to make a snap judgment. "Of course God knows everything! Oh how evil you are for not thinking just like me." (hi, firefly)
But I do not suggest that God doesn't know, nor do I suggest that God cannot know. I suggest that God has the ability to choose not to know. And it would seem that in many events, this would explain a lot. (not enuf space to flesh that out, but...)
11 Answers
- ?Lv 46 years ago
No infinite means something else. What you are describing is all-knowing or omniscient.
Antinomies are self contradicting statements. You seem to be logical, but may have forgotten this topic in formal logic. Your question is meaningless because of this logic principle.
- Anonymous6 years ago
Yes but God gave humanity free will and God is Just.
- james oLv 76 years ago
Every time we play solitaire, we choose not to know. I deny that I can have a choice that is not open to God. Of COURSE God may choose not to know stuff!
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- Rick GLv 76 years ago
Since he gave all his intelligent creatures free will, he has indeed decided not to know every thing. That is why he appreciates the love that his children give him, since it is not forced or locked in as defined by predestination.
His will has already determined what the future will be, but not all of whom will enjoy it with him.
- 6 years ago
yes and yes. i believe the knowledge of the universe and creation itself is Finite. that means there comes a point when any eternal being will ultimately know everything that can be known. and at the same time, God admits that he can forget sins and cast them as far from the east as the west. yet he can retain the numbers our hairs on our heads and every name we are called by.
- mikeLv 56 years ago
Yes! One of the most important points of the Bible is how God can forget sins.
Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.
- MarcLv 76 years ago
The God we interact with knows nothing its an energy that increases our goodness evolutional fitness .
search for goodness and string theory
- MoiLv 76 years ago
Yes God is omniscient
Jhn 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
He'd never wish to so the query is rendered moot.
- Anonymous6 years ago
He's all-knowing. There's no other answer to this question.
