Does God Learn?

Tea: Actually I think it (22:12) says what it says but if I accept your premise it changes nothing. You know as well as I that each of us could post a page of scripture to support either side. ED
 
The metaphor of Genesis gets in early on G!d's omniscience....starting with the apple...and then Him trudging thru Eden 'looking' for A&E
 
So Abraham would know what Abraham would do.... Wil. Yep. Stock answer as was expected.

and so we would know what the writers want us to think G!d wants us to do... Wil. Ahh. Digging a little deeper. Now this uncovers a whole new dimension to the point of the story does it not!
 
Stock answer as in not as good an answer as God didn't know what Abraham would do?
 
Do we really need to bow out? This is an exercise in reasoning for me, questioning and turning things around. I might learn something in the end.
Namaste Jesus, do you want thread as a list or is discussion encouraged?
 
I don't believe in a G!d that has the human traits of knowing, loving, learning, feeling, ego... therefor my concept of G!d does not fit the question.

To me G!d is not a thinking, caring being....not a being at all. Tis why I call myself (currently) a nontheistic panentheist unitic... I don't believe in the literal interpretation of the biblical G!d.
 
After hearing about the creations of God, one of my grand children asked, "How did God learn to do that?" This particular boy has a way of rendering the most learned among us speechless.

My first thought was that God is all knowing and all seeing and all that is or ever was or will be is of God. Therefore, learning would be the burden of man not God. Then however, I began to wonder if it were possible for something to take place on Earth or in the universe that would cause God to know more today than he did yesterday.

Any thoughts?
I think that kid is smart! How would we get answers if we did not ask questions?
I think when people say God they usually think of an omnipotent, omnipresent human like person. There is no such a being. What there is, however, a system, a large complex system of which human beings are but a still very small part of. There is a progression of growth and development in the universe, from the smallest to the largest, for simplicity's sake I will say from neutrons to galaxies. Think of your own body: your liver, for instance, composed of cells composed of molecules composed of atoms. The same with your kidneys: composed of cells, composed of molecules, composed of atoms, composed of positrons, electrons... Think of your entire body: composed of your brain, bones, liver... and they all add up to being you...
I have a book published in email format that will take you to the beginning of the answer to your question. Volume II of my work takes you all the way to the definition of the Creator, who he is, where he is (yes, he is a male) and how he got to be who he is. I think most people think of the Creator being the omnipotent, omnipresent God our religions depict, although he is somewhat different.
Perhaps some day I will be able to release this volume also, once current insidious censorship practices are relaxed. Meanwhile it is refreshing that your grandson is asking his questions.
 
I think when people say God they usually think of an omnipotent, omnipresent human like person.
Well at a simple level yes, and that's understandable. Anthropomorphism renders the ineffable accessible. It's what the Buddhists call uypaya, an expedient.

In theology however, the idea of 'person' goers far deeper than that, the classic definition: an individual substance of a rational nature' still has currency, but we're not talking about a God with arms and legs, or thoughts or emotions ... we're talking about God as person, but not a human person.

There is no such a being.
Bold statement. I beg to differ, but there you go. If you accept the classic 'transcendentals', such as the Absolute and Infinite, there is omnipresence, omnipotence, and personhood ... but not human.

What there is, however, a system ...
I tend to view that as another anthropomorphism. 'Systems' are how we tend to view and classify things to explain them, and especially involves the reading of meaning and value. It takes what one can see, and projects from there ...

Richard Dawkins, for example, made a classic error in assuming God must necessarily being 'ultimately complex' because of his observations of how nature works and how we read 'progress'. He wrote a very thick book in making his argument. The rebuttal was a very slim volume, but honed in right to the point of his error, which was essentially assuming a systematic deity.
 
Well at a simple level yes, and that's understandable. Anthropomorphism renders the ineffable accessible. It's what the Buddhists call uypaya, an expedient.

In theology however, the idea of 'person' goers far deeper than that, the classic definition: an individual substance of a rational nature' still has currency, but we're not talking about a God with arms and legs, or thoughts or emotions ... we're talking about God as person, but not a human person.


Bold statement. I beg to differ, but there you go. If you accept the classic 'transcendentals', such as the Absolute and Infinite, there is omnipresence, omnipotence, and personhood ... but not human.


I tend to view that as another anthropomorphism. 'Systems' are how we tend to view and classify things to explain them, and especially involves the reading of meaning and value. It takes what one can see, and projects from there ...

Richard Dawkins, for example, made a classic error in assuming God must necessarily being 'ultimately complex' because of his observations of how nature works and how we read 'progress'. He wrote a very thick book in making his argument. The rebuttal was a very slim volume, but honed in right to the point of his error, which was essentially assuming a systematic deity.
I guess I have not made myself clear enough. A Forum dialogue such as this needs to be short and it took me 400 pages to get to my deduction. I could have gone to the last chapter where the Creator introduced himself to me as a Super-giant-Galaxy, but that would have made even less sense that what I was saying about the progression of life. So, here it is, Ch.36 of my book, take it or leave it.
 
Are you saying you are a prophet Kathie?
Telepathy and dreams always come through in present tense, first person singular and symbolized, therefore they need to be interpreted. It took me years but I did work out a reasonably good method of interpretation and managed to show where Freud went wrong. The hardest part was interpreting prophetic communications, but at the end I did that too. Perseverance can be rewarding
 
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