Is time irrelevant?

[""]

I don't know if this has been asked yet or not, but if it has been, then just delete it.

My topic is time, which is a rather broad topic. I'll narrow it down a bit but feel free to broaden it back out again, if you wish.

First, a few points:
*Many Buddhists believe that cause and effect are simultaneous.

*Many Christians believe that God is in all time frames... He is the beginning and the End, and He knows the past, present, and future, because He is in all three.

*Jews also believe in the Alpha and Omega God.

*Many other religions believe in reincarnation (this is not a reincarnation topic so let's not make it one, k? we have some of them already), and they apply this to the idea that time is an illusion.

*Even many atheists believe in the illusion theory.

* In the Temporal Theory, the idea of track jumping, track skipping, and track repetition are considered.

All of these things said, do you consider time to be irrelevant.

Btw I'm not asking if time exists... though that is definitely a part of this question. I'm asking if it's relevant to life as you view it, and to your spiritual beliefs... and why?

 

[ChristianCenturion]

I don't know if this has been asked yet or not, but if it has been, then just delete it.

My topic is time, which is a rather broad topic. I'll narrow it down a bit but feel free to broaden it back out again, if you wish.

First, a few points:
*Many Buddhists believe that cause and effect are simultaneous.

*Many Christians believe that God is in all time frames... He is the beginning and the End, and He knows the past, present, and future, because He is in all three.

*Jews also believe in the Alpha and Omega God.

*Many other religions believe in reincarnation (this is not a reincarnation topic so let's not make it one, k? we have some of them already), and they apply this to the idea that time is an illusion.

*Even many atheists believe in the illusion theory.

* In the Temporal Theory, the idea of track jumping, track skipping, and track repetition are considered.

All of these things said, do you consider time to be irrelevant.

Btw I'm not asking if time exists... though that is definitely a part of this question. I'm asking if it's relevant to life as you view it, and to your spiritual beliefs... and why?

Yes, I think time is relevant and irrelevant. I also think information or development is relevant and not relevant with regards to spiritual matters. Like many things, it has it's boundaries where time is a factor and other times where it is irrelevant, such as my time here on earth is relevant in that I have been given X amount of time, Y amount of ability and opportunity and I will be judged upon what was done with that allotment. Once my time is up, there is no reset button, no jumping into the time machine and going back to fix something, no overtime period, one could look at it as if I am an arrow that has left the bow.

It is irrelevant in that my actions can produce a legacy that will surpass my time here on earth and that despite what errors I may have done, further actions (time permitting ) can rectify or allow for God's sanctification.
It is also irrelevant in that I could spend decades of time doing good deeds and wonderful things and another that did just the opposite, but near the end chose to accept the Lord as their savior and would receive their reward from God just as much.

I guess we have to distinguish whether we are talking about time as in the measurement and may be affected by relative theory or time as in the compiled actions and/or moments remembered. Any way we look at it, God is master and above all those considerations.

 

[FSTDT]

All of these things said, do you consider time to be irrelevant.

People look forward to things, set goals, form schedules, you cant hold a job without living by the clock, civilizations cant function without knowing how its actions will affect the future, etc.

Maybe its because I'm not a terribly spontaneous person, but time is fairly relevant to me.

 

[LittleNipper]

I believe GOD created time when HE created everything. Prior to there being everything, there was no time------there was simply the TRIUNE GOD.

 

[The Seeker]

I believe GOD created time when HE created everything. Prior to there being everything, there was no time------there was simply the TRIUNE GOD.

How can you have a before time? Surely the act of creation is contingent on a before and after, which requires time.

Personally, I don't regard time as being terribly important to my philosophical views. Time passes I don't know how or why, but it does, which is plenty enough for me.

 

[Nymphalidae]

I'm no physicist, and I may be confusing the large amounts of sci-fi I read with reality. But I think time has something to do with gravity.

 

[z3ro]

Time is meaningless, and yet, it is all that exists - Farscape

 

[Cerberus~]

I'm no physicist, and I may be confusing the large amounts of sci-fi I read with reality. But I think time has something to do with gravity.

I don't know about gravity, but time is affected by speed.

 

[Maxwell511]

I don't know about gravity, but time is affected by speed.

It's effected by both.

*Many Buddhists believe that cause and effect are simultaneous.

Many quantum physicists know this to be true in certain cases.

 

[one love]

How can cops pull people over for speeding without time? Time was very relevent for building the nuclear bomb as well as waking up this morning so I could start school on time.

 

[Treasurer]

Isnt it funny you cannot pour time into a cup and measure it. It doesnt really hold value like other things we measure. A single moment in time can last a slit second or seem like an hour. It depends on how it feels to you. What is happening to you at that moment.

We say time moves so slowly when we are children trying to make it through school. Then when we are grown adults in a big working world time moves much quicker for us and gets away from us. Before we know it we are old and gray. Where did all that time go?

Time, how do we measure it? Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years? Generations. Ages. Symbolically. Who can say.

Time is different for everyone. Even for God. He even tells us his ways are higher than our ways, his thoughts higher than ours. One of our years is likened unto a thousand of his. I cant even fathom eternity, my mind cannot contain that kind of knowledge.

I dont think it is irrelevant, just different.

 

[sbhaden]

I don't know if this has been asked yet or not, but if it has been, then just delete it.

My topic is time, which is a rather broad topic. I'll narrow it down a bit but feel free to broaden it back out again, if you wish.

First, a few points:
*Many Buddhists believe that cause and effect are simultaneous.

*Many Christians believe that God is in all time frames... He is the beginning and the End, and He knows the past, present, and future, because He is in all three.

*Jews also believe in the Alpha and Omega God.

*Many other religions believe in reincarnation (this is not a reincarnation topic so let's not make it one, k? we have some of them already), and they apply this to the idea that time is an illusion.

*Even many atheists believe in the illusion theory.

* In the Temporal Theory, the idea of track jumping, track skipping, and track repetition are considered.

All of these things said, do you consider time to be irrelevant.

Btw I'm not asking if time exists... though that is definitely a part of this question. I'm asking if it's relevant to life as you view it, and to your spiritual beliefs... and why?

Time past does not exist anymore. It happened, but it's gone now and can not be retrieved or changed. The future will happen, but again, you can't go there till you get there. God was present in the past and will be in the future, but He is not in either one right now, He is in the present, just as you are. That may sound a bit too over simplified.... but really that's all there is to it.

 

[elman]

I don't know if this has been asked yet or not, but if it has been, then just delete it.

My topic is time, which is a rather broad topic. I'll narrow it down a bit but feel free to broaden it back out again, if you wish.

First, a few points:
*Many Buddhists believe that cause and effect are simultaneous.

*Many Christians believe that God is in all time frames... He is the beginning and the End, and He knows the past, present, and future, because He is in all three.

*Jews also believe in the Alpha and Omega God.

*Many other religions believe in reincarnation (this is not a reincarnation topic so let's not make it one, k? we have some of them already), and they apply this to the idea that time is an illusion.

*Even many atheists believe in the illusion theory.

* In the Temporal Theory, the idea of track jumping, track skipping, and track repetition are considered.

All of these things said, do you consider time to be irrelevant.

Btw I'm not asking if time exists... though that is definitely a part of this question. I'm asking if it's relevant to life as you view it, and to your spiritual beliefs... and why?

I believe that time is one of the things God created. He is not subject to it. It is relevant to mortals and to the physical world. It will be irrelevant in the spiritual world

 

[""]

The last 3 of you posters made excellent points. Thank you. CC I agree with you as well. Time is important to us now because we are in it. We can do little without the measurement of it, yet in the big picture, it means little in comparison to God's timing.

 

[one love]

Isnt it funny you cannot pour time into a cup and measure it. It doesnt really hold value like other things we measure. A single moment in time can last a slit second or seem like an hour. It depends on how it feels to you. What is happening to you at that moment.

Uh, that is because time is a tool of measurement, not a thing to be measured. We use time to find out the length between one interval and another.

Time, how do we measure it? Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years? Generations. Ages. Symbolically. Who can say.

You don't measure it, I just explained. Seconds and minutes are units of measurement like liter and milliliter.

 

[kedaman]

Atemporality is essential in practical issues as is temporality essential in theoretical issues. Still there is no time independent of us known to us, but is presupposed to make sense perception possible.