As for this particular phrase you use, "outside time." I am curious what you mean by it.
Simply that there is no past and no future. All occurs at once and there are no distinctions in the occurence of events. It's somewhat an extension of omniscience if you will. If you read The Watchmen (the graphical novel), doctor Manhattan gives a pretty good explanation of the whole existing outside of time, space and whatnot in his discussion with his girlfriend on mars.
I don't put much stock in comic book explanations of physics. The point here is, if this "outside time" idea has some meaning, how could we actually have any idea what its like, and what its application to God is, considering we have no idea of the real meaning. Simulataneous occurance of all events isn't "outside time," it would simply be a single instance of time. Perhaps it was meant to mean that God exists at all times, whereas we are mortal, or perhaps there really is some notion of "outside time," but the closest thing I can think of would be "unaffected" by time, or unchanging in time, which God may very well be.
We know this also because God is all-powerful, and if He were limited by time, that would mean He wasn't all-powerful, ergo, He is 'bigger' than time, or 'outside' time.
What limits would time impose upon an all-powerful being such that he must be "outside" it? If he is able to manipulate it just as he would anything else, I would still call him all powerful. This raises the interesting question of what exactly all powerful means. The more classic example is, can God make a square circle? But a similar question may be, can God make a rock so heavy that he himself cannot lift it? If he can, then we would say he isn't all powerful because he can't make that rock. If he can, then he can't lift it, but we would again say he is not all powerful, typically. So is "all powerful" impossible? Perhaps, but it may be more appropriate to limit the definition of "all powerful" to "the ability to do all that is possible." For example, we cannot make a square circle because it simply isn't possible. If something has the properties of a square, it is not a circle. So why would we expect an all powerful being to be able to do something like make a square circle, or exist outside time?
Wrong! Your assuming a monotheistic view of God...
Because that is what we're talking about, God with a capital G. Like I said, there is only one "God"
If you don't make the distinction, this thread will get absolutely NOWHERE.
It'll get nowhere anyway, this is SD on SEN lol
LOL!!! READ YOUR ARGUMENT DUDE. It's completely spastic! (see: Circulus in demonstrando). You are so wrapped up in your religion you don't even realise that you are still getting your definition from your holy book! It's like your in the Matrix, refusing to take the red pill. Let me say it again, we have absolutely no information about God, his abilities, or his traits - except from all the numerous holy books. Just analyse your own thought pattern, and you will realise it to be true.
Circular reasoning doesn't apply to definitions because they're not arguments.
Blatant prevarication. You are now demonstrating ignorance of your very own argument. Even if the universe was definitively proven to be an isolated system, it still would not mean that evolution on Earth breaks the second law. I recommend you do some serious reading and come back when your on the same page as everyone else.
Instead of repeating "you're wrong you're wrong you're wrong" over and over, you may want to explain
why he is wrong.
If God didn't experience time, the narrative of Genesis wouldn't make sense. In God's own words (by the words of His Christians), the Bible states that God created the Universe in 6 discreet steps, with a measurable time for each. Then he rested.
The Bible also states that in an ongoing fashion, he interfered with the events of man. (Talking to Adam & Eve, burning bush, ten commandments, Jesus).
If God existed outside of time, all of these things would've been simultaneous.
I may be being overly nitpicky here, but it's possible that God didn't experience time despite the creation of the universe in six steps. If we're sticking to what it says in genesis, then yeah I agree with you, but if we consider the possibility that "outside time" might have a meaning, then it could simply be a product of his omniscience that he spoke at certain times and did things in a certain order. I'm just speculating here, but it could look something like this perhaps:
Depending on the spacing of the tick marks, you could fit as much time in that circle as you want, even easier if you use a logarithmic scale, and to god what might be the difference acting radially in one direction versus another? Of course, this could be completely ridiculous but I find the idea interesting. It might not be a "when" he did something in God's eyes, but a "where" he did something.
That's who you should be talking to, not a bunch of internet tough guys.
What about you? Are you an internet tough guy, trying to beat us with a giant klobberknocker into not talking about this? I for one find the topic interesting.
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