Nature or Attributes of God- Omniscience

Question 1

Views on how God interacts with time

Answer 1

Eternal Everlasting- God is reactive (Biblical)

Eternal Timeless- God is separate (4D)

Question 2

Arguments supporting Eternal Everlasting

Answer 2

Swinburne, Wolterstorff, early Quantum Mechanics

Question 3

Arguments supporting Eternal Timeless

Answer 3

Boethius, Anselm, Aquinas, Heisenberg+ Wigner

Question 4

Swinburne

Answer 4

Less distant than timeless God
-> Not worthy of praise
FWD- limited omniscience
-> Ignorance, not completely sovereign
Not how we humans understand time

Question 5

Wolterstorff

Answer 5

Bible- Red Sea, helping Joshua in battle

Prayers become worthless

Question 6

Early Quantum Mechanics

Answer 6

God knowing future collapses wave function

Question 7

Boethius

Answer 7

“One glance”- no foreknowledge

Question 8

Anselm

Answer 8

4D- Swinburne condemns God to future ignorance

Question 9

Aquinas

Answer 9

“Transcendent”

Question 10

Heisenberg+ Wigner

Answer 10

Switched from solipsistic view that the primary role of consciousness is to generate the universe to continuous process between measurement device and conscious mind

Question 11

Descartes

Answer 11

God is “supremely perfect”, His consciousness determines and speaks into existence

Question 12

Augustine

Answer 12

God simply knows our choices (De Libero Arbitrio)

Question 13

Luis of Molino

Answer 13

God’s omniscience includes all possibilities for the future