I don't think science knows what 'time' is. There are some discrepancies for example in how time is thought of in the quantum realm, and relativity. I think of time more in the Newtonian sense almost, where it is something real and separate from space or gravity and etc.To get a handle on your question you should define what you mean by "time" which you have not yet done.
Also, whatever it 'is' doesn't really matter that much when we ask the question whether time as we know it here (where an hour is and hour, and a month a month..etc) is the very same in the distant universe. (because the question is whether it is the same, not what it is)
No, I do not think time is a clock only, and just an 'imaginary' thing that marks distances of physical objects. But even there, you could not really say the universe is the same as here, because the only place we measure/observe things is here. If we see light from a star or stars..that light has streamed in to our space and time! Whatever time anything takes can only be experienced in our time here!But anyhow if time is conceived of as a measurement of the material universe- say movement from one point to another, as defined by whatever measurement tool you are using, then "time" is the same on earth as it is on a deep space nebula.
The speed of light is the same on earth as it is on said nebula. And yes, yes there is more to it that that, but you get the general outline..
Is it though? Show us how you determine that in an example. I don't think you can.
If there is no time out there as we know it here, then we cannot say that there are billions or millions of our years involved, which is the point.As for looking up at the stars and seeing reflected light that is millions of years old, that presents no real theological problem. It simply is an outcome of the massive scope of God's universe, and he has put man in the perfect position to be able to see and apprehend to some extent the vastness and glory of that physical creation. But this is only the physical. There is another realm beyond the mere material that men may also truly apprehend in Christ.
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