The phrase "past time is infinite" is false. This is proveable by the definitions of the words. "Infinite" means, according to dictionary.com, "unbounded or unlimited; boundless; endless," "endless" being the key definition. If something is endless, then it obviously does not have an end to reach; it is unreachable; it cannot be achieved. Now the definition of "past" is "of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present." The key word in here is "occurred." Past time has occurred; it has been achieved. So, saying "Past time is infinite" is contradictory. It's the same as saying " The achieved is unachieveable." So, the opposite must be true: past time must be finite, there must be a beginning. And there also must have been something or Someone to start it; something outside of time. Time is that which measures change. So whatever started it must not change. God does not change, and He lives outside of time. Can you refute this?
2007-08-02
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