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How old is time?

Discussion in 'Religion & Spirituality Forum' started by Mortimer, Nov 16, 2006.

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  1. Nov 16, 2006 at 11:40 PM #1
    Mortimer

    Mortimer The Brewster

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    This makes my head hurt. According to most cosmologists the universe is approximately 13.7 billion years old. You start poking them with a stick about what was around before then and some say god which does not answer the question.
     
  2. Nov 16, 2006 at 11:44 PM #2
    CFBall

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    imo.....God created it all. who or what else estabished this wonderful place(s).
     
  3. Nov 17, 2006 at 1:28 AM #3
    Superfluous_Nut

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    you don't even need to dig very deep to confound yourself -- what's the biggest number?

    humans just tend to think of things as being linear -- first, second, third; right, middle, left; before, after.

    time isn't a thing, it's just an idea. it's just how we make sense of our surroundings.
     
  4. Nov 17, 2006 at 9:25 AM #4
    Playa

    Playa The coach is a near

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    ask Out_Of_State
     
  5. Nov 17, 2006 at 9:50 AM #5
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  6. Nov 17, 2006 at 9:53 AM #6
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    Why do you think he left TBR?


    btw - thank you to the 3 people who pm'd me to let me know that Playa was bad mouthing me in this forum - you know who you are.
     
  7. Nov 17, 2006 at 10:04 AM #7
    slydevl

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    Most all cosmologists agree that a "force" outside of the bounds of both the universe and time acted to create both.
     
  8. Nov 17, 2006 at 2:25 PM #8
    hasbeen99

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    I believe it's impossible for us to ever know for sure "how old time is". All we can do is guess.
     
  9. Nov 17, 2006 at 5:28 PM #9
    Superfluous_Nut

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    i realize you used quotations around the word force, but a force is defined as being related to time -- so any concept of a force that people might possess doesn't really apply to a timeless universe. cosmologists can agree on what might have happened, but can't actually describe anything in any way that doesn't include time. so they may as well be saying "something" happened and by "something" they don't mean an actual event in any way that anybody can comprehend.
     
  10. Nov 17, 2006 at 9:30 PM #10
    wossa

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    this is a question for Patti
     
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