tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post8547163544943060864..comments2024-03-28T00:08:14.247-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: Is ARXH Timeless in John 1:1a?Edgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-38710166182693234012012-07-28T07:10:23.917-07:002012-07-28T07:10:23.917-07:00Seems to me that Aquinas and his ilk are trying to...Seems to me that Aquinas and his ilk are trying to do the maths of infinity while having no clue as to the physics of infinity.aservantofJEHOVAHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139986930474302181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-79507390770144964672012-07-27T11:37:46.201-07:002012-07-27T11:37:46.201-07:00@aservantofJehovah:
Thomas Aquinas (and the early...@aservantofJehovah:<br /><br />Thomas Aquinas (and the early fathers) sets forth an extensive argument to support these ideas. Of course, his reasoning is based on theology notions that precedes his own as well as Aristotelian thought. Aquinas contends that if God is temporal, then God has potentiality and parts. Therefore, God is not immutable (he is subject to change). God would also have the limitations associated with bodily existence. All these views are outlined in Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-33863901212616674352012-07-27T08:11:36.501-07:002012-07-27T08:11:36.501-07:00Traditional theology claims that Jehovah God is an...Traditional theology claims that Jehovah God is an atemporal and incorporeal mind.Apart from the lack of support this claim has in scripture.I have often wondered about how it is justified philosophically?(the only thing I can think of that would fit the aforesaid description of God would be some kind of abstract principle)aservantofJEHOVAHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139986930474302181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-32723504082780927802012-07-11T10:18:24.705-07:002012-07-11T10:18:24.705-07:00Another good verse. Thanks!Another good verse. Thanks!Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-22110701859005846242012-07-10T14:14:50.740-07:002012-07-10T14:14:50.740-07:001John2:7NIV"Dear friends,I am not writing you...1John2:7NIV"Dear friends,I am not writing you a new command but an old one,which you have had since (the) beginning."aservantofJEHOVAHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139986930474302181noreply@blogger.com