By saying this, would you be comparing yourself to God?

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  1. Nightmare Muffin

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    If someone falsely accused you of deliberately doing something to hinder, delay, upset them, whatever, and they did't have full knowledge of the situaton, and in the same breath, they say that God sees everything, when you deny the accusations. And they KEEP repeating it, again, without their knowing what they're talking about, just set on faslely accusing you for whatever you didn't do, but they think you did. Are they, in every sense, implying that THEY, lkke God, who sees all, knows all, they're in the right, and know the circumstances, which are mere assumption in actuality, to keep throwing it in your face?
     
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    I think what you're really asking is, "Is it presumptuous to insist that you know things?"

    The answer, of course, is, "Yes."

    It is always somewhat presumptuous to insist that you know things. Much of what we think we know is actually taken on a series of unproven assumptions acquired by sensory experience in a limited field of knowledge, reliant on causal relations that are at best difficult to elucidate. We don't really "know" anything. And yet, simultaneously, it's unproductive to use that conclusion to refute sensory experience for the very same reason that we are so reliant on it. It's just how we think.

    I'm not really sure where any god enters into it. That's probably just an analogy here for high knowledge, or unquestionable experience: omniscience, in other words. Your question as a whole reminds me of someone talking from behind their hand about a person that they just got done arguing with.
     
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    It is rather presumptuous to assume that a supposedly omnipotent being would care enough about the actions of a single insignificant human to take the side of one against the other.
     
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    Just shows that their stubborn, nothing to do with God.
     
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    The smartass in me would just retort "Oh yeah? Well, can he see why kids like the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch? Can he? Well?" over and over until the other person dropped the issue, but not everyone's as much of an annoying bastard as I am.
     
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    Sounds like the person you're talking about thinks they know about something you did-but aren't sure, and this is their way of trying to get you to admit it.
    Smacks more of the whole Big Brother Is Watching You thing than any specific theological basis for the statement.
     
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    You know, the sad part is, this has happened to me before. I've seen it countless times. You want to know what's even more messed up? Most of the times the person using that line isn't even all that religious. It's like a confrontation cop out. Instead of actually proving they're right, they turn to God to solve their problem. I don't have anything against religion and I believe myself, to an extent, but it's when you use that religion to invoke a holy war that really ticks me off. The bible is meant to be interpreted in your own way. The words, to my understanding, weren't supposed to be used like a smoking barrel.

    I'd imagine that the person you're dealing with is either stubborn or overly emotional. If you're in the right, the best thing to do would be to look at them and say, "Look, if you want to talk to me when you've cooled down, I'll be there." Then just walk away. It's from experience that I say, talking while both parties remain heated is not a good idea. 'Walking it off' is really good advice.

    At any rate, I don't think that would imply they think they're God. They were just using that to try and condemn you. Most people who think they're God will just come right out and tell you.

    -Nights
     
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