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    It is not the case that A conception of how God relates to time is a defining element of any conception of God.

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    • 1.Apophatic traditions (Maimonides, Pseudo-Dionysius) hold that God's nature resists all positive predication, including temporal or atemporal categorization.
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    • 2.If no conception of God's relation to time is warranted, then such a relation cannot be a *defining element* of any adequate conception of God.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Process theologians (Whitehead, Hartshorne) define God primarily through relational dipolar nature, making temporality derivative of God's responsive love, not definitionally foundational.
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    • 2.If God's defining attribute is relational creative advance rather than temporal status, then time-relation is a consequence of God's nature, not its constitutive core.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.How one sees God's relationship to time has repercussions throughout philosophy of religion and philosophical theology.
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    • 2.God's relationship to time bears on how much and in what ways God's nature differs from ours.
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    • 3.God's relationship to time bears on how much can meaningfully be said about what God is like, as opposed to how God is not.
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.How one sees God's relationship to time has repercussions throughout philosophy of religion and philosophical theology.
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    • 2.God's relationship to time bears on how much and in what ways God's nature differs from ours.
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    • 3.God's relationship to time bears on how much can meaningfully be said about what God is like, as opposed to how God is not.
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