Flashcards in God as eternal Deck (5)
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1
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Boethius
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God is outside of time and sees all events in an eternal present.
All of what we call is ‘now’ to God. He cannot be subject to time
2
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Aquinas
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’ he who. goes along the road does not see those who come after him; whereas he who sees the whole road from a height sees at once all those travelling on it’
3
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Anselm
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four dimensionalism, God is neither spatial nor temporal. God is eternity and so encompasses all of time. Description of time depends on your perspective
4
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kenny
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notes that the idea of time being equally present to Go is incoherent (the great fire of Rome is happening now; while I type these words, Nero fiddle heartlessly on)
5
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everlasting
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Swinburne