Which Understanding Of The Relationship Between God And Time (That Of Boethius And Anselm Or Swinburne) Is The Most Useful?

Question 1

Boethius and Anselm each claim that God exists outside time and’s able to know the past, present and future. Swinburne argues that God exists within time and that this understanding fits better with the biblical idea of a God of love who’s capable of action and of having dynamic ? with God.

Answer 1

Relationships.

Question 2

If the view of Boethius and Anselm’s adopted, perhaps there are problems connected with the possibility of people having a relationship with ?

Answer 2

God.

Question 3

There’s the problem of whether a God outside time could really be ?, as perhaps God couldn’t know what day or what time it is, there’s a problem of whether a God outside time can act in the world. Perhaps God is unable to act because of his own omniscience. There’s the issue of whether a God outside time’s really compatible with our having free will.

Answer 3

Omniscient.

Question 4

A timeless God seems to be more perfect than a God who exists in time, capable of offering eternal life to people and able to make promises with ?

Answer 4

Certainty.

Question 5

The idea of a God who’s in the same time as us creates difficulties. Before he came to a conclusion that God’s timeless, ? wondered what God was doing before he created the universe.

Answer 5

Augustine.

Question 6

A God who exists in time is less powerful than a timeless God, because he’s constrained by time. Perhaps a God who exists in time can’t be all-knowing if he doesn’t know what the future holds. On the other hand, a God who exists in time seems to be more personal and capable of having relationships with us, and this view of a God in time allows more scope for human ? ?

Answer 6

Free will.