The Illusion of Time (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, September 10, 2010, 17:41 (5187 days ago) @ xeno6696

This has been an extremely interesting discussion, so let me start by saying thank you for asking a tough question and reviewing from both the perspective of science and agnosticism.-The original post made some references to Buddhism. I am not an expert on it, and have only just begun studying it. However, I have studied several other major religions, more out of morbid curiosity than anything, but some of the things I have found are interesting in that they expose a basic understanding of things not to be discovered by science for several thousand years. -The issue of time is one of those things, and the Buddhist view is not the only religion by far to have a premise in its religious text. -For example, for the bible 2 Peter 3, "a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day." It could be a reference to the perspective of an entity that has an extrodinarily long life, or could be read as, Time has no meaning, or does not exist.-"According to the Hindu theory of creation, time (Sanskrit 'kal') is a manifestation of God. Creation begins when God makes his energies active and ends when he withdraws all his energies into a state of inactivity. God is timeless, for time is relative and ceases to exist in the Absolute. The past, the present and the future coexist in him simultaneously."-The concept is even reflected in the Jewish Kabballa (though I don't have a copy or link to one to reference.)-My point is, there is something very intuitive about timelessness. The idea has been around a LONG time. Humans have a nasty tendency towards arrogance, and we arrogantly assume that the ancient civilizations were ignorant and barbaric compared to us. (A lot of horse poo in my opinion, but regardless) However, it is only now that we are rediscovering that time may not exist. Even if the religious texts are not 'Inspired by God' they are worth digging into as a source of insight into things that we are only just now discovering.