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Yes, that is one thing I disliked about the book. God has no weaknesses and makes no mistakes! So, He is never surprised by anything. Yes, God is omniscient.Anna Dougherty wrote: ↑25 Jun 2020, 12:45 I believe that God is omniscient, meaning that he knows all things that happened in the past, are currently happening, and will happen in the future. In Killing Able God is seemingly unaware of some of the effects of the curses he bestowed on Adam and Eve. He seems surprised that the curses did not do exactly what he had in mind. How could this happen if he is God? I think it is interesting that the author chose to portray God in this way.
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I agree! The author suggests that God could make mistakes as He is unaware of the consequences He caused. There is no support for this in the bible and so while I enjoyed the other theories the author used to embellish the stories, this seemed to be a strange decision.B Creech wrote: ↑27 Jun 2020, 09:54Yes, that is one thing I disliked about the book. God has no weaknesses and makes no mistakes! So, He is never surprised by anything. Yes, God is omniscient.Anna Dougherty wrote: ↑25 Jun 2020, 12:45 I believe that God is omniscient, meaning that he knows all things that happened in the past, are currently happening, and will happen in the future. In Killing Able God is seemingly unaware of some of the effects of the curses he bestowed on Adam and Eve. He seems surprised that the curses did not do exactly what he had in mind. How could this happen if he is God? I think it is interesting that the author chose to portray God in this way.
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It's a different way to look at God, and I think what the author was trying to do was to challenge our former theology about God.
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I think so too, it was a strange decision!Topsey wrote: ↑27 Jun 2020, 13:00I agree! The author suggests that God could make mistakes as He is unaware of the consequences He caused. There is no support for this in the bible and so while I enjoyed the other theories the author used to embellish the stories, this seemed to be a strange decision.B Creech wrote: ↑27 Jun 2020, 09:54Yes, that is one thing I disliked about the book. God has no weaknesses and makes no mistakes! So, He is never surprised by anything. Yes, God is omniscient.Anna Dougherty wrote: ↑25 Jun 2020, 12:45 I believe that God is omniscient, meaning that he knows all things that happened in the past, are currently happening, and will happen in the future. In Killing Able God is seemingly unaware of some of the effects of the curses he bestowed on Adam and Eve. He seems surprised that the curses did not do exactly what he had in mind. How could this happen if he is God? I think it is interesting that the author chose to portray God in this way.
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I agree that this portrayal of God felt like a challenge to former theology. It is hard for us to imagine what omniscience would really look like. All of our "super-heroes" have weaknesses (Superman, Captain America, etc.) Our comfort comes from believing that God is so much more than we could ever imagine. Making him human, someone who sins and makes mistakes, just makes God "another one of us"!!Elvis Best wrote: ↑27 Jun 2020, 13:19 In the book, I think what the author tried to do was to humanise God. God was portrayed as a being who could also make mistakes. But this goes contrary to our believe that God is omniscient.
It's a different way to look at God, and I think what the author was trying to do was to challenge our former theology about God.
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