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Does God ever question his own existence?

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Dogmafood
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09-15-2013 1:47 PM 		Reply to: Message 5 by caldron68
09-15-2013 8:13 AM

Re: Has man questioned his own existence since the dawn of time?
... if you were God and you experienced a first moment of awareness, wouldn't you question your own existence? Why am I here and who gave me the power of creation?
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Two things I guess. One, if you are omniscient you don't have any questions and two, if you are eternal there are no first moments.
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09-16-2013 9:01 AM 		Reply to: Message 12 by caldron68
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Re: Has man questioned his own existence since the dawn of time?
Even if you are omniscient, you must still make decisions and making a decision implies that you have asked at least one question.
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I think Thugpreacha supports my point with his quote. Omniscient beings wouldn't really think about things the way that we do.
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I am not sure if such a being would be constrained by logic or obligated to make decisions or do anything for that matter. Even if they did have questions they would be fairly short lived wouldn't they? It must be an awfully boring existence. Nothing to wonder about, nothing to be surprised by. Knows all the punch lines to all the jokes.
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Contemplating the mind of a God that we imagine reminds me of a dog chasing it's tail.
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