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    If there is nothing we can do about a timeless state, the... — Carmelics
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    Supports→We cannot do anything about the future.

    If there is nothing we can do about a timeless state, there is nothing we can do about what such a state entails.

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    God's timeless knowing entails the future.We cannot do anything about the future.We cannot now do anything about the fact that God timelessly knows T.

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    The timeless realm is as much out of our reach as the past.

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    Perhaps it is inappropriate to say that timeless events such as God’s timeless knowing are now-necessary, yet we have no more reason to think we can do anything about God’s timeless knowing than about God’s past knowing. The timeless realm is as much out of our reach as the past. So the point of (3t) is that we cannot now do anything about the fact that God timelessly knows T. The rest of the steps in the timeless dilemma argument are parallel to the basic argument. Step (5t) says that if there is nothing we can do about a timeless state, there is nothing we can do about what such a state enta...

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