Can god be omnipotent and omniscient?

Answer 1

Another answer from our community:First of all, "god" cannot be omnipotent. "god" is a polytheistic term implying that there is more than one god. "God" (capital 'G') is a monotheistic term meaning that there is only one God. Thee God. The definition for omnipotence is "Having all the power or authority." The Bible says in Genesis 1:1 that "In the beginning God created the heaven and the Earth." He created it, therefore He has all power over it.

Answer 2

The Bible never explicitly states that its deity is omnipotent. However, the belief that it is omnipotent can be derived from multiple verses, often stating that the deity is "almighty" and similar descriptives.

ANS2:Check out Genesis 18:14; Luke 18:27; Revelation 19:6

Answer 3

The question concerns the biblical creation process, rather than that described by scientists as historical. There are actually two different creation stories in the Book of Genesis and the answer is different for each,

Beginning with the second story (from the second sentence of Genesis 2:4), God created Adam out of the dirt and created Eve out of Adam's rib (or side). He even created all the other living creatures out of dirt. He did not create the world, which was certainly pre-existing, and (verse 2:5) did not need to create plants because the seeds were already in the ground, but God had yet to make it rain. In this creation account, God is known as Yahweh (YHWH, often translated as Jehovah). He did not create the world, which was pre-existing, nor could he make living things out of nothing, and therefore he was not omnipotent.

During the Babylonian Exile, the Priestly Source gave us a new creation story (Genesis 1:1-2:4a) in which, although God might not have created the earth itself (an issue that some still debate), he made the firmament, the sun, moon and stars. He created all living things simply by talking and willing them into existence. In this story, humans and all other living things were created out of nothing. The Priestly Source gave us a God who was all-powerful, even preferring the descriptive name El Shaddai ('God Almighty') to earlier divine names such as Yahweh. The Priestly Source's God was not only named 'God Almighty', he was indeed omnipotent.

For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

Answer 4

Yes, since He created the universe from nothing (Exodus 20:11, Isaiah 40:28; Rashi commentary to Genesis 1:14; Maimonides' "Guide," 2:30; Nachmanides on Gen. 1:1).

Note that the Torah, in describing the Creation, deliberately employs brevity and ellipsis, for a reason given in the Talmud (Hagigah 11b), which says that delving into too much detail in this matter can lead to heretical notions.

Also, according to tradition, there is only one Genesis creation-narrative, with ch.2 serving as an expansion of the brevity of ch.1, not a separate set of events (Rashi commentary, Gen.2:8).

It may be noted that the same literary devices which the Torah employs to enrich its text, have been used by "Bible-critics" in their ongoing attempts to undermine it. The Jewish sages, based on ancient tradition, identified many of these devices, which include:

recapping earlier brief passages to elucidate,

employing different names of God to signify His various attributes,

using apparent redundancies to allude to additional unstated details,

speaking in the vernacular that was current during each era,

and many more. While Judaism has always seen the Torah as an intricate tapestry that nonetheless had one Divine source (Exodus 24:12), others such as Wellhausen (the father of modern Biblical-criticism, 1844-1918) attempted to artificially turn the Torah's text into its own undoing. This need not concern believers, since his claims have been debunked one by one, as Archaeology and other disciplines have demonstrated the integrity of the Torah. No fragments have ever been found that would support his Documentary Hypothesis, which remains nothing more than an arbitrary claim, whose falsehood has been pointed out:

http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=6&article=1131(a Christian author)

http://www.whoreallywrotethebible.com/excerpts/chapter4-1.php

http://www.pearlmancta.com/BiblicalcriticswrongRShlomoCohen.htm

And see also the wider picture:

http://judaism.answers.com/hebrew/does-archaeology-support-the-hebrew-bible

Answer 5

Many Jews, Christians and Muslims believe God to be omnipotent. They believe he can create the world in six days; he can prevent all forms of evil if he wants to (although he does not actually do so); he is everywhere at once and is omniscient.

Answer 6

Yes according to christian belief.