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To: winstonchurchill; The Grammarian
I agree with the 6 axiomatic statements at the beginning of the article. I agree that God cannot violate his own attributes.

I'll nod to this: The fact that God is an uncreated eternal being and has all power does not give Him any praise worthiness or value. A big mountain is worthy of comment just for it's beauty, but I get the author's point.

Then he makes the axiomatic statement that "time is a natural attribute of God."

I want scripture for that before I buy it, and I can't come up with any.

13 posted on 02/05/2004 5:34:47 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!!)
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To: xzins
Who is the author or did I miss it?
15 posted on 02/05/2004 5:48:39 PM PST by Vernon (Sir "Ol Vern" aka Brother Maynard, a child of the King!)
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To: xzins
Then he makes the axiomatic statement that "time is a natural attribute of God." I want scripture for that before I buy it, and I can't come up with any.

As I have indicated somewhat summarily here, I think the author foreshortens his argument in this way: (i)God acts and thinks sequentially as a 'natural attribute', (ii) the idea of sequentialization presupposes what we call 'time', (iii) therefore, what we call 'time' is a natural attribute of God. The major premise, I believe is amply demonstrated from biblical authority cited in the article, the minor primise is definitional.

I find that fairly strong. Our determinist friends probably won't 'come out to play' (because they see where this simple observation can lead) but I think even they would find it difficult to deny the sequentialization of God's thoughts and actions. [Of course, they could probably just label it an 'anthropomorphism' and move on with their preferred construct.]

17 posted on 02/05/2004 6:01:09 PM PST by winstonchurchill
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