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Why is the concept of eternity mind boggling?

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Why is the concept of eternity mind boggling?

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I would think it would be mind boggling because we do not have any concept out of *time*. There is no *time* in eternity. God who created all lives eternally. Time was created by Him for us to live in. Therefore eternity exists before time, during & after.

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It does not exist. Parts of infinity is infinity and therefore part of eternity is still eternity. If lives are destined for eternity, why is there no evidence of it? Many notable theists (for eg, William Craig) have argued against the existence of an actual infinite, and as eternity is similar to infinite, therefore eternity cannot exist in reality. [Similarly can be proven from Hilbert’s Hotel paradox, mathematically]. Omniscient is a contradiction of term: if god is omniscient, then he must have all knowledge, even those concerning his past and future. If all his past and future is known to him, then it might well defined a boundary or limit, in the sense that all IS KNOWN. But eternal future and beginningless past can never be known, because even if god keeps pursuing, there is no end to it. If he reaches the point of the “beginning” of his beginningless past, that means there was a beginning. Similarly, if his knowledge reaches to the “END” of his eternal future, there will be an

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