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God's DebrisBut would his omnipotence include knowing what happens after he loses his omnipotence, or would his knowledge of the future end at that point?” “That sounds like a thoroughly unanswerable question. I think you’ve hit a dead end,” I said. “Maybe. But consider this. A God who knew the answer to that question would indeed know everything and have everything. For that reason he would be unmotivated to do anything or create anything. There would be no purpose to act in any way whatsoever. But a God who had one nagging question—what happens if I cease to exist?—might be motivated to find the answer in order to complete his knowledge. And having no fear and no reason to continue existing, he might try it.” “How would we know either way?” “We have the answer. It is our existence. The fact that we exist is proof that God is motivated to act in some way. And since only the challenge of self-destruction could interest an omnipotent God, it stands to reason that we...” I interrupted the old man in midsentence and stood straight up from the rocker ...» |
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