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Originally Posted by alatar
Not sure if this places me in the skeptic, cynic or 'just to be a pest' group, but why does an omniscient being have need or a want of anything? It's like God is 100% and yet isn't complete or needs something else.
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Once upon a time, "to be in want" meant the same thing as "to be in need", but now, no longer. As currently used, there is a very significant difference between "to want" and "to need". This difference, methinks, is key to understanding
lmp's point.