Non-theological Uses
Game theory studies omniscience; in the context of a game players can be omniscient.
The field of literary analysis and criticism can discuss omniscience in the point of view of a narrator. An omniscient narrator, almost always a third-person narrator, can reveal insights into characters and settings that would not be otherwise apparent from the events of the story and which no single character could be aware of.
A collection of surveillance techniques which together contribute to much disparate knowledge about the movements, actions, conversation, appearance, etc. of an individual (or organisation) is sometimes called omniscient technology.
The word "omniscient" characterizes a fictional character in the Devin Townsend album "Ziltoid the Omniscient".
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