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In the previous chapter, a model of absolute divine timeless eternity was developed, which was true and coherent with the doctrine that God sustains the universe, on the assumption that the stasis theory of time is true. We now turn our attention to this theory of time for a closer examination. In this chapter I explore the arguments, philosophical and scientific, which have been given in its favor. The conclusion I reach is that we have no good reason to believe in the stasis theory.
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© 1992 Alan G. Padgett
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Padgett, A.G. (1992). The Stasis Theory of Time: A Critique. In: God, Eternity and the Nature of Time. Library of Philosophy and Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230376519_5
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