Does God know your secrets?

Here's a pretty neat example of a well known Biblical contradiction.

Many Christians (and not only Christians) believe that God knows and sees everything, that He knows what you're thinking, sees your every move. This point was brought up on twitter today by a Christian user. I replied. Have a look at the original tweet and my reply to it, below.


WRONG:"RT @faithclubdotnet: Ecclesiastes 12:14 #God is going to judge everything we do, whether good or bad, even things done in secret."

What you see above is yet another biblical contradiction. On the one hand, the book of Ecclasiastes claims that God will judge you based on the things you do in secret.

On the other, the Bible make it quite clear that God is not all-knowing. Think about the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. What happened after God heard the "outcry" (the report about how bad people in those cities were)? Well, here's what God said:

Genesis 18:20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

Yes, you read correct and it's in your own Bible too. Just open your paperback (or hardback) to Genesis 18 and see the "omniscient" (that means "all-knowing") God say "I will go down and check if the reports are true and THEN I WILL KNOW".

Now, if God can't even observe what's happening in Sodom (without going down to check), how can God see the "sins" you commit in secret? Answer: He can't. Why? Because He's not omniscient.

So why do we have this contradiction in the Bible? Well, it's one of HUNDREDS of other contradictions. The Bible is littered with them. Just read it and you will see for yourself. Or tweet me and I'll show you more. But why are they there? Because the Bibls is just a collection of mythical writings, made up by humans, not unlike the Greek Mythology or the Roman Mythology or that of the Egyptians. The ONLY DIFFERENCE is that some people believe in the Bible while pretty much nobody treats the other mythologies seriously.