Comment Re:Knowing vs. believing (Score 0) 1225
I believe this is limiting God quite a bit. Take this scenario.
Imagine Bob, a brilliant programmer. Jack of all trades. Indeed, master of all trades. One day, Bob gets the idea to create an elaborate virtual world across hundreds of servers (Bob is very rich). This virtual world will have its own set of scientific laws. The world will be inhabited by a race of "artificially" intelligent beings.
Over many years, Bob finishes his creation! He brings into existance the first beings, and they reproduce, and their offspring reproduce. In no time, an entire race is living in Bob's Virtual World (tm).
Imagine the power at Bob's fingertips. By tweaking a database, he cures the sick. At the press of a button, the sun blackens, leaving the world in shadow. He knows the future, and he can alter the past. Bob is all-powerful, as far as his virtual world is concerned. He can do anything.
Compare this to God. God created the world, indeed all of existance as we know it. He can do anything, because he exists outside of our realm of understanding, yet within every aspect of what we consider "real."
This is the power of God.
(disclaimer: God's creation is obviously much more complicated and amazing than Bob's; the above is just for visualization purposes)
Imagine Bob, a brilliant programmer. Jack of all trades. Indeed, master of all trades. One day, Bob gets the idea to create an elaborate virtual world across hundreds of servers (Bob is very rich). This virtual world will have its own set of scientific laws. The world will be inhabited by a race of "artificially" intelligent beings.
Over many years, Bob finishes his creation! He brings into existance the first beings, and they reproduce, and their offspring reproduce. In no time, an entire race is living in Bob's Virtual World (tm).
Imagine the power at Bob's fingertips. By tweaking a database, he cures the sick. At the press of a button, the sun blackens, leaving the world in shadow. He knows the future, and he can alter the past. Bob is all-powerful, as far as his virtual world is concerned. He can do anything.
Compare this to God. God created the world, indeed all of existance as we know it. He can do anything, because he exists outside of our realm of understanding, yet within every aspect of what we consider "real."
This is the power of God.
(disclaimer: God's creation is obviously much more complicated and amazing than Bob's; the above is just for visualization purposes)
