tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post7499288759513394932..comments2023-08-01T20:14:02.890-04:00Comments on Thunder Sounds: No Parlor Tricks NecessarySLWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-50788604305107294912010-06-10T14:27:28.339-04:002010-06-10T14:27:28.339-04:00The "outside" of time expression is what...The "outside" of time expression is what is commonly used to convey this concept of God being unlimited by time. I was speaking generally, not to your use of the phrase here.<br /><br />As I indicated, Physics isn't my favorite subject, but that doesn't stop me from having an opinion about it :). I don't really buy into commonly held ideas about time and how it relates to space, etc. I don't think that man has a very good concept of "time".Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374941943549797713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-9377885569726080132010-06-09T00:17:29.265-04:002010-06-09T00:17:29.265-04:00I understand that is likely the intention. I think...I understand that is likely the intention. I think that there are better words since outside seems to be limiting, and so doesn't fit well.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374941943549797713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-20575982307678812822010-06-08T18:10:39.001-04:002010-06-08T18:10:39.001-04:00Cindy,
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I would assume that "outside"...Cindy,<br />:-)<br /><br />I would assume that "outside", in reference to God in relation to creation, would have to be understood as meaning not entailed, confined, or co-existing with it. At least that's how I would use it.SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-78210425495107662512010-06-08T17:38:26.829-04:002010-06-08T17:38:26.829-04:00I also think Einstein was dabbling in stuff that w...I also think Einstein was dabbling in stuff that we don't ordinarily call "science". <br /><br />I don't quite understand why the concept of "outside" is used with regard to time and God. He seems to be neither inside or outside of it. It's kind of like the problem that I have with using positive and negative for non-numerical concepts such as verbal comments...Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374941943549797713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-73929554497376863532010-06-08T16:58:36.690-04:002010-06-08T16:58:36.690-04:00Cindy,
Quantum mechanics has brought such counteri...Cindy,<br />Quantum mechanics has brought such counterintuitivity to physics, I wonder how anyone can understand it. I know it goes whizzing over my head! Yet, if Einstein was right, and some experiments and experience seems to indicate he was, then time is part of creation and God is therefore outside it; even though he sustains it and all of it is before him. I think, theologically, God merely has to be seen as not subject to time, but to me, the Einsteinian notion of spacetime offers a structure for that which is tidy conceptually.<br /><br />You are clearly discerning my ultimate concern in all of this: God is not the author of evil or sin. He tells us that in several ways through scripture, so conceptions of his sovereignty and prescience cannot, in effect, put darkness in him.SLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260137021205685080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-17659380370579974162010-06-08T14:48:55.775-04:002010-06-08T14:48:55.775-04:00Of course, it takes less sovereignty to foreknow s...Of course, it takes less sovereignty to foreknow something where one is the sole influence than to foreknow what is influenced by others. (Marriage repeatedly reminds us of this :))Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374941943549797713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886567613905490071.post-69265451847832658892010-06-08T14:34:15.482-04:002010-06-08T14:34:15.482-04:00Good post again, my friend.
I personally have al...Good post again, my friend. <br /><br />I personally have always had trouble with the concept that God needs to be outside of time in order to not be limited by time. I only accept the latter, since the former is moot for God anyway. He doesn't need to be outside of it in order to not be limited by it. I'm not at all sharp in the area of Physics, but then I don't see any reason to try to explain God by applying our limited understanding of His creation. It generally ends up in idolatry to try to make Him in an image that we understand - apart from what the Bible shows us. <br /><br />Since the scripture clearly states such things as "God is light and in Him is no darkness at all", then He clearly isn't the source of the darkness. Now, someone could toy with the idea of necessary evil, however the Bible also reminds us that we aren't to call evil good. In fact, the Bible consistently reminds us that there is an "other" choice that is in conflict with God.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374941943549797713noreply@blogger.com