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Full Idea
To God there is neither past nor future, but all things are present.
Gist of Idea
All things are in the present time to God
Source
Augustine (Some Questions about time [c.420], 17), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 18.3
Book Ref
Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.389
A Reaction
Presumably God's present was crowded, so He invented time to spread them out?