Cosmologic philosophy: what is time (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 15:12 (2860 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: So God doesn’t realize there is a before and after.

Of course He does, but it doesn't matter to Him in our human terms.

dhw:I envy you your knowledge of what goes on in your God’s mind. He recognizes the difference between before and after, but what he recognizes does not exist. Why not?

It does exist. Before and after is of no consequence to Him. He is not human.

dhw: I don’t see how recognition of before, now and after makes him human.

Because it matters to us, not Him.

DAVID: My definition is just as we have agreed, a human recognition of a passage from moment to moment, a series of 'nows'.

dhw: Of course all definitions are “human”. The word “God” is a human term for some unknown force which you think exists. Does the fact that it is a human term mean God doesn’t exist? The series of ‘nows’ means a movement from past to present to future. Please present your evidence for your claim that your God can create a universe and yet not accept the reality of there having been a before and after the act of creation.

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