Philosophy A-Level
God's relationship to time
What God's relationship to time means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of God's relationship to time
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Reference: AQA
Competing views on how the being described as God relates to time, including God being timeless and God being within time.
Topics that use God's relationship to time
- The concept and nature of 'God' (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Arbitrariness of morality
- Omnipotence
- Responses grounding goodness in God's nature
- The meaning(s) of the attributes
- The source of moral goodness
- Timelessness (eternity)
- Arguments for incoherence
- Divine command theory
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