Any theistic world-view includes some notion of how God is related to this universe. Atheism is the view that such a person does not exist. This person, whom we will call “ God,” is the creator of the entire universe.
Theism is the view that there exists a person who is, in significant ways, unlike every other person. Craig: God as Timeless without Creation and Temporal with Creationġ.Padgett and DeWeese: God as Relatively Timeless.Leftow: Timelessness as Quasi-Temporal Eternity.Stump and Kretzmann: Timelessness as Duration.What it Means to be Timeless: A First Pass.What it Means to be Temporal: A First Pass.In addition, some views that attempt to occupy a middle ground will be considered. Divine temporality is also explored and arguments in its favor are presented along with criticisms. Several versions of the view that God is timeless are explained and the major arguments for timelessness are developed and criticized. This article traces the main contours of the contemporary debate. For example, the nature of time and the nature of the origin of the universe each have a bearing on whether God is best thought of as timeless or temporal. In addition, other metaphysical considerations also play important roles in the discussion. How a philosopher thinks about God’s knowledge and his interaction with his people within the temporal world shapes how that philosopher will think about God’s relation to time and vice versa. He exists at each moment in time.ĭeciding how best to think of God’s relation to time will involve bringing to bear one’s views about other aspects of the divine nature. What may be the dominant view of philosophers today is that he is temporal but everlasting that is, God never began to exist and he never will go out of existence. The traditional view has been that God is timeless in the sense of being outside time altogether that is, he exists but does not exist at any point in time and he does not experience temporal succession. The question of God’s relation to time has generated a great amount of theological and philosophical reflection. J.R.Any theistic view of the world includes some notion of how God is related to the structures of the universe, including space and time.
I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. So why dare to spend it trying to live up to other people’s worldly expectations of you? EDMOND MBIAKA Life is too short as we all know it to be. Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.
You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing. Life is too short to worry about anything. Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ( more Benjamin Franklin quotes) Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly. Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves? FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE ( more Friedrich Nietzsche quotes) CHARLES RICHARDSĪs you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. STEPHEN VINCENT BENÉTĭon’t be fooled by the calendar. Life is not lost by dying life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell. Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Don’t be trapped by dogma And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. If you want something, don’t wish for it. Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet. You never know what tomorrow may bring and so we better live this life the best we can and be grateful for everything we have. We only have one life and one body to care of, and we better do it right. And how we respect that time will create a greater possibility for fulfillment. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand–and melting like a snowflake… FRANCIS BACON
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