RE: RE: “Can God create an object so large that God cannot move it.”
I don’t see how the above paradox applies to this -— Does God not know anything about how his creation will behave before He creates it?
I mean, does an Omniscient God know what earth will be like before He created it? Or does He have to create it in order to learn how it will be like?
I think in order for Omniscience to apply, the former has to be true instead of the latter.
AS for the words “I AM”, I understand that to mean that God is eternal, He has no beginning or end. He IS. Hence, in this sense, the phrase “to discover” only applies to time-bound beings like us.
The greatest Jewish philosopher of the 20th Century was arguably Martin Buber, a man of tremendous learning widely respected among theologians. He wrote some incredibly complex and detailed books, but his real masterpiece was a very short book entitled “I and Thou”.
If you just read the book at face value, it is an easy read, about the use of personal pronouns with man and God. However the truth is that each and every sentence has the complexity of a Zen Buddhist koan (”If a tree falls in the forest...”) That is, each and every sentence can be pondered for deeper truths for hours.
Layer after layer of understanding. What does God mean when He calls Himself “I AM”?
As such, it was too deep even for most theologians and scholars, who after calling it brilliant put it on a bookshelf and forgot about it. Yet any intelligent person might pick it up and gain amazing religious insights.