Is the concept of "time" manmade?

Question

Okay, so I can say that the measuring of time is man-made. Ahhhhh

Answer 1

Did man come up with the "concept" of time, absolutely. The definition of concept is, an idea or general notion. Time is the way man explains the cycle of natural happenings. Since the formation of the planet earth, it has orbited the sun, since the formation of the moon it has orbited the earth, but there never was a time set to either until man evolved into a creature smart enough to see that those things happened on a regular basis.
He noticed that plants grew from seeds until they wilted and died. He noticed that when a baby was born it aged slowly until it died. If things always stayed the same, time would probably never been invented or needed. Natural cycles of repeated events have been there forever, but until man came along, there was no need for this thing called "time."

Answer 2

Time exists like space exists (in fact they're the same thing). We experience the passage of time because of the way we are made, and the cyclical nature of the world we experience.
For example, we see the sun come up, move across the sky, set, and rise again. We call this recurrence a "day." Clocks are an artificial way of "measuring" time based on a smaller cycle (turning of gears or ocillation of crystals).

However, the concept of time has changed over the years, and in a lot of ways it is manmade. Ideas like "a year" have different meanings to different people. Some people say the day starts at sunset, some say at sunrise, some say at midnight. There's lots of variation.

So ultimately, if you think of time as "hours, minutes, seconds" then yes it's manmade. But if you think of time as that aspect of the universe that makes perceived change possible, then it's fundamental to reality and exists outside of us.

Answer 3

No, time is not a "concept". It is a created reality that came into existence along with matter, energy, and space. It is only the arbitrary divisions of time into distinct units that is manmade.

Answer 4

Time has to be measured, in one way or another. By inventing ways to measure time, we henceforth invent the concept of time.
The same is true of math. Math may occur naturally in nature, but until we create a system by which we understand it, the concept of math does not exist.

Answer 5

Time is a reality.

The MEASUREMENT of time can be argued to be "manmade". However, research shows that even bees and ants use the concept of elapsed time.

Answer 6

The concept of measuring it is. Time existed before we did, and will exist after us.

Answer 7

Time, as the world thinks of it, does not exist. Everything, all events, every word spoken, every act, occur simultaneously.

The "time" that God knows is the Eternal Now. In this spacious moment, we live, move, have our whole being, in perfect love, and peace.

Answer 8

No No No. Time is merely the process by which happenings or occurances are measured.

Answer 9

The concept that time is money is human.

Existence exists without humans and frankly our time is running out

Answer 10

No. God created the sun, set the earth in rotation around it and called it a day.