[betty boop]

...the very term 'infinity' has many different uses. As Christians use the term it means 'not finite'. The God we worship as Creator brought time into existence at the big bang. As such the use of infinite to describe God, if used in a temporal sense, is a major inaccuracy.

I so agree, dear brother in Christ!

Which is why I think maybe Christians should stop using the term "infinity" with respect to the Being of God.

"Infinity" is, after all, a term from the lexicon of mathematics. It denotes a condition of limitlessness in time, of something without spatiotemporal limit. Which, WRT God, is certainly a reasonable, apperceptive observation.

But it also is an attempt to "reduce God" to human metrics. Which, as I earlier suggested, is an exercise in futility. For such a reduction forgets that God is the Creator of time, and so cannot just be lumped in with the rest of the created furniture of the universe so to be subjected to the imposition of time upon himself.

Maybe, rather than "infinite," we Christians should use the words "eternal," or "timeless." That sort of thing might get rid of certain epistemological difficulties.

Thank you so much for writing, MHGinTN! It's good to hear from you again.

[YHAOS]

“Maybe, rather than “infinite,” we Christians should use the words “eternal,” or “timeless.”

A good epistemological point betty. I’ve always used “eternal” rather than any of the other possible words.

Now you’ve, just a little better, helped me understand why. Thanks.

[Thales Miletus]

Maybe, rather than "infinite," we Christians should use the words "eternal," or "timeless."

I have always viewed infinite and eternal as two spate terms. Infinite and finite are direct opposites. they are both mathematical terms. finite is capable of being counted a specific quantity. Infinite is a limitless quantity.

Eternal's opposite would be either transitory or mutable.

Thank you for sharing your insight.