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Omnipresence means being everywhere all at once. It is contrasted most naturally with local presence/action, though many people think it also contrasts with [[transcendence]].

Omnipresence means being everywhere all at once. It is contrasted most naturally with local presence/action, though many people think it also contrasts with [[transcendence]].

In the sense of a mere logical construct, omnipresence may include being in either or both of all-of-space or all-of-time; but, the most meaningful construct includes both.  

In the sense of a mere logical construct, omnipresence may include being present in either, or both, of all-of-[[space]] or all-of-[[time]]: everywhere in space at a particular instant or finite duration of time, everywhen in time at a particular location of space, or everywhere in space at all times. The most basic construct of omnipresence is presence everywhere in space at all times.  

== Two kinds of omnipresence ==

== Two kinds of omnipresence ==

There may, at least at first, seem to be exactly two kinds of things that can be omnipresent, and each in a different way: everything-other-than-God, and God-Himself-alone.

There may, at first, seem to be exactly two kinds of things that logically can be omnipresent, and each in a different way: everything-other-than-God, and God-Himself-alone.

Now, the totality of everything-other-than-God may seem, by definition, to be "omnipresent as itself". But, unless some kind of physical thing, whether a kind of matter or a physical 'law', is arbitrarily selected as uniquely omnipresent in that totality, then no particular kind of physical thing can be defined as uniquely omnipresent. And, if no particular kind of physical thing can be defined apart from all others as omnipresent, then no particular kind of physical thing can be defined as transcendent (since unique omnipresence is a kind of transcendence), and hence, the totality of everything-other-than-God cannot be defined as coherent-in-itself. And, finally, if the totality of everything-other-than-God cannot be defined as coherent-in-itself, then the totality of everything-other-than-God is an ‘omnipresence of incoherence’. So, unless some kind of physical thing is '''''transcendently''''' omnipresent, then the only option in favor of an ultimate coherence is a transcendent God who, by His very [[transcendence]], is omnipresent.

The totality of everything-other-than-God may seem, by definition, to be "omnipresent as itself". But, unless some kind of physical thing, whether a kind of matter or a physical 'law', is arbitrarily selected as uniquely omnipresent in that totality, then no particular kind of physical thing can be defined as uniquely omnipresent. And, if no particular kind of physical thing can be defined apart from all others as omnipresent, then no particular kind of physical thing can be defined as transcendent (since unique omnipresence is a kind of transcendence), and hence, the totality of everything-other-than-God cannot be defined as coherent-in-itself. And, finally, if the totality of everything-other-than-God cannot be defined as coherent-in-itself, then the totality of everything-other-than-God is an ‘omnipresence of incoherence’. So, unless some kind of physical thing is '''''transcendently''''' omnipresent, then the only option in favor of an ultimate coherence is a transcendent God who, by His very [[transcendence]], is omnipresent.

But, if an indifferent physical thing alone is omnipresent within non-indifferent living creatures, then there is an 'omnipresence of a transcendent indifference', which allows any living creature to be justified in any thought or act by mere appeal to himself as the sole judge of himself. So, a transcendent omnipresence of an indifferent physical thing, apart from God, allows the 'pure individualism' of [[Ayn Rand]], which is not to be confused with the [[individualism]] that exists in the initial state of a mutually accounted group of (fallen or unfallen) individuals.

But, if an indifferent physical thing alone is omnipresent within non-indifferent living creatures, then there is an 'omnipresence of a transcendent indifference', which allows any living creature to be justified in any thought or act by mere appeal to himself as the sole judge of himself. So, a transcendent omnipresence of an indifferent physical thing, apart from God, allows the 'pure individualism' of [[Ayn Rand]], which is not to be confused with the [[individualism]] that exists in the initial state of a mutually accounted group of (fallen or unfallen) individuals.