Understanding God's Eternity

What does it mean when God is described as eternal?

• God is within time.

• God is outside of time.

• God has a beginning and an end.

• God is only in the present.

What is the implication of God being everlasting?

• God is outside of time.

• God does not exist.

• God is temporal, or within time.

• God has a beginning and an end.

What is the significance of the Big Bang in the context of God's eternity?

• It marks the beginning of God's existence.

• It suggests God is outside the constraints of time.

• It limits God's temporal presence.

• It defines God's temporal history.

Who argues that it is better to understand God as everlasting?

• Anselm

• Boethius

• Swinburne

• Augustine

What does Swinburne suggest about God's knowledge of the future?

• It is complete and unrestricted

• It is restricted by the presence of human free will

• It is irrelevant to human actions

• It is only partial

What does Swinburne argue about the temporal restrictions of God?

• God is not subject to them

• He knows everything about the past and present.

• They do not exist

• They are irrelevant

What does Swinburne argue about God's capability of love?

• It is irrelevant

• It implies God exists in time. If God is capable of love, it is necessary he exists in time.

• It is universally accepted

• It is scientifically proven

What does Swinburne argue about the presence of human free will?

• It enhances God's power

• It restricts God's knowledge

• It is irrelevant to God's actions

• It is predetermined

What is the main focus of Kretzman and Stump's account of eternity?

• The nature of time in human perception

• The simultaneity of events for an eternal God

• The creation of the universe

• The end of time

What does T-simultaneity refer to?

• Temporal simultaneity for human beings

• Eternal simultaneity for God

• The end of time

• The beginning of time