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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 5. God and Time

[relationship between God, time and eternity]

9 ideas
God is not a creator (involving time and change) and is not concerned with the inferior universe [Aristotle, by Armstrong,K]
All things are in the present time to God [Augustine]
If God existed before creation, why would a perfect being desire to change things? [Augustine, by Bardon]
If God is outside time in eternity, can He hear prayers? [Augustine]
Divine eternity is the all-at-once and complete possession of unending life [Boethius]
If time were absolute that would make God's existence dependent on it [Leibniz, by Bardon]
God is 'eternal' either by being non-temporal, or by enduring forever [Davies,B]
God being inside or outside of time both raise a group of difficult problems [Le Poidevin]
How could a timeless God know what time it is? So could God be both timeless and omniscient? [Le Poidevin]