(May 17, 2013 at 5:02 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: FNM: If God is timeless, what he sees is before the beginning, the beginning, the middle, the end and after the end. He sees all these as he chooses/his view isn't restricted by time. So yes, he can see all of these states and in any order that he chooses.
Wait, so now god chooses when when to view things? You're just making this up as you go along, aren't you?

Regardless, this brings me back to the original question. Why doesn't god just choose to view the whole experience before it happens, then skip the charade and go straight to the afterlife?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell