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'''Omniscience''' (mainly in [[religion]], is the capacity to know everything that there is to know. In particular, Hinduism and the [[Abrahamic religion]]s ([[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]]) believe that there is a [[divine being]] who is omniscient. An '''[[omniscient point-of-view]]''', in writing, is to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, feelings, etc. In Latin, ''omnis'' means "all" and ''sciens'' means "knowing". '''Omniscience''' (mainly in [[religion]], is the capacity to know everything that there is to know. In particular, Hinduism and the [[Abrahamic religion]]s ([[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]]) believe that there is a [[divine being]] who is omniscient. An '''[[omniscient point-of-view]]''', in writing, is to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, feelings, etc. In Latin, ''omnis'' means "all" and ''sciens'' means "knowing".
-== See also ==+==See also==
* [[Epistemology]] * [[Epistemology]]
-* [[Impassibility]] 
* [[Omnibenevolence]] * [[Omnibenevolence]]
 +* [[Omniscient point-of-view]], in writing, is to know everything that can be known about a character.
* [[Omnipotence]] * [[Omnipotence]]
* [[Omnipresence]] * [[Omnipresence]]
* [[Pantomath]] * [[Pantomath]]
-* [[Predestination]] 
-* [[Problem of evil]] 
-* [[String Theory]] 
-* [[Theory]] 
-* [[Truth]] 
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Omniscience (mainly in religion, is the capacity to know everything that there is to know. In particular, Hinduism and the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) believe that there is a divine being who is omniscient. An omniscient point-of-view, in writing, is to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, feelings, etc. In Latin, omnis means "all" and sciens means "knowing".

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