Humanity Lacks Omniscience. Embrace It.

Humanity lacks omniscience, right? None of us are all-knowing. And for those of us who operate according to a consciously Christian perspective, we believe part of the human condition is that we’re finite + fallen creatures, yes? We don’t know everything and even what we think we do know with relative confidence is always going to be subject to reinterpretation and revision in light of new information–not to mention our own process of healing and maturation. This is precisely what drives me nuts when my fellow Jesus followers gripe about “historical revisionism,” dismiss therapeutic insights as “psycho-babble” because the DSM keeps being revised, complain about the “inconsistent claims” from the scientific community and CDC regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, etc. It’s a denial of our basic humanity. Um, people? You’re adults. It’s time to wrap your minds around something. The inescapable human reality is that not one of us knows everything. As such our perceptions are always going to be skewed and our perspectives are always going to be limited. The whole nature of living in this world is about learning and growing, overturning and adapting, refining and maturing, repenting and restoring. That’s the journey. That’s the task. That’s what God put us here to do. Embrace it.