(November 4, 2013 at 6:38 am)bennyboy Wrote: Thinking is an action, and God is timeless, therefore He cannot think. Creation is an action, and God is timeless, therefore He cannot create. "Possible" means "non-zero of event "E" at time "t."
what you seem to neglect is that causation doesn't necessitate an interval of time between cause and effect. there can exist simultaneous causations.
concerning God's "thought" it would certainly be much different from ours. unlike with us, his knowledge is perfect. he is omniscient. so there would be no thoughts popping in and out of his head, so to speak, it's all necessarily there. as for creation, this can likewise be an asymmetric causal relation.
the point is, if simultaneous causation is possible, there should be nothing wrong with the concept of God causing the universe. since you are the one raising the objection, it is your burden to prove simultaneous causation is impossible or that it can't exist without time.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.
-Galileo
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