A Philosophical Question

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dmdar

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I have been getting philosophical questions, one is here- God is eternal, and also omnipresent, God is outside time, and is everywhere, there is no where that God is not! God is greater than infinity, greater than eternity, greater than the universe, this can only mean God is outside both space and time, God created space and time! My question is this- if you leave the universe, have you arrived at God?
 

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You cannot leave the universe, because you are the universe. You are a creation and so you are a part of the universe. Only God exists outside of the universe.
 
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I have been getting philosophical questions, one is here- God is eternal, and also omnipresent, God is outside time, and is everywhere, there is no where that God is not! God is greater than infinity, greater than eternity, greater than the universe, this can only mean God is outside both space and time, God created space and time! My question is this- if you leave the universe, have you arrived at God?

There's no right answer to the wrong question. In other words, when the question itself is flawed because of it violating, in this case, the very premises stated in the OP, what can be expected for an answer? Most true philosophers know better than to ask what is already answered in the premises. Who asked such a flawed question of you? Do you even know that person(s)?

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I have been getting philosophical questions, one is here- God is eternal, and also omnipresent, God is outside time, and is everywhere, there is no where that God is not! God is greater than infinity, greater than eternity, greater than the universe, this can only mean God is outside both space and time, God created space and time! My question is this- if you leave the universe, have you arrived at God?
No. "Arrived" would not be the correct term.

If God is omnipresent, you are already where God is.

So you would have moved from "Where God is" to "Where God is".

Not that you can leave the universe on your own, of course!

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I prefer to interpret the question from a personal perspective. That is, God can relate to anything, because He created it all. In other words, God does not need to be everywhere, because He knows the state of everything no matter how progressed it gets. God prevailed to the point, that what He created was justified and now being justified it is known to Him. God does not need to move Himself, to see things from different perspectives. God's spirit responds to everything He created, from no matter where it is.

That way you don't need to ask "how is God everywhere?" as if He needs to plan everything from every possible perspective.

EDIT: I don't think God would ever say "Wait a second, until I am there, then I will deal with your issues"!
 
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