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    It is not the case that Not all truths are eternal.

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.All apparently contingent truths about change are grounded in eternal modal truths (e.g., 'It is eternally true that water was liquid at t1').
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    • 2.Tensed facts reduce without remainder to tenseless eternal facts indexed to times, as argued by Russell and the B-theory of time.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.God's atemporal eternal 'now' (Boethius's nunc stans) contains all temporal events as simultaneously present, making all truths eternally accessible.
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    • 2.If all truths are known sub specie aeternitatis, then the appearance of non-eternal truth reflects epistemic limitation, not ontological contingency.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.If anything changes, then it is not the case that all truths are eternal.
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    • 2.Things do change.
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