Do we all die at the same time?

Question

If there is no time in Eternity then looking at life with an eternal perspective we would have to come to the conclusion that we all die at the same time. Our finite minds might find this a little hard to grasp but what do you think?

Earthling - read the question

Answer 1

You are correct.

That is why most people have problems with certain passages in the Bible. Not realizing God sees us from a different perspective. (The perspective of Eternity)

Predestination, The Sleep Theory, etc.

I have tried to illustrate this to people. And the only way you can do it is by using a two dimensional time-line (cartoon) to show what you mean.

Answer 2

1) Yes, we all die at the moment of our death. Therefore we all die at the same time. :o)

2) No, we don't all die at the same time because we live in time, not eternity. It's not until after we die that we enter eternity, so we're all dead at the same time, but we don't all die at the same time.

Answer 3

The time factor is also explained by modern men in various ways. Some accept it almost as it is explained in the Srimad-Bhägavatam. For example, in Hebrew literature time is accepted, in the same spirit, as a representation of God. It is stated therein: "God, who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets...." Metaphysically, time is distinguished as absolute and real. Absolute time is continuous and is unaffected by the speed or slowness of material things. Time is astronomically and mathematically calculated in relation to the speed, change and life of a particular object. Factually, however, time has nothing to do with the relativities of things; rather, everything is shaped and calculated in terms of the facility offered by time. Time is the basic measurement of the activity of our senses, by which we calculate past, present and future; but in factual calculation, time has no beginning and no end. Chanakya Pandita says that even a slight fraction of time cannot be purchased with millions of dollars, and therefore even a moment of time lost without profit must be calculated as the greatest loss in life. Time is not subject to any form of psychology, nor are the moments objective realities in themselves, but they are dependent on particular experiences.
Therefore, Srila Jiva Gosvämi concludes that the time factor is intermixed with the activities—actions and reactions—of the external energy of the Lord. The external energy, or material nature, works under the superintendence of the time factor as the Lord Himself, and that is why material nature appears to have produced so many wonderful things in the cosmic manifestation. Bhagavad-gitä (9.10) confirms this conclusion as follows:
"This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again."
So yes, we all will die at the time of destruction but we will be manifest at the time of creation also, according with our previous (before destruction)desires.

Answer 4

well, i am alive at this moment as i am typing words, and well...my grandma for example has already died, about 3 years ago. and i can assure you she is not alive and able to read or type at this time.

Answer 5

No, you're wrong.

It's like saying that if we all have finite height, all of us are the same height.