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Correct me if wrong. Christanon 07/31/18 (Tue) 02:27:57 f3df0f No.682256

Given that the eternal God is pure act would this entail that the creation of the universe is eternal yet the universe being a movable object does not necessarily imply that it is eternal within itself.

I'm not a physicist or anything but would this also in some way give answer to the paradox that because we scientifically know space-time (the universe) has not always existed and only came into being at the big bang yet it can not properly be said that time has a beginning since this would imply that there was a time before this to initiate a beginning.

For some reason I can't find a concrete answer to this in Aquinas. It has been a while since I've studied him though.

Christanon 07/31/18 (Tue) 03:19:56 d54be5 No.682261

>>682256

>the paradox that because we scientifically know space-time (the universe) has not always existed and only came into being at the big bang yet it can not properly be said that time has a beginning since this would imply that there was a time before this to initiate a beginning

This isn't actually as paradoxical as it might seem, especially from a Christian metaphysical perspective. St. Augustine basically had time's nature as a thing created by God (rather than merely a frame of reference) figured out without the help of any modern physics. I highly recommend the back half of his Confessions for his philosophy regarding time if you haven't already read it.

>>682259

wew

Christanon 07/31/18 (Tue) 05:07:13 179b6d No.682271

God and the universe are different things.

The universe at one point did not exist according to Genesis. Therefore the universe is not eternal. It is merely one of His creations just like (You). You are also not eternal btw.

Christanon 07/31/18 (Tue) 10:05:39 656dd5 No.682350

>Given that the eternal God is pure act

No.

Christanon 07/31/18 (Tue) 22:50:28 3c61b6 No.682497

>>682350

You're denying a tenet of classical theism and reducing God to a creature. I smell heresy.