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| − | I used to think of time that way as well, but the theory of relativity appears to disagree: time is a dimension in which one can move, just like spatial ones. So if we believe that God can exist in all places, He could (must?) exist in all times as well. | + | I used to think of time that way as well, but the theory of relativity (or some other related physics) appears to disagree: time is a dimension in which one can move, just like spatial ones. So if we believe that God can exist in all places, He could (must?) exist in all times as well. |
I should point out that I have no evidence for this, but thinking of it that way helps me to organise my thoughts, such as they are.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 08:15, 23 October 2008 (EDT) | I should point out that I have no evidence for this, but thinking of it that way helps me to organise my thoughts, such as they are.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 08:15, 23 October 2008 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 12:16, October 23, 2008
I have heard people in the other debate topics assert that God is the only logically possible cause of the universe, but is it possible for God to be entirely seperate to, yet completely responsible for the universe?
To me, it seems not. I see time as a continuum and the medium through which causality can exist. If you take away time, you take away all means of causality and thus in this way you cannot have a God who lacks time and yet still causes physical events.
Yes
I used to think of time that way as well, but the theory of relativity (or some other related physics) appears to disagree: time is a dimension in which one can move, just like spatial ones. So if we believe that God can exist in all places, He could (must?) exist in all times as well.
I should point out that I have no evidence for this, but thinking of it that way helps me to organise my thoughts, such as they are.--CPalmer 08:15, 23 October 2008 (EDT)