By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Rath on 15 May 2012
Edit Thread
Jumpin said:

It is a logical argument, and it goes as follows:

1. In order to see the future, it requires the ability to travel along a timeline in order to view the future.
2. It is not logically possible to travel through time, as it would instantly create a time paradox.
3. Therefore time cannot be logically traveled along.
4. Therefore time cannot be logically traveled along to see the future.
5. Therefore it is logically impossible to see the future.

Unless you can prove to me that time can be traveled back and forth on, then the argument of a time traveling God is logically absurd.

1. In our Universe random and abstract factors exist.
2. In a universe where random and abstract factors exist, it is not possible to predict the future with absolute certainty.
3. Therefore it is not possible to predict the future 100%.

Unless you can come up with another way God can see the future of the Universe, then the argument that God can see the future is invalid.

Whether time can be travelled along or not is a matter of physics, not logic. The entire basis of your argument is in the wrong field. If you start with the assumption that God is bound by the laws of physics as well as the laws of logic (and also assume you are right about the unidirectionality of time) then your argument is correct, but if God is bound by the laws of physics then is God omnipotent?

 

In any case there are solutions to the time paradox problem which are quite workable, probably most notably those that involve multiple or branching universes.