the Omni vs. Omni argument

Just as theist will try to use scripture in a theological debate, atheists are guilty of the same nuance. Atheists constantly try to disprove the existence of god by using science, reason and logic. Just like theists, atheists frequently subjectify their case by confining the terms under which the debate is held. When theists try to use scripture to prove verses of the bible are literal or at least valid, atheists don’t accept their argument because they aren’t using a scientific standard. The atheists argument makes assumptions that are just as strong. One example of this is an argument that states that god cannot be at the same time omnipotent and omniscient. That gods capability to know everything is counterintuitive to his ability to control everything. To clarify this first imagine the implications of an all knowing god. This means that god knows every detail of every event that happens along the timeline of existence. Every fact, action, cause and effect is foreseen by god before it ever happens. Never mind the implications that this would have on our own mortal free will. God’s free will is also marginalized by this fact. If god knows each of his decisions before he makes them, than isn’t he powerless to change. If god decides that the way of the world is not going the way he planed, and decides to cause another great flood, he cannot do so unless it coincides with what he original foresaw his actions to be. And if he could change his mind and implement an unforeseen action on his part, his original prediction of the future would have been incorrect. Either his power is fallible and his omniscience is true, or his foresight is fallible and his omnipotence is true, but both cannot coexist. The third universal characteristic of god, Omni benevolence also cannot be combined with either previously mentioned characteristic. His omniscience or Omni benevolence make it impossible for god to change his mores, and makes the world a much to black and white scenario.

The bane to this argument against the existence of god is the plain that the argument takes place in. Just as physicists agree that the universe conscribed to a different set of rules prior to the big bang, religious figures can certainly argue that god subscribes to a set of rules outside of the natural universe. These contradictions of omniscience, omnipotence, and Omni benevolence are alleviated if you place god outside of a linear universe. If time doesn’t exist, than gods actions and powers to change them do not contradict his knowledge. Time is just a definitive term. It is a part of an equation that deals with distance and velocity, and measures the movement of the universe. Because more than anything the universe is defined by it’s movement. Time is just a mathematical tool to help us deride how vast and powerful this universe of ours is. A god outside of these parameters cannot be disproved in this example.