If God is Omniscient, then why would there ever be a need to test humankind?

**Mel-am Meru** · 07-09-2009, 03:11 AM

exactly!
if god knows everyones heart why does he have to test.....

he foresees things all the time and acts accordingly....
yet he acts as if he doesn't know a person's heart....hmmm

07-09-2009, 03:12 AM

i never hear of god testing people, but its the devil who does the testing, to see if you will fall for his tricks,

**Fireball** · 07-09-2009, 03:12 AM

He isnt going to give immorality until Obedience is established..
Eve blew it.

**His Boy, Sherman** · 07-09-2009, 03:12 AM

God doesn't test us so that He will know, He tests us so that WE will know.

This is not rocket science.

07-09-2009, 03:12 AM

Life is more than just a test. It's also an experience.

When your parents sent you to school, was it just to see how smart you are?

No, I'm pretty sure it was to help you learn and grow.

Life isn't that different.

**Tom** · 07-09-2009, 03:13 AM

because he is a mythical creature and not omni anything

**clear_note12345** · 07-09-2009, 03:14 AM

Cause he's an asshole and he thinks it's funny to watch it all unfold.

**lightperson** · 07-09-2009, 03:14 AM

God tests people so the person sees what he (the person) is all about. Our minds are built to grow as we complete things. God made us that way. His "test" of Abraham and Issac was for Abraham's benefit, not Gods. Have you ever "grown" because of some experience you have gone through? Its the same idea.

Fireball----I think you mean "immortality"

**lightperson** · 07-09-2009, 03:14 AM

God tests people so the person sees what he (the person) is all about. Our minds are built to grow as we complete things. God made us that way. His "test" of Abraham and Issac was for Abraham's benefit, not Gods. Have you ever "grown" because of some experience you have gone through? Its the same idea.

Fireball----I think you mean "immortality"

**Frizby** · 07-09-2009, 03:14 AM

Lets suppose there is not a need to test us but a law that's a matter of fact, that somehow seems like a test to us, just like how physics has a law..

Can anyone really say that physics needs to have what it has or is it just a matter of the law of physics..

But you're question suggests that omniscience does not exist, so if you look at it from the point of view that it does not exist then it seems you are suggesting God cannot be all powerful..

What we should consider though is that is there a word that would explain the power of a sentient power that is not omniscient?..

Whatever that word maybe then that's what God is, all the needs and desires are what men have put forth to explain God the only way we can, we'll always look at things from our point of view rather than an external point of view..