Here's something I wrote a little while ago.
I've pasted it straight from document so please forgive the silly font (seemed like a good idea at the time). At least part of it touches on "actions in eternity" (Scenario 5)
Infinity, Eternity and Blobs Definitions:Eternal, eternity:
usually a reference to time. Having no beginning or end. The subject
has always and
will always exist. Immeasurable.
Infinite, infinity:
usually a reference to size or dimension. Having no starting or finishing point. Immeasurable.
Sentient:
Able to think, feel and communicate.
All powerful:
Having no limits on ability
. Scenario 1.
You have an
infinitely long piece of string and you cut it in two.
Are
the two pieces of string longer, shorter or the same length as the original piece?
How
long are the two "new" pieces of string?
Question.
How long is Infinity doubled? How long is Infinity halved? Scenario 2.
A
blob of
infinitely large, eternally existing, all powerful, sentient, living matter (imagine
lava ), reaches inside itself and pulls out a
blob of itself.
How
big is the "new"
blob and how long has it existed?
What is the new blob made of?
Could
the two blobs hold a conversation?
Scenario 3
.Whilst in the middle of conversing with one another the second
blob jumps back into the first
blob.Could
they continue to converse?
Is there
now one blob or two?
Scenario 4.
x =1 blob,
x +
x
+
x = 3blobs, 3
x = 3 blobs.
Complete the following, where x = 1 infinitely large blob.
x
= ?
x +
x +
x = ? 3
x = ?
Question
When can 3 x 1 = 1 ? Is it when 1 is infinitely large? Scenario 5.
You are talking to the
firstinfinitely large,
eternal,
living ,
sentient and
all powerful blob.
If
you asked it what its
FIRST thought was, what would be its reply?
Is it possible
for an
eternal being to have
ALWAYS been thinking?
If
you asked the same being what the
FIRST thing it ever
DID was, what would be its reply?
Would it be possible
for it to reply "I have
ALWAYS been active"?
Question.
Can an eternal being perform an action in Eternity? Could it say "there has never been a time when I did not do that"?
Scenario 6.
The first blob is called
Blob THEFATHER. The second blob is called
THE SON of Blob . You ask
Blob THE FATHER how the second blob
THE SON of
Blob came to be.
Blob THE FATHER says that he reached inside himself and pulled out the second blob,
THE SON of Blob . You ask
Blob THE FATHERwhen he did this.
Blob THEFATHER replies that he has
always done this and there has never been a time when he had not reached inside himself and pulled out
THE SON of Blob. It is an action he performed in
Eternity.Blob THE FATHER says that blob no.2 is his
ONLY BEGOTTON SON of Blob because he didnt create him but he "fathered" or "begot" him from himself .
Scenario 7.
The matter (like
lava ) which makes up the
blobs is called
GOD. The first blob tells you that the true description of itself is
GOD THEFATHER. The second blob is also of the matter called
GOD. The second blob is properly called
GODTHE SON . You ask the two
blobs who the boss is. "I am" answers
THE FATHER . "So you must be in subjection" you say to
THE SON . "That is correct" he replies. "But I thought you were both
equal" you wonder aloud. "We are" say both
THE FATHER and
THE SON in unison. "We are both
GOD ".
What is
GOD? Is the "person" called THE FATHER,
GOD? The "person" called
THE SON - is he
GOD Is
THE FATHEReternal? Is
THE SONeternal? Who existed first?
How many "persons" are there?
Is the
FATHER the same "person" as the
SON ?
Are they both
GOD? Do they have different roles or positions in their relationship?
Who is the
head of the relationship?
What is
THE SONS position?
How are they
EQUAL?