 A potential problem for Alexander is that God is frequently perceived as being atemporal. In contrast, on Alexander’s system, God is both spatial and temporal. Alexander recognises that this could be considered a problem, but argues that in fact it is an advantage. If God does not “precede” the world, but rather is the product of it, you can avoid one formulation of the problem of evil, on which God creates the world and allows suffering within it (Alexander 1920ii: 399).