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    It is not the case that The argument assumes that omniscience requires knowing indexical propositions like 'it is now T,' but an atemporal being has no 'now' relative to which such indexicals function.

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    • 1.Indexical propositions can be translated into non-indexical eternal truths: 'it is now T' reduces to 'T occurs at temporal location L'.
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    • 2.An atemporal being knowing all eternal facts about when events occur still constitutes omniscience without needing a 'now'.
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    • 3.Requiring omniscience to include indexical perspectives would make omniscience impossible for any atemporal entity by definition.
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    • 1.Indexical propositions like 'it is now T' require a temporal perspective or reference frame to be meaningful.
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    • 2.An atemporal being exists outside time and thus lacks the subjective 'now' needed to ground indexical truth conditions.
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    • 3.Omniscience should require knowledge of all propositions, not indexical truths dependent on perspectives the being cannot have.
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