Try this. Without the past, will there be a present or a future? Please explain?

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ps. i just woke up and i dreamt of asking this so i did =)
i hope to get intelligent answers.
Good Morning Yahoo People!

i dunno...maybe i'm still sleepy...but something tells me...there is no past nor present...only future?
o.O

@Jeremy
"There is no such thing as the present in a litteral sense. I could say: "right now is the present." but as I said that, time passed"
Good point!...therefore only the "future" remains...right? Right? O.o

Answer 1

Yes.

Without the past, there will be no
present or future.

The past was the beginning.
If no beginning,
no middle or end!
o no..

Answer 2

Without The Future & Present Can There Be A Past??? Each Milestone Needs A Stepping Stone To Move Ahead. Can Someone From The Past Be In Your Present Or Future, If The Past Was Not? Sounds Like The Time Machine Theory, I Wouldn't Mind Cycling Into The Future, But If I Don't Take Care Of The Present, The Future Looks Dreary. Good Question!

Answer 3

past present future are just concepts of life experiences, kind of like time, it is only a concept not a tangble thing, it cannot be altered or manipulated or whatever time keeps marching forward and cannot ever be stopped except maybe in your mind or when you go to sleep and wake up teh next day thinking it has only been a minute when it has been 8 or more hours.

these are just measurments we use to describe something, such as when I was a kid this and this happened or I learned this or that then. so I guess it is all a measurement of time.

just like numbers are just measurements of commodities or money or amounts we use so we can communicate to others what we mean just like language words we use don't mean a thing unless we give them meaning like when someone speaks greek it is all just gooblegook, it means nothing until you learn what it is in terms you will understand. for example okay means nothing until I tell you how I mean or show you.

even if we all died right now time will still move on, the planets will still move around the sun, the milkyway will keep milkywaying. the stars will continue to sparkle.

RRRR

Answer 4

It is all relative when you come to think about it. The past, present and the future are always taken with reference to some particular point of time. Say this day/minute/hour etc. Based on the criteria their existence varies. If you take the second, then there is no present as by the time u call it present it has become past and by the time you call the moment future it has become present.. It however changes when you take a bigger u nit of time. So based on the time you consider, it changes.

Answer 5

For iterative purposes, there are no presents and futures without pasts. Suppose that you iterate through the tenses, from past, to present, then future. The iterative process increments the tense once at every loop. So if it is not in the past tense, then the iteration does not happen, or the loop does not take off. Unless the iteration started at the present, or future. Depending on the tense's upside, the loop would run if it was stated to start in another tense. Running then would either increment it to the future or the future tense of the future tense.

Answer 6

Yes.
Without the present, there could be no past or future.

Past and Future are relative to the Present, where past is behind and future is ahead.
If you ask someone "what is behind?" the next question will be "Behind what?" :P So when we talk about the past, we're talking about what's behind "now."

There are actually entire cultures who don't have words in their language for for things like yesterday and tomorrow. It's because they don't see time linearly like we do (it doesn't go in a straight line). Which just goes to show that even time is a cultural idea.

Answer 7

Without the past, there probably would not be a present or future since past, present and future stand in some type of relation to one another, unless you're a B theorist respecting time.

Answer 8

Good Morning to you sir/maam? I dont really think there Is, a past present or future. I mean as I exist, my present does not count, as every second that passes makes my present, past. Time Is man made, for his existance. Something tro reassure himself as to where he Is, where In truth, as far as I think anyway, there Is no such a concept as time. thinking In "That mode", as It were, there IS NO present past future what so ever. It a silly expression for example, Is to Say, "I havent got the time" for this or that?. As If time was relevant. I am now aged sixty six right!!. the fact that I am that age, Is nothing to do with time. How can It be?, If time Is a Man made concept for our existance. How can Everything revolve around the Nothingness of Eternity, or If you Like Infinity.
If you think about It to deeply,you would be In deep trouble mentally?, well thats what I think. I suppose a Man of Science, woud be more at ease with the way I am wording this, and could maybe stablilize my "Mental ship". In the meantime. Thanks for sharing your very deep dream. Like It.

Answer 9

There is no such thing as the present in a litteral sense. I could say: "right now is the present." but as I said that time passed. It is like if you were moving at the speed of light and you said. "right now, I'm right here." Which would probably be what I would say if I ever went the speed of light :)

Answer 10

I think it starts off with the present... which eventually leads to a past and future... like new borns, they don't have a past just a present, then a second passes by and there is their past and later their future... I'm rambling on though...

Answer 11

I think it's all one journey, but that it's all represented by and condensed into this moment in time. Memory is a tricky thing. Nothing was exactly as you remember it, the further away the memory gets the more this is true. But it is represented in it's truest form now, as the basis of this moment. You are your past. The future exists in your mind, but your mind can shape the future. (The law of attraction)