Objection: If will is eternal, the willed object must be eternal.
Response: The object may be specified precisely as coming into existence at a particular time.
Objection: An originated will would involve originated states in the divine essence.
Response: Affirming eternal will removes the need for such a new attribute.
Objection: Knowledge and power alone should suffice.
Response: Knowledge concerns comprehension and power concerns capacity; specifying one form and time is a distinct meaning.
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Divine Will: Eternity, Specification of Possibilities and Free Agency
Objection: If will is eternal, the willed object must be eternal.
Response: The object may be specified precisely as coming into existence at a particular time.
Objection: An originated will would involve originated states in the divine essence.
Response: Affirming eternal will removes the need for such a new attribute.
Objection: Knowledge and power alone should suffice.
Response: Knowledge concerns comprehension and power concerns capacity; specifying one form and time is a distinct meaning.