time and religion?

Question

time is stupid.
1 - the first numbers (what i know of) mentioned anywhere is in the bible: before christ after chrst they start counting the years.
2 - other animals arent concerned with time
3 - on other planets there are a few moons, so how does time work there
4 - why 60 seconds in a minute, why 60 minutes in an hour, why 24 hours in a day etc . . . why not other numbers
5 - if number 1 is true is religion controlling time
6 - what happens when the years reach numbers past trillions what is next. where is the end?

Answer 1

There are 23 hours, 56 minutes, 14 seconds in a day because that is the rotation of the Earth. This has to be adjusted every 4th year with a leap day so that we can round it up to 24 hours.

As for the rest of it, you can best answer your own gibberish.

Answer 2

1. Forget the bible, written by men, less than 2000 years ago. Ancient Greeks were doing sophisticated things with numbers thousands of years before that. So were the Arabs. The concept of time and counting the years and predicting astronomical events (time) were around long before the written god squad.
2. Other animals are very concerned with time. Many live their life to a timetable managed/judged by the tides or moon or sunrise or seasons... Even ask my cat about time when he's waiting to be fed. He's got a pretty good idea what time he is due to be fed.
3. 1 moon. 5 moons, 100 moons. Time works the same everywhere. You're talking about how you measure time. Aliens might have a Timex too, you know?
4. Dunno.
5. 1 isn't true and even if it was, the answer would still be no.
6. Think of the biggest number you can - then add 1. Then another 1. There may not be an end. There might be a big crunch, or maybe all the lights (and life) will just go out.

Time is fundamental. Just try imagining anything existing without it. Time is not stupid (however you might mean that) it is possibly the most sophisticated and befuddling "thing" ever. (<---See? Another useful temporal reference. Useful, time, innit?)

Answer 3

You wouldn't say that if you'd studied physics. Time is neither smart or stupid. Time is real. It exists as part of the fabric of the universe. The units of minutes and seconds and so on are invented but time just is whether we like it or not.

Answer 4

1 - 4: Time is just an invention by man in order to measure the constant daily changes and seasonal rhythms. It's just a convenience device that keeps us all on the same page. (Such as "the party starts at 7:00")

5 - 6: Are you Rod Serling, reincarnated or something?

Answer 5

but answer me this WHO Created the 7 day week? and why? Time is only a factor because Adam and Eve fell away from God in the Garden of Eden, and we have a limited life span now.

Answer 6

since they knew the year they had to simplify it into something that would be the building block of a year hence, month, week, day, hour, minute, second.

Answer 7

Humans need the concept of time because our little minds are finite, and we would go crazy trying to contemplate infinity.

Answer 8

Time really does not exist. Time is just used to keep track of when things happen. Something man made.

Answer 9

Time is nothing more than a "rule of thumb". It's OUR Creation, & it doesn't exist beyond US- or our need of it. Your questions are Legit., -but moot. We "mark" Time- because of our awareness of our passing Mortality... It is nothing more than a creation of our awareness & insecurity... :)

Answer 10

per #6: don't worry. you won't be around to care.