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To: James C. Bennett
Eternal means forever, and again implies time.

It can and it can't. It depends on the use. In the theological definition it means not bound by time, not in time, not finite, etc., more concisely: "outside time" or transcending time..

I'll address your religious points in a separate reply.

1,177 posted on 02/07/2011 12:35:43 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr; James C. Bennett
In the theological definition it means not bound by time, not in time, not finite, etc., more concisely: "outside time" or transcending time

This is sheer nonsense, imo. The logical question then is: At which "point" in eternity did this "uncaused" mover move to create, what caused it to create, and why?

1,180 posted on 02/07/2011 1:01:50 PM PST by kosta50 ("Spirit of Spirit....give me over to immortal birth so that I may be born again" -- pagan prayer)
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