The Everlasting God
- Created by: Aru
- Created on: 14-04-13 18:23
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- Everlasting God
- Always exists without end BUT time does pass
- Swinburne supports this, arguing it fits with biblical description
- rejects idea of time being simultaneous to God
- Doesnt remove the power of God, still exists without end at all points in time, just not timelessly
- Wolterstoff - Gods actions in the bible indicate reaction to human action, suggesting time passes
- Secondly God's omniscience cannot include know a future that does not yet exist - so his knowledge increases as future happens
- Bible i.e god helping joshua suggests god acts in time so is everlasting
- God can only be seen as a saviour/ redeemer if he is everlasting, Wolterstoff: We worship god because of what he does within time
- Christian belief in god's eternity tells us as much about what god is not as what god is
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