Swinburne's View Of A God In Time

Question 1

If God’s timeless then he can’t be a person, or be said to have a “?” expressed by Richard Swinburne. A person with a life has to be changeable in order to have relationships and respond to people according to what they do. A timeless God wouldn’t be able to love because a timeless God is ? and isn’t affected by anything.

Answer 1

Life.

Immutable.

Question 2

Their argument’s that love can’t be compatible with ? Therefore, God has to exist within time for God to be able to respond to us with love.

Answer 2

Immutability.

Question 3

Richard Swinburne writes that the view of a timeless God contradicts the Bible: “the God of the ? ?…is a God in continual interaction with men”. Swinburne argues that the view of a God outside time isn’t biblical but has permeated. Christian thought through the influence of the ancient Greeks, and was then promoted by ? ?

Answer 3

Old Testament.

Thomas Aquinas.

Question 4

In the Bible, ? argues, God doesn’t have fixed purposes for all eternity. In contrast, God interacts with people, and God’s decision about what’ll happen may change because of his ongoing relationships with individuals.

Answer 4

Swinburne.

Question 5

“I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life” (? 38:1-5).

Answer 5

Isaiah.