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Originally Posted by Devin  Quote:
Originally Posted by Pergamum For what purpsoe wold He need to go back in time...to correct a mistake? | That was my initial thought as well. I fail to see a reason why He'd need to go back. But, that still doesn't answer the question of the OP  |
Well, perhaps we could make something out of this yet!
Let's see....
Now, depending on how "can" is being used in the OP, the only (or one of the) way to argue for the negative is to come up with some sort of logical contradiction.
But, we could at least offer some reasons which suggest strong(er) prima facie reasons against the OP (and, depending on how we work with the below, perhaps contradicts could be manufactured; but it's notoriously hard to show a genuine contradiction in topics like these).
Okay, let's apply a (seemingly) uncontroversial proposition: for any event contingent fact F, there is a reason for F. Call this the principle of sufficient reason PSR. Let's also stipulate a (seemingly) uncontroverisal premise for an evangelical Christian - God never does something for no reason. God does everything for a reason. Call this GR.
So, since it doesn't seem *necessary* that God would have to go back in time, it would be a contingent event.
What reasons would there be for going back in time? it would seem like all we could think of wouldn't serve for a reason for God. To "fix" something that went wrong? Not on our view. To "see" some historical person? No, he would've already. To "change" some state of affairs? Why change his plan? So, there seems like there would be no reason for God to go back in time.
This would lead us to this:
If God went back in time, it would be for no reason. Thus it seems like the assumption that God would go back in time violates PSR and GR.
