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    Challenges→God is not in time.

    An entity that acts such that its actions have temporal effects must itself be temporally ordered relative to those effects, as argued by Nicholas Wolterstorff in 'God Everlasting'.

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    God Everlasting(as a referenced work)
    A philosophical essay by Wolterstorff arguing that God exists within time rather than outside it, responding to traditional theology.
    Nicholas Wolterstorff(as a referenced philosopher)
    A contemporary American philosopher known for his work on God's nature, particularly whether God exists within time or outside it.
    Temporal(as describing a framework that includes time)
    Relating to time or how things change over time.
    Temporally ordered(as used in metaphysics)
    Arranged or related according to time—meaning one thing comes before or after another in sequence.
    entity(as used in metaphysics)

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    On Hartshorne's view, the study not of realities beyond the physical, but of features of reality that are ubiquitous or that would exist in any possible world.

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