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Originally Posted by Actor
No. You answer my questions of #4212. We're far enough down your rabbit hole.
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The answers should be obvious. An entity
cannot at once be eternal in its essence (nature in case you want a definition of "essence") and at the same time and in the same sense that entity's existence be changeable or diminished because it is thoroughly time-bound. There can be no succession of motion by an eternal entity. Succession of motion implies that the entity would have had potentiality to come into a state of existence due to Change and is, therefore, not eternal; and also implies that the entity has potentiality to change to a non-existent state and, therefore, be not eternal.
Also, an entity that is eternal in its existence would be by definition [b]pure, absolute, perfect existence), and such that entity would have no parts that would be able to go in and out of existence. But we witness these things (changes) every day, which violate two fundamentally important laws of logic: Identity and Non-Contradiction.
In short, Mr. Actor, we could boil down the whole issue with this one simple question: How can death
logically proceed from eternal life?