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Article: On beginningless past, endless future, God, and singing angels: An assessment of the Morriston-Craig dialogue
Title | On beginningless past, endless future, God, and singing angels: An assessment of the Morriston-Craig dialogue |
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Keywords | God and Time Eschatology Kalam Cosmological Argument Platonism Gott und Zeit Eschatologie Kalam Kosmologisches Argument Platonismus |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.degruyter.com/rs/261_5247_ENU_h.htm |
Citation | Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie, 2016, v. 58 n. 1, p. 57-66 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Whether the past or future can be infinite is an interesting question for theologians working on the relationship between God and Time as well as Eschatology. In a recent exchange, Wes Morriston concluded that if William Lane Craig’s familiar line of argument against the possibility of a beginningless series of events worked, it would work just as well against the possibility of an endless series of predetermined events. He argued that neither Craig’s claim that an endless series of events is potential infinite nor the claim that future events don’t exist is successful in blocking this conclusion. I argue that a proponent of the Kalam Argument does not have to follow Craig’s denial of an actual infinite number of propositions, and I show how Morriston’s conclusion can be blocked. In particular, I argue that an asymmetric treatment of past and future is justified on a dynamic theory of time, while the distinction between abstract and concrete infinities is helpful for responding to Morriston’s counter-argument based on the number of angelic praises yet-to-be-said. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/226576 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.112 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Loke, ATE | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-17T07:44:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-17T07:44:59Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie, 2016, v. 58 n. 1, p. 57-66 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0028-3517 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/226576 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Whether the past or future can be infinite is an interesting question for theologians working on the relationship between God and Time as well as Eschatology. In a recent exchange, Wes Morriston concluded that if William Lane Craig’s familiar line of argument against the possibility of a beginningless series of events worked, it would work just as well against the possibility of an endless series of predetermined events. He argued that neither Craig’s claim that an endless series of events is potential infinite nor the claim that future events don’t exist is successful in blocking this conclusion. I argue that a proponent of the Kalam Argument does not have to follow Craig’s denial of an actual infinite number of propositions, and I show how Morriston’s conclusion can be blocked. In particular, I argue that an asymmetric treatment of past and future is justified on a dynamic theory of time, while the distinction between abstract and concrete infinities is helpful for responding to Morriston’s counter-argument based on the number of angelic praises yet-to-be-said. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.degruyter.com/rs/261_5247_ENU_h.htm | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie | - |
dc.rights | © 2016 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. The final publication is available at www.degruyter.com | - |
dc.subject | God and Time | - |
dc.subject | Eschatology | - |
dc.subject | Kalam Cosmological Argument | - |
dc.subject | Platonism | - |
dc.subject | Gott und Zeit | - |
dc.subject | Eschatologie | - |
dc.subject | Kalam Kosmologisches Argument | - |
dc.subject | Platonismus | - |
dc.title | On beginningless past, endless future, God, and singing angels: An assessment of the Morriston-Craig dialogue | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Loke, ATE: andyloke@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Loke, ATE=rp01982 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1515/nzsth-2016-0004 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84963699476 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 258421 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 58 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 57 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 66 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000372295800004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Germany | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0028-3517 | - |