Did God Begin to Exist ex Nihilo

• Autorzy: Paul Douglas Kabay
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

I argue that the following two claims provide us with sufficiently strong reason to conclude that God came into existence from nothing a finite time in the past: (1) that God is omnitemporal; and (2) that there is a first moment of time. After defending the possibility of God beginning to exist ex nihilo from various objections, I critique two alternative attempts at providing an account of the relationship between an omnitemporal God and the beginning of time (that of Alan Padgett and William Lane Craig). I show that these either fail to be an alternative to my own model or are less supported by the relevant evidence.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

God; Christianity; Existentialism; Time; Beginning; Padgett, Alan; Craig, William Lane

• Wydawca: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Czasopismo: Forum Philosophicum
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: 14
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 119-131

Daty

wydano

2009

Twórcy

autor

Paul Douglas Kabay

• University of Melbourne, Australia

Bibliografia

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10.5840/forphil200914125

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