i belive i can go back into time by going into and out of body experience and i can enter one of my dreams from 2001and warn myself about the events that might follow. i could tell megan i love her and not to come to the dance for us to grow together. ok theoretically speaking if this was possible could i change the time line in the past
2006-09-27 12:24:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
my biggest question is can you change the past
2006-09-27 12:32:56 · update #1
No, but would you really want to? First of all, whenever you make changes, there is the matter of unintended consequences to deal with. If you actually could do what you'd like to, there is absolutely no guarantee that you'll be any better off. For instance, maybe your friend Megan would get into a car accident that she otherwise wouldn't have, or maybe you wake from the dream where you warn yourself and you think, "Eh, it was just a dream." There are a trillion different ways you could f--- things up by messing with the past.
All that aside, though, what you're thinking of is simply physically impossible. But hey, it's also testable, so go ahead and try until you convince yourself.
2006-09-27 12:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't change the past, but you can live in the past as you are doing right now. This "right now" is your present which will inevitably also become your past. So if you want this past here, right now, to be a better memory when you get to your future, start living it. What you are doing is very hurtful to yourself. You cannot change your past, but the beautiful thing is that you CAN change your future by making the best possible choice right now and then right now and then right now, again and again, one moment at a time, trusting always that you are making the most informed choice you can make, to the best of your abilities at any given time, and thus hopefully never again have to spend even a second of your life hoping you could find a way to return to the past and change it. Live, learn , grow --- and keep moving forward, because this minute now is about to become one minute ago. Best of luck.
2006-09-27 14:53:47 · answer #2 · answered by starlight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can't, whether you are speaking theoretically or not.
If you brushed up on your writing skills you could always put this idea in a novel/comic/script. If you made some decent money from this maybe Megan would be quite impressed even if she didn't actually love you.
2006-09-27 12:45:28 · answer #3 · answered by kittyfreek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you could.
But the Big question is, would the creator of all things let you?
He already let one of his great angels wreck havoc in heaven so do you think he will let you? He may have let others but YOU will he let YOU? What is your motive for doing so? Good or Evil?
As to time travel? It is very possible. It is a physical thing and God has let us know it is. For he does not obey time as we do.
(1Jo 4:12) No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
(Rev 12:12) Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
(Rev 12:14) And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. ( 3 and 1/2 years)
(1Pe 5:6) Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
So you see time is a reference point of existence. Not in a way of tick tock but rather in the way of change.
2032?
Time Travel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Time_travel_in_theory
Time Traveler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/the_john_titor_project.html
2006-09-27 12:49:22 · answer #4 · answered by Michael JENKINS 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No what is in the past is in the past and it can't be changed. Unless you change the past by something you do in the future. That won't actually change the events of the past, just the recurrence of them.
2006-09-27 12:39:56 · answer #5 · answered by Mister Farlay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the past is set. you cannot go back. not even i can go back. the past is locked into place and forms the foundation of the present. that makes the present the sum of the past. your action or inaction will always be with you.
2006-09-27 12:39:01 · answer #6 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO....sorry but past and present are mans concept and do not in actuality exist.....so for us there is only now...philosophically speaking you'd be better off if you don't indulge in that crap....take responsibility for your decision, and live now.
2006-09-27 12:44:09 · answer #7 · answered by Doc J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it won't work .
Everybody know at to go back in time you must fly backwards as fast as Superman. Its the only way to go back in time.
2006-09-27 12:35:21 · answer #8 · answered by teddybear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The past is fixed. You cannot change it.
2006-09-27 15:07:18 · answer #9 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zero chances. you can't change the past
2006-09-27 12:32:22 · answer #10 · answered by mystic_lonewolf22 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋