Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Divine timelessness and the A-theory of time

  1. One can only know a proposition when it is true.

  2. One can only know a proposition when one exists.

  3. Thus, one can only know a proposition if it ever happens that one exists while it is true. (1 and 2)

  4. If the A-theory of time is true, the proposition that it is a Wednesday is true only on Wednesdays.

  5. God knows all objectively true propositions.

  6. If the A-theory is true, the proposition that it is a Wednesday is objectively true. [I am posting this on a Wednesday.]

  7. If the A-theory is true, God knows that it is a Wednesday. (5 and 6)

  8. If the A-theory is true, God exists on a Wednesday. (3, 4 and 7)

  9. If God exists on Wednesday, God exists in time.

  10. So, if the A-theory is true, God exists in time. (8 and 9)

I conclude that the A-theory is false.

The above argument is similar to one that Richard Gale gives in On the Nature and Existence of God, though Gale's purpose is to provide an argument against theism.

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