u/Luc1dRats

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For some context I'm writing about atemporality and how it clashes with divine interaction. I follow the standard thinking that interaction requires simultaneity and simultaneity requires a shared time interval. For this reason God cannot be both atemporal and create, sustain and interact. I do end up disputing this point and discuss ET-Sim and Leftows account.

However, I'm realising I don't actually know whether creation is considered a form of interaction. We can't obviously compare it to a mother and baby, its not traditionally reciprocal and it follows nothing we generally consider as creation. I would be hesitant to say anything about the universe also influencing God, thus making it interaction through shared influence as I don't have space to go down an immutability debate.

Do people have any thoughts, am i missing something obvious or any reading that covers this? Any help is appreciated.

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