ABSTRACT
How would you explain to an alien what people mean by ‘God’? Is it possible to make logical sense of religious claims that God is eternal, omnipotent and omniscient?
In this chapter you will examine different ideas about the nature of God. In particular you will explore whether God is best thought of as existing in time or outside of time. This investigation, in turn, will lead you to consider what is meant by the traditional claims that God is all powerful (omnipotent) and allknowing (omniscient), and whether sense can be made of these terms in today’s world. Finally, you will reflect on the reasons why these ideas about the nature of God are significant to religious believers.
