2007-02-27 01:04:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the concept of time is real god is a fairy tale and not real
2007-02-27 01:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time exists because God created it.
God exists outside the notion of time and the universe is contingent on God's expression for its existence. God is timeless, in that he sees the passage of temporal time as you or I see a range of mountains far in the distance. At this distance the range of mountains seems to be one continuous line, yet as we get closer we see then mountains separated by miles and miles. God sees everything in the "eternal now". Hence, time does not "pass" for God.
So God knows all that you will do. But that does not mean you don't have Free Will. If I stand atop a building and watch two cars coming around opposite corners and know that they will hit one another, just because they do indeed crash, does not mean that I caused the accident or that the drivers did not act on their own.
Like the observer of the auto crash above, God knows what choices you will ultimately make in a given circumstance. Moreover, God may have acted to bring about these choices just a parent may do by providing a loving environment, shelter, education, counsel, and other of life's opportunities. Just because our parents laid out the tools for us, we are free to choose the paths we will take using these tools. God's behavior here is a form of determinism but not predestination since the predestination term implies that God has actually determined (rather than seen) in advance the destiny of creatures.
If God were to 'get involved' and start influencing human actions for the better, then human actions wouldn't be free any longer. Human freedom means that God cannot guarantee human perfection.
2007-02-27 11:22:02 · answer #2 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since God is imaginary, yes.
2007-02-27 09:08:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God doesn't operate on the same linear timeline like we do....
He is infinite. Time is not imaginary....we use it every day.
2007-02-27 09:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is imaginary, so for him everything is.
2007-02-27 09:07:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true that God doesn't necessarily operate in the same time increments as we do.
2007-02-27 09:16:30 · answer #6 · answered by Lady in Red 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋