 But this seems to be an advance that was gained by stipulation, because the discussion started thus: “[L]et us so understand “now” that occurring now does not entail having a position in a B-series of earlier and later events. That is, let us in effect take “now” and “occurring now” as primitive terms univocally applicable to temporal and eternal or timeless things” (Leftow 1991: 239). It’s not surprising that given this initial stipulation, the ensuing definitions allow one to say that the A-simultaneity that obtains between temporal entities is the same relation that obtains between a timeless God and temporal entities.