I find myself wondering when time started. I know that time a measurement, but where did it come from? When did time begin? Was there anything in existance before time began?
I believe in God, and I believe in science...but with both, I am having difficulty grasping time. In both backgrounds there was a moment when everything started,,,,but before that moment, what was there?
2007-12-17 07:53:02 · 17 answers · asked by hemi 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Without time, the question of "what happened before" is meaningless.
Time is relative, as was proven mathematically by Einstein and proven since the space missions began. The faster you go, the slower time progresses. We're rushing through the cosmos on a planet that is orbiting the sun, spinning around the Milky Way, and traveling through the local galaxy group. Plus the Universe itself is expanding. Therefore, even the time we know is not finite or static.
Since time is a dimension that started with the big bang, we cannot yet determine what conditions existed that could have brought about the big bang. We're growing closer, but as you might imagine, looking back through time is not easy.
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2007-12-17 08:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a religious sense, there was nothing except an eternal God. Time, space and the universe were created billions and billions of years ago out of nothing by God. And it all will end at some point in time. The very concept of "more than one" is not a created concept. That concept was and is established within the very nature and essence of God Himself within the Trinity. The Trinity (more than one concept) becomes the basis for creation where all other THINGS were still created out of nothing, but which still existed within the mind of God throughout eternity. I like to say that time is the slow motion of eternity where everything is an everlasting NOW.
2007-12-17 08:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by gismoII 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God was there and time also was there. You believe in God, you said, so God is eternal and time is also eternal. In the Vedas, written 5000 years ago in Sanskrit, the Srimad-Bhägavatam, explain that Eternal time is always existing, but it has no ability to control the Supreme Personality of Godhead neither His abode, because the Lord is the controller of time. In the spiritual world there is undoubtedly time, but it has no control over activities nor objects. Time is unlimited, and the spiritual world is also unlimited, since everything there exists on the absolute plane. When material creation takes place, time begin its effect over matter.
Material time, within this illusory energy field(the material universe), has three conditions—past, present and future. Time in the spiritual world has a singular aspect; it is always in the present, whereas past and future are absent.
2007-12-17 11:45:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time seems to be derived from change ( difference in state). If nothing changed how would you be able to say time had passed? Maybe time is nothing more than an illusion we derive from the difference between what we observe and what we remember. Many physicists such as Julian Barbour believe time is not fundamental at all. The Wheeler deWitt equation shows us a simple example of how by simply integrating over time, any model of the universe which includes time as a parameter can be made timeless.
2007-12-17 08:12:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is the 4th dimension. It started when the universe first came into existence following the Big Bang. Before the Big Bang, time could not exist, since the universe didn't exist. For time to exist, there needs to be space.
2007-12-17 07:59:47 · answer #5 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where is the beginning of space? Time is not a thing that is turned on or turned off. It is a dimension we can not experience directly, but only by moving along it. It is the continuity thread between one moment of reality and another. It is not a thing in itself like water or electricity. If it has a "beginning", it is merely the point where all causal connecting threads and their contents intersect.
2007-12-17 08:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even physicists have trouble with time.
In fact, some of the best resolutions for those troubles is literally to toss time out the window and see the universe as a single unchanging construct from which only internally is 'time' meaningful.
2007-12-17 07:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Time is a human construct used to measure our movement through space. In order to grasp some modern concepts in physics, you have to "unlearn" conventional wisdom about time. A good place to start is by researching Einstein's theory of relativity. There are some decent sites online which cover this in layman's terms. Here is one to get you started. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/kaku.html
2007-12-17 08:07:38 · answer #8 · answered by zero 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time here on earth is often represented by a timeline. Imagine that you draw a line on a chalkboard, with the beginnng of the line representing the beginning of the earth, and the end of the line representing the end of the earth. That's our earthly time. Time outside of our earthly time - eternity - would be represented by the entire chalkboard. It's not linear, with one thing following another.
2007-12-17 08:05:30 · answer #9 · answered by Jade <>< 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If time did have a beginning, then it couldn't have a cause nor could anything exist before it. This is because "cause" and "before" are terms that only have meaning within time.
2007-12-17 07:56:59 · answer #10 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋