1. 2)What is soul-deciding?
Rapid Recall!
Fill in the table with what you remember from memory! Prizes for the first correctly filled in one!
1) What is soul-making?
2)What is soul-deciding?
3) What does Augustine say evil is and why?
4) What is epistemic distance?
5) What is Vardy’s analogy?
6) What is process theology?

2. Aiming for an A*? Try to complete the ‘Top Philosopher’ tasks!
Learning Outcomes
To be able describe atemporal and sempiternal views on God and time (Grade C).
To be able to explain, in detail, different philosopher’s views on God’s relationship with time (Grade B).
To be able to evaluate the concept of God and his relationship with time (Grade A).
Aiming for an A*? Try to complete the ‘Top Philosopher’ tasks!

3. Cow time! Literacy Target
Check that you have spelt all the key words correctly.
atemporal
sempiternal
Take the time to check over the rest of your work for any other spelling mistakes.
Ask for a dictionary or use the internet to check over any words that you are not sure are correct.

4. Think, Pair, Share What does this mean?
 “For thus says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy” – Isaiah 57: 1
Discuss in pairs.

5. God’s relationship with time
Christianity claims that God is eternal, but what does this mean? There are two main views:
The view most commonly adopted by classical theologians, is that God is timeless. In other words, God is outside time, and is not bound by time. God is the creator of time. God is described as ‘eternal’ or ‘atemporal’.
The other view is that God is everlasting. In other words, it is the belief that God moves along the same timeline that we do but never begins or ends. The past is past for God as well as us. The future is unknown to us and is also, to some extent at least , unknown to God as it hasn’t happened yet. God is described as ‘sempiternal’.

6. Atemporal and Sempiternal?
Read through the article and write down piece of information about each view…
Atemporal
Sempiternal
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
Stretch yourself task:
What are the weaknesses of the view? Add them to your chart in red.
Top Philosopher task: How does this link with Hartshorne other view on God’s omnipotence?

7. Augustine and Aquinas
Read the article and create a mind map on their views…
Aquinas - God exists outside time – he cannot change so cannot be in time.
Augustine – “thy years neither come nor go; whereas ours both come and go”
Augustine and Aquinas on God and time.
Stretch yourself task:
What are the weaknesses of their arguments? Add them to your mind map in red.
Top Philosopher task:
What is the view of Richard Creed?

8. Is God Atemporal?
Use the QR code to help you complete a Zig-Zag with for and against arguments…
For
Against
For
Stretch yourself:
To reach a better A02 grade you must always link your arguments. E.g. However Swinburne would disagree with Aquinas because…..
Against
Top philosopher:
Include two synoptic links on your zig-zag!

9. Mini White Boards Describe the terms atemporal and sempiternal.
Explain one the view of one Philosopher’s view on God’s relationship with time.
Explain your own opinion whether God experiences time like we do.

10. Aiming for an A*? Try to complete the ‘Top Philosopher’ tasks!
Learning Outcomes
To be able describe atemporal and sempiternal views on God and time (Grade C).
To be able to explain, in detail, different philosopher’s views on God’s relationship with time (Grade B).
To be able to evaluate the concept of God and his relationship with time (Grade A).
Aiming for an A*? Try to complete the ‘Top Philosopher’ tasks!