If God is transdimensional, then prayers are not signals traveling through space but are immediately received across all dimensions. Divine action (e.g., miracles) does not break physical laws from outside but introduces higher-dimensional causal influences—analogous to a 3D finger moving a 2D drawing without violating 2D physics locally.
| Model | View of God | Relation to Dimensions | Weakness | |-------|-------------|------------------------|----------| | Classical Theism | Timeless, spaceless | Outside dimensions (extrinsic) | Tends toward deistic absence | | Panentheism | World in God | Dimensions within God | Risks confusing God with cosmos | | Transdimensional Theism | God beyond and through dimensions | Ontologically prior to dimensions | Requires analogical language | Beyond The Cosmos- The Transdimensionality Of God.pdf
Think of it this way: A mathematician is not in the equation. The equation exists because of the mathematician. Dimensions are the equations God wrote to structure reality. He is the Author of the mathematics, not a variable within it. If God is transdimensional, then prayers are not
In the Christian narrative, Jesus Christ is not a demi-god or an enlightened man. He is the Logos—the Transdimensional Being—compressing Himself into the narrow confines of a human body. This is akin to a 3D being (you) compressing yourself into a 2D drawing. You would have to shed your depth, your volume, your ability to see inside objects. The equation exists because of the mathematician
If higher physical dimensions exist, then a being localized in 3D space could still be “higher-dimensional” relative to us. However, a truly transdimensional God would not be localized even in the bulk. Rather, God would be the ground of the bulk itself—the ontological source of dimensionality. This mirrors the distinction between a 2D flatlander and a 3D being (who can see inside closed shapes) but transcends it: God is not a being among beings, even higher-dimensional ones, but ipsum esse subsistens (subsistent being itself).
Imagine a two-dimensional being (a "Flatlander") living on a flat plane. To this being, reality is length and width. A three-dimensional sphere passing through the 2D plane does not appear as a sphere. The Flatlander sees a dot that grows into a circle, then shrinks back to a dot and vanishes. The Flatlander concludes, "There is a magical circle that changes size." He cannot perceive the depth of the sphere.