According to the Christian bible - God created the heavens and the earth in seven days. By saying God created this - then he created that, so and so forth- the bible describes in somewhat graphic detail the workings of a temporal being.
The Bible does not make any reference to God creating time. The Bible says that God created different things at different places in time. For an all-powerful being, why would God be bound by space and time? Can you do everything at once everywhere? Can anyone or anything do something or be everywhere at one time everywhere in space? No, well according to the Bible neither could God.
2007-09-26 16:13:17 · 17 answers · asked by Future 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
easy. so when people ask questions about him his beleivers can have an easy escape route to retreat to.
to me its like someone hiding something on a shelf. you, with your ladder made of logic and reasoning go to get the something (a jar of god)
but they insist that the jar is in the highest of the highest of shelves that you cant reach.
of course its well within reach...we grab it and shake the jar daily...but the christians do their very best to ensure it remains out of our reach...of course its all words and no action...but ...oh well...
2007-09-26 16:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by johnny.zondo 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Maybe God isn't bound by space and time but instead is described as working within that framework because saying that something could exist outside of known space-time would have totally blown the minds of the people that lived 2000+ years ago, the people that the Bible was originally written for.
2007-09-26 16:18:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if we start with the premise that God is outside time (and space),
...let's pause and contemplate only that for a moment - you cannot even imagine what that is like to be outside and not subject to time, so to expect a description exactly from God's perspective is a bit silly wouldn't you think so?...
from the creation's perspective (i.e. within time and space) it could have been the case that God created everything instantly. however, the creation account presents it as a temporal flow, so let's accept that that was how it was. but from God's perspective (outside of time) does it really make a difference? the best description of a being not constrained by time that i've come across is that for such a being "everything is now" - even so, I can't really imagine that.
anyway, those are my metaphysical musings on the subject
2007-09-26 16:28:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God created matter and energy, time and space initially. After the initial Creation, God "rested", that is He stopped directly creating. The universe thereafter evolved according to natural laws that came into existence as part of the initial creation. Because God was the designer/Creator of such natural laws, entities that arose through the action of such laws - galaxies, solar systems, planets, mountain ranges, living organisms - are also His creation. But such natural laws, and therefore those aspects of His creation that came into being through such laws, operate within linear time, and therefore take time. There are species that will not exist for another million years, if the universe lasts that long, which will likewise be God's creations once they evolve.
2007-09-26 16:27:13 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not?
Furthermore what if the 7 days were simply the number of days the prophet was viewing the creation in his vision?
Secondly concerning the creation of time, the Bible doesn't have to mention all things that God did. In fact does it say, " Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." John 20:30,31
So we are given sufficient information, but are not to presume it is comprehensive.
I don't understand your problem with God's omnipresence. Seems your ideas must be limited by some prejudice.
2007-09-26 16:31:32 · answer #5 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Creation took only 7 days (actually 6...God rested on the 7th.) and you're complaining? God is not limited by space and time but that doesn't mean that some of the things He did weren't done in a given time frame.
2007-09-26 16:22:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said God is the all of all, could God be something we cannot comprehend like the 4th dimension, 5th dimension and so forth?
Who said God was bound to time? Days isn't meant literal here, go to the original text to the time of when they used the word it could mean infinite amount of time. Days could have been 1 millisecond for all you know.
If science is your God, tell me....the climate, location, day time place of every planet,star black hole w/e in the universe. I rest my case.
2007-09-26 16:20:16 · answer #7 · answered by JunkYardPuppy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First my friend, that was the Hebrew scripture, not Christian. God is neither he nor she.
The Hebrew scholars believed in the idea of truth, not necessarily the idea of facts.
Time is our creation from our perspective, not the divine.
It's an interesting question though, at least you're thinkin'
peace
2007-09-26 16:20:00 · answer #8 · answered by Pilgrim Traveler 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day." Gen. 1:5
In the verse mentioned, God created time, which was understood by the ancients as the passing of days, through darkness and light. God bless.
2007-09-26 16:19:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is beyond the time and space of OUR UNIVERSE. Therefore He can come and go at will. When He made this universe, that was the beginning of time IN HERE.
Why is it that atheists' minds are limited to their own experiences, while Christians' minds can easily entertain theories of multiple universes and dimensions? And you're supposed to be the "scientific" ones?
2007-09-26 17:58:31 · answer #10 · answered by babbie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Haven't you ever been bored, and want to do something different? My God is forever creative, and he feels there is a time and place for everything!
2007-09-26 16:20:34 · answer #11 · answered by david 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋