Ep. 84 William Lane Craig on God, Time, and Creation
The Reluctant Theologian Podcast
Is God Temporal?
On the absolute theory, as we're talking about, this is a substance that is distinct from god. So yes, it's going tofall in the category of created things, yes? Right? Ok, ok, so, ok. Next i want to focus on the claim that god is temporal with creation. Why should i think that once god creates a universe, ex nihilo, that god is going to be temporal? Well, let's imagine god existing timelessly, sans the world. Imagine then that a first event occurs, the creation of the universe, time springs into existence. With the first event, god cannot remain timeless at that point because he stands in a new relation
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