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Paradox

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A situation where two contradictory statements both appear true.

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Eternal - Timeless

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God is outside of time and sees all events as an eternal present

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Eternal - Everlasting

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God is within time and moving through time; “backwardly…and forwardly eternal” (Swinburne)

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Process Theology

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God moves through time with his creation and is affected by this interaction; God is powerful but not omnipotent.

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Middle Knowledge

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God knows all the possibilities of your free choices

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Schleiermacher and omniscience

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God’s knowledge is like that of close friends – can predict our future choices but free will is retained.

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Eternal - Boethius

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“Eternity is the simultaneous possession of boundless life which is made clearer by comparison with temporal things”.

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Simple necessity

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The necessity of nature acting according to the natural, physical laws of the universe.

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Conditional necessity

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Dependent on the free choices made; “the addition of the condition”

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Euthyphro Dilemma

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Is an action good because God commands it or does God command what is good?