Conway says, "let us suppose the duration of this world to be 600,000 years, or any other number of years, as great as can be by any reason conceived. Now, I demand whether it could be that the world was created before this time? If they deny it, they limit the power of God to a certain number of years; if they affirm it, they allow time to be before all time, which is a manifest ..."
A) contradiction.
B) destiny.
C) tautology.
D) truth.

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Conway is presenting a paradox - if one denies that the world could have been created before a certain amount of time, they are limiting the power of God, but if they affirm it, they are admitting the possibility of time existing before all time, which is a contradiction.

Conway Says, "Let Us Suppose the Duration of This World