2007-02-20 04:05:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If he's omnipresent, doesn't that mean he's inside the unverse too and therefore not completely outside the unverse.
2007-02-20 04:12:19 · update #1
Heavan is a spiritual Realm outside the physical universe and does exist outside of time so both
2007-02-20 04:09:58 · answer #1 · answered by TULSA 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, the Gnostic's had a very interesting theory about that. They believed that there is a realm of darkness and matter (our universe), and a realm of light and spirit (The Father's universe). Because of God's nature as "light," he is unable to have direct contact with the realm of darkness and matter without destroying it and himself. (In Gnosticism the earth was not created by the true God, it was created by the false creator god of the Old Testament.) Christ becomes the conduit between this world and the realm of light. They even state that Christ must remove his "light vesture" when visiting this realm because otherwise it would destroy this world.
What makes this interesting is that several years ago scientist discovered a thing called antimatter. When matter and antimatter come into contact with one another they are both annihilated. It is theorized that for every atom of matter there is also an atom of antimatter. The question is, where did all the antimatter go? Some scientists have theorized that there is an entire universe of antimatter, or what is called an anti-universe. It is interesting how well the Gnostic conception fits with this scientific theory.
BTW: Time on earth is dictated by the rotation of the earth. Outside of earth's rotation, time may be dictated by other occurrences or be nonexistent altogether. Our conception of time is like none other in the universe.
2007-02-20 12:18:39 · answer #2 · answered by Wisdom in Faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool question.
As Creator, God made all things visible and invisible, and established the physical and natural laws by which they function. As such, it can be said that God is within the universe, at least in the sense that the imprint of the Creator is the fabric of the universe. As far as physical presence, well, I'm not sure whether Scripture indicates He has a physical presence - there is certainly a spiritual one, and the experience thereof is encouraging to all Christians. He could certainly present Himself physically if He so desired, but as to where He abides, I'd say that's more in the spiritual sense. That's not to say it isn't real - quite the contrary, spiritual truth is more real than any physical concept of reality, at least within Christian theology.
I would say though that God is outside of time, in that time is irrelevant to God. Time is a human construct, measured by the relative position of the sun and earth, which is an arbitrary measurement but convenient for us given our relative position. More techically, time can be measured by oscillations of crystals or emissions of energy from radioactive decay, but these are meaningful only to us in terms of relative positions of events in a causal sequence. I would think that God has no concern for causation, since He is at cause, never at effect.
Again, cool question.
2007-02-20 12:33:34 · answer #3 · answered by Veritatum17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither, God is not physical.
Is the number 4 or law of non-contradiction inside or outside the universe and/or time? Neither.
2007-02-20 12:19:10 · answer #4 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa, I'm gonna agree with a proud atheist on part of his post. Time is an earthly invention so it is very possible that God exists outside of time and no one knows exactly where heaven is located, so it's possible that heaven is outside of the universe.
2007-02-20 12:13:18 · answer #5 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no outside or inside for God.
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-02-20 12:15:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God exists outside of time and space in the realm of eternity. His influence, power and presence, though, can and does permeate through both the physical and nonphysical.
2007-02-20 12:26:56 · answer #7 · answered by Danny H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God lives inside of peoples imaginations.
2007-02-20 12:11:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
What they don't realize is that when they define their God as existing outside of the space-time continuum they have defined him right into non-existence. Something which exists outside of space and time can have no effect in or on space or time, it'd for all all intents and purposes be blind, impotent, and non-existent.
2007-02-20 12:26:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Time is relative, an earthly invention. As for god, I don't believe there is one. You can't be outside the universe.
2007-02-20 12:11:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋