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Omniscience (/ɒmˈnɪʃəns/)[1] is the capacity to know everything. In Hinduism, Sikhism and the Abrahamic religions, this is an attribute of God. In Jainism, omniscience is an attribute that any individual can eventually attain. In Buddhism, there are differing beliefs about omniscience among different schools.

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Omniscience

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Omniscience (/ɒmˈnɪʃəns/) is the capacity to know everything. In Hinduism, Sikhism and the Abrahamic religions, this is an attribute of God. In Jainism...

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Argument from free will

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called the paradox of free will or theological fatalism, contends that omniscience and free will are incompatible and that any conception of God that incorporates...

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Kevala jnana

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(Sanskrit: केवल ज्ञान) or Kevala gyana, also known as Kaivalya, means omniscience in Jainism and is roughly translated as complete understanding or supreme...

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Limited principle of omniscience

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constructive mathematics, the limited principle of omniscience (LPO) and the lesser limited principle of omniscience (LLPO) are axioms that are nonconstructive...

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Mahavira

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austerities for twelve and a half years, after which he attained Kevala Jnana (omniscience). He preached for 30 years and attained moksha (liberation) in the 6th...

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God

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omniscient. Open Theism limits God's omniscience by contending that, due to the nature of time, God's omniscience does not mean the deity can predict the...

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Free will in theology

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any number of responses to the paradox of free will, the claim that omniscience and free will are incompatible. The theological doctrine of divine foreknowledge...

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Predestination

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predestination often seek to address the paradox of free will, whereby God's omniscience seems incompatible with human free will. In this usage, predestination...

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Free will

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creator deity. Omniscience implies the existence of destiny. Some authors have claimed that free will cannot coexist with omniscience. One argument asserts...

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The Sirens of Titan

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published in 1959. His second novel, it involves issues of free will, omniscience, and the overall purpose of human history, with much of the story revolving...

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Bahubali

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legs. After his 12 years of meditation, he is said to have attained omniscience (kevala jnana). Bahubali's other names are Kammateshwara and Gommateshwara...

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God in Islam

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will do more of that, or he is doing wrong so he may repent." God's omniscience is the knowledge of all things, whether they are actual or possible or...

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Theological determinism

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beings, or that they are destined to occur given the divine beings' omniscience. Theological determinism exists in a number of religions, including Jainism...

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Attributes of God in Christianity

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I make my bed in the depths, you are there" (Psalm 139:8, NIV). The omniscience of God refers to him being "all-knowing". Berkhof regards the wisdom...

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Eidetic memory

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Hyperphantasia – the ability to create exceptionally vivid mental imagery Omniscience – particularly in Buddhism where adepts gain capacity to know "the three...

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Socinianism

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the propitiatory view of atonement. The Socinians believed that God's omniscience was limited to what was a necessary truth in the future (what would definitely...

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Sovereignty of God in Christianity

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qualified by his other eternal attributes such as omnibenevolence and omniscience. Throughout history, Christian theologians have advocated for a free-will...

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Rishabhanatha

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(mother's pregnancy), janma (birth), diksha (initation), kevalyagyana (omniscience) and moksha (liberation). According to Jain cosmology, the universe does...

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Sacredness

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Christianity Core attributes Omnibenevolence Omnipotence Omnipresence Omniscience Eternity Overarching attributes Aseity Oneness Perfection Trinity Miscellaneous...

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Will of God

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Christianity Core attributes Omnibenevolence Omnipotence Omnipresence Omniscience Eternity Overarching attributes Aseity Oneness Perfection Trinity Miscellaneous...

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Omnipresence

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attracted less philosophical attention than such attributes as omnipotence, omniscience, or being eternal. In Western theism, omnipresence is roughly described...

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William Lane Craig

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Theism: Omniscience. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-09250-1. ——— (1991), Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom: The Coherence of Theism: Omniscience, Brill,...

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Bayesian epistemology

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self-interest. One problem with this interpretation is that it assumes logical omniscience as a requirement for rationality, which is problematic especially in...

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Gersonides

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proponent of self-limited omniscience was Abraham ibn Daud. "Whereas the earlier Jewish philosophers extended the omniscience of God to include the free...

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Divine simplicity

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attribute of omniscience because (1) omnipotence and omniscience are inseparable for an omnipotent being (i.e. God), (2) omnipotence and omniscience do not...

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