Well, you are correct, we live in a universe where everything hasn't ALL
occured at once... and we have a "progression of events"... time is not a
"cause factor" of them, you want to argue it is an "effect of them", and
indeed--it even looks like that to me... (especially when I tap my red heels
together, close my eyes and repeat, "I want to go home! I want to go home!
Would take time ta git home, yanno! And, Toto wants to go to! grin)
And, a law of physics is "every action has an equal and opposite reaction",
so, I think it follows, we are still viewing the "reaction(s)" to the big
bang... with all events we are now viewing caused by its "action"; and, we
even live under the delusion these "reactions" are logical (obey "just" laws
of physics!!!!)

What worries me more, is when the universe becomes "static" (no free energy
yanno, one of those darn laws of physics, something is "spinning" all this
"stuff"--why would the universe be "perpetual motion? Well, unless 'God'
spins it!") what then?

Will you admit time would cease to exist then? And, why? Just because all
motion stopped? grin

But, "time" is not real.... (Alzheimers yanno--I forgot I already mentioned
that--sorry! grin)

Warmest regards,
John

"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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| Cecil Moore wrote:
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| Mike Coslo wrote:
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| Time is the description of the interval between happenings. Do all
| things happen concurrently?
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| I agree that time is the description of the interval between
| happenings. What I don't accept is that time is some real
| dimension existing completely independent of human concepts.
|
| Well now, that is somewhat different. As for time itself being a
| dimension, that is quite arguable. But even if that is the case, it
| doesn't mean that time itself doesn't exist.
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| Did you ever wonder what the speed of gravity was?
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| Before man emerged, living organisms got by on changes
| alone with no reference to time.
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| That's hard to prove one way or the other.
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| I don't recall clocks being part of the fossil record. :-)
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| But there are clocks *in* the fossil record.
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| - Mike KB3EIA -