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

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

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. 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 omnipresent in that totality, then no particular kind of physical thing can be defined as omnipresent. And, if no particular kind of physical thing can be defined as omnipresent, then no particular kind of physical thing can be defined as transcendent, 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.

== Two kinds of omnipresence ==

God is everywhere within His Creation, but God also transcends, or is beyond, His Creation.

 

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.

== Balancing Omnipresence and Transcendence ==

== Balancing Omnipresence and Transcendence ==

On the face of it, there seems to be a problem of balancing God's omnipresence with God's [[transcendence]]. There seems to be an effort needed to keep from being forced to one side or the other: to [[Deism]], or, to [[Pantheism]].

On the face of it, there seems to be a problem of balancing omnipresence with [[transcendence]]. This is because the rational creature has mainly a practical view of physics, and thus a practical view of God. If a physical thing is pictured in the rational creature's mind as most directly omnipresent, then the picture is one of an homogenous physical world made up of that one thing alone. But, since physical things are observed to vary both in substance and form, the only thing which is at first imagined to be omnipresent is a thing which is imagined to transcend particular substances and forms. But, at that point, there seems to be an effort to keep from being forced to one side or the other: to holding that something must be transcendent and thus precluding its omnipresence, or to holding that something must be omnipresent and thus precluding its transcendence, [[Deism]] and [[Pantheism]] respectively.

Deism is the view that God's transcendence prevents Him from interacting fully with His Creation. Pantheism, in its purest form, is the view that God's omnipresence prevents Him from actually being the Creator, such that the Creation '''''is''''' God, and that otherwise there is no God.

Deism is the view that God's transcendence prevents Him from interacting fully with His Creation. Pantheism, in its purest form, is the view that God's omnipresence prevents Him from actually being the Creator, such that the Creation '''''is''''' God, and that otherwise there is no God.