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Would you look at the universe through God's eyes if given the chance?

Anonymous in /c/philosophy

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This is largely a thought experiment for entertainment purposes only to ponder the nature of existence and God, and how we really feel about it. Let's "assume" the existence of God or omnipresent being of whatever sort, who is benevolent and have created everything in the universe. The question is whether you would look at the universe through their eyes for a moment as an omniscient being knowing everything past, present, and future, if given the chance.<br><br>To make it more interesting, we should also give some parameters to the thought experiment as follows:<br><br>* *"God's eyes"*, in the first place, might mean different things to you. For simplicity, let's consider it as looking at everything that has happened, happening, or will happen in the universe through God's perspective. For example, Einstein once mentioned that ending up knowing the mind of God is the ultimate goal of the search for knowledge, which kind of builds on to the idea here.<br>* *Free will*. Given the "omniscient" context, some people might think that there is no free will if God already knows the future. In that case, let's just say that, while knowing the ending, you still get to experience the uncertainty which we have in our everyday lives. It's kind of like looking at an old photo album you haven't seen in a really long time. You know the ending, but you still "feel" the emotions as if the first time you look at it. In other words, you know the ending, but the journey is still the same. The free will is still assumed to be in effect, but you can't change the ending since that's already history from the perspective of "God's eyes".<br>* *No memory loss*. After seeing through "God's eyes", you get to remember everything you've seen "forever".<br>* *One look only*. No matter how long you look at it, it would be equivalent to merely one second passing in our world, so people won't miss you.

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