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    It is not the case that Considering the nature of eternity will make clear both the nature of God and his manner of knowing.

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    • 1.Divine ineffability, as defended by Maimonides and Pseudo-Dionysius, entails that God's nature cannot be positively disclosed through any creaturely concept.
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    • 2.Eternity, as a concept derived from creaturely temporal experience, is a creaturely concept applied analogically at best.
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    • 3.Therefore, analyzing 'eternity' cannot make God's nature or knowledge clear, but only gestures toward what God is not.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Boethius's definition of eternity as 'simultaneous whole possession' presupposes a tenseless, static ontology of time that is philosophically contested.
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    • 2.If presentism or the A-theory of time is correct, then 'simultaneous possession of all moments' is incoherent, undermining the definition's capacity to illuminate divine knowledge.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.God is eternal.
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    • 2.Eternity is the complete, simultaneous and perfect possession of everlasting life.
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