And, are you a finite being?
2007-12-13 02:51:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no, eternity has no beginning or end, like a circle. God has always existed, it is beyond our comphrehension.
2007-12-13 02:54:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually I am a finite being in an infinite shell.
The matter that makes up my body, has always existed in one form or another and will continue on. When I die and am cremated, my cells will turn into ash and gases that will float into the atmosphere. Its conceivable that they might be used by other living things for sustenance or even that they will eventually reach the outer atmosphere and be blown into space by solar radiation. Pretty cool.
My consciousness is finite though, so I have to do the best i can with the small amount of time I have, knowing I am alive.
2007-12-13 10:57:53 · answer #2 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Eternal = always existed and will always exist.
Trying to understand that as a finite being is a hard thing to do.
2007-12-13 10:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by Bye Bye 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, in geometry a ray is infinitely long and has a definite starting point. If we were to equate "eternal" with "infinite", then I'd say yes. That equation can, of course, be challenged.
And I am most definitely finite.
2007-12-13 11:07:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible time had a beginning, but will never cease "to run" now that it's started, in which case it would be infinite (eternal) in one direction only, like the line on an x,y graph that includes all positive whole numbers, but not all negative ones.
2007-12-13 10:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by Hera Sent Me 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
e·ter·nal /ɪËtÉrnl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[i-tur-nl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. without beginning or end; lasting forever; always existing (opposed to temporal): eternal life.
2. perpetual; ceaseless; endless: eternal quarreling; eternal chatter.
3. enduring; immutable: eternal principles.
4. Metaphysics. existing outside all relations of time; not subject to change.
–noun 5. something that is eternal.
6. the Eternal, God.
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[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < LL aeternÄlis, equiv. to aetern(us) (see eterne) + -Älis -al1]
2007-12-13 11:01:17 · answer #6 · answered by 777 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, we do clock time forward, so sure, we can set a starting time for something that is now eternal. That would be because it was formed or created as something that would last forever - like my $10 plastic sunglasses or my ancient suede boots, or perhaps even my immortal soul.
2007-12-13 10:56:56 · answer #7 · answered by Amy R 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, and that is because time itself is a creation. All places, times, all everything is present to God. God is infinite (in-finite = not finite) and we are finite.
2007-12-13 10:55:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, we as people, we have created time. we only have so long on this earth.
and no, something that is Eternal, like God has no begining or end.
2007-12-13 10:58:46 · answer #9 · answered by mr. incredible 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, The Highland was just born that way. All Highlander are.
2007-12-13 10:55:53 · answer #10 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋