Did God Begin to Exist ex Nihilo

Forum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy 14 (1):119-131 (2009)
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Abstract

I argue that the following two claims provide us with sufficiently strong reason to conclude that God came into existence from nothing a finite time in the past: that God is omnitemporal; and that there is a first moment of time. After defending the possibility of God beginning to exist ex nihilo from various objections, I critique two alternative attempts at providing an account of the relationship between an omnitemporal God and the beginning of time. I show that these either fail to be an alternative to my own model or are less supported by the relevant evidence.

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