If God is identical to God’s act of creation as divine simplicity requires, does creation exist necessarily? And does God have the potential to have created another universe if he's purely actual? I cover these questions and more. NOTE (ADDED 3/21/26): This video represented my views at the time of recording. Some of my views have changed since then, but I'm leaving the video up because it contains lots of helpful information, and also shows my thinking at the time. Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreason If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmid Many thanks to Parker from @ParkersPensees for allowing me to upload the discussion on my channel. The original discussion is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTLwjFP5UeI You can find Parker’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parkers-pens%C3%A9es/id1527286862 The paper we're discussing is: Schmid, J.C. Forthcoming. “The fruitful death of modal collapse arguments”. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Link: https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHTFD-5 Wanna explore over a DOZEN more modal collapse arguments? Check out my video “Arguments Against Classical Theism | Part 1/3”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sBygsaG03c Majesty of Reason PODCAST! Link: https://anchor.fm/majesty-of-reason/episodes/Can-God-Change-the-Past--with-Dr--Sam-Lebens-and-Dr--Ryan-Mullins-e18s6kt My new website! Link: https://www.josephschmid.com