God’s spatial unlocatedness prevents him from being the creator of the universe: A new argument for the nonexistence of God
I discuss the relations between God and spatial entities, such as the universe. An example of a relation between God and a spatial entity is the relation,causes. Such relations are, in D.M. Armstrong’s words, ‘realm crossing’ relations: relations between or among spatial entities and entities in the...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2006
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Sophia
Year: 2006, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-23 |
Further subjects: | B
Causal Relation
B Entire Universe B Locate Entity B Initial Singularity B Traditional Theist |
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Summary: | I discuss the relations between God and spatial entities, such as the universe. An example of a relation between God and a spatial entity is the relation,causes. Such relations are, in D.M. Armstrong’s words, ‘realm crossing’ relations: relations between or among spatial entities and entities in the realm of the spatially unlocated. I discuss an apparent problem with such realm crossing relations. If this problem is serious enough, as I will argue it is, it implies that God cannot be the creator of the universe I also discuss that if God cannot be the creator of the universe, then God does not exist. |
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ISSN: | 1873-930X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF02782444 |