Resurrexi Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 How can God exist outside of time yet still be omnipresent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didacus Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 The fact that God exists out of time is precisely what helps Him be omnispresent. He looks at time like a stretch of filament, a simple string, which He holds in His hand, seeing the origin of the string, as well as its end and both at the same time (along with everything in between). He also sees the whole string (all of creation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 God transcends time; He doesn't exist [i]solely[/i] outside of it. In other words, it's not that God is bound up outside of time and unable to enter; it's that God exists in all time, completely fills time, and overflows into all eternity. Naturally, that means He's omnipresent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrybe Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Its called quantum physics. Suffice it to say, there is no such thing as the past and the future...only the present...and everything happens in the present at the same time on different sections of space-time...err yeah Im not really stephen hawking so forgive my poor explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JeffCR07 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 St. Anselm's [i]Monologion[/i] has a number of short chapters devoted to this question. Rather than describing God's omnipresence by saying that "God is in every place" and his Eternity by saying that "God is in every time" we should rather say that "every place is in God" and "every time is in God." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karin Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 everything that everyone else has said is good but, also remember time is something that we as humans have created. God bless and Mary keep Karin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JeffCR07 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 thats not entirely true. Time is an objective aspect of reality just like space is. We didnt "create" time anymore than space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Gone Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Domini Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 [quote name='JeffCR07' post='1127017' date='Nov 24 2006, 05:15 PM'] thats not entirely true. Time is an objective aspect of reality just like space is. We didnt "create" time anymore than space. [/quote] Agreed. Our experience of time is not a fallacy simply because God does not share it. It just tells us something about the nature of motion. St Thomas More you've been asking a lot of questions lately. Thats good, it shows you have a passion for true wisdom. Have you considered buying some introductory theological texts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philothea Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 [quote name='JeffCR07' post='1127017' date='Nov 24 2006, 11:15 AM'] thats not entirely true. Time is an objective aspect of reality just like space is. We didnt "create" time anymore than space. [/quote] Yeah... Time is actually [i]the same thing as[/i] space (or distance). We just move really slowly, so we mostly just notice the passage-of-time part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 [quote name='philothea' post='1127198' date='Nov 24 2006, 08:36 PM'] Time is actually [i]the same thing as[/i] space (or distance).[/quote] I don't think I've ever heard that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 [quote]The fact that God exists out of time is precisely what helps Him be omnispresent.[/quote] This is truly quote worthy. Indeed the LORD is omnipresnt. We must also realize that our minds cannot hold the capacity of the entire being of God and his realm. Thus, the LORD will reveal to us in time himself and his ways. We must always be having faith and love that he LORD will show himself to us in a way most Glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Gone Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 see...wonder why I am so confused about this stuff eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philothea Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 [quote name='Raphael' post='1127299' date='Nov 24 2006, 11:53 PM'] I don't think I've ever heard that. [/quote] It's in the equations for relativity, and the reason why time slows down for something moving near the speed of light. I don't know if this is or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p-hawk Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 [quote name='philothea' post='1127358' date='Nov 25 2006, 02:50 AM'] It's in the equations for relativity, and the reason why time slows down for something moving near the speed of light. I don't know if this is or not... [/quote] Your post has yet to quantumally determine whether (some say collapse into) it is offtopic or not. The Heisenberg Uncertainty principle most certainly applies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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