Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? A Meditation on the Mystery of Time

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 12-31-15 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[twister881]

I like the formulation of the Moody Bible Institute video: God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent...all powerful, all knowing, all present. Because, as Einstein revealed, space and time are inextricably linked in a multidimensional continuum, God at once exists in the past, present, and future — “I am.”

Helps me cope with grief over the loss of loved ones, especially my parents. They are with God, and time is all-present for them, as well. From that perspective, it means all who are saved by the Blood of the Savior already are joined together in Paradise. It’s only for those of us in the mortal phases of our lives who experience the passage of time and feel the longing and loss, when in fact we already have Eternal life.

Well, at least that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. Happy New Year!

[outofsalt]

" I might ask you, "What time is it?" (I) might reply, "I don't know, I'm not from around here."
~Mitch Hedburg rip

[hecticskeptic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4

Turn! Turn! Turn!

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven

A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together

To everything - turn, turn, turn

There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven

A time of war, a time of peace
A time of love, a time of hate
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracing

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sow
A time to love, a time to hate
A time of peace, I swear it’s not too late!

[HangnJudge]

Some physicists believe time is a function of Entropy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(arrow_of_time)

[hecticskeptic]

This what the first song is that comes to mind when thinking about ‘time’....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHfB63ln1Ig

Time has come today

Time has come today
Young hearts can go their way
Can’t put it off another day
I don’t care what others say
They say we don’t listen anyway
Time has come today
(Hey)

Oh
The rules have changed today (Hey)
I have no place to stay (Hey)
I’m thinking about the subway (Hey)
My love has flown away (Hey)
My tears have come and gone (Hey)
Oh my Lord, I have to roam (Hey)
I have no home (Hey)
I have no home (Hey)

Now the time has come (Time)
There’s no place to run (Time)
I might get burned up by the sun (Time)
But I had my fun (Time)
I’ve been loved and put aside (Time)
I’ve been crushed by the tumbling tide (Time)
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time)

(Time)
Now the time has come (Time)
There are things to realize (Time)
Time has come today (Time)
Time has come today (Time)

Time [x11]

Oh
Now the time has come (Time)
There’s no place to run (Time)
I might get burned up by the sun (Time)
But I had my fun (Time)
I’ve been loved and put aside (Time)
I’ve been crushed by tumbling tide (Time)
And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time)

(Time)
Now the time has come (Time)
There are things to realize (Time)
Time has come today (Time)
Time has come today (Time)

Time [x4]
Yeah

[Noumenon]

Yes we do

[Noumenon]

First thing I thought of, too.

[Carthego delenda est]

“I was trying to illustrate that the present is only a moment before it, almost instantly, moves into the past and the future, almost immediately, moves into the present, for a moment, before that too moves into the past.
Confusing, isn’t it?”

Eternity is but a moment...

[elcid1970]

“Time is:

“Too slow for those who wait,
“Too swift for those who fear,
“Too long for those who grieve,
“Too short for those who rejoice,
“But for those who Love, Time is Eternity.”

“Hours Fly, Flowers Die, New Days, New Ways, Pass By, Love Stays.”

An inscription often found on sundials, from a poem by

- Henry Van Dyke, d. 1933

[Georgia Girl 2]

“God, who exists outside the time continuum.”

This is the salient point to remember.

[samtheman]

The 3 arrows of time:

1. Psychological. We remember only the past, not the future.
2. Entropy. Always increases overall as time moves forward.
3. Cosmological. Universe expands into the future. (This one might need some qualification in some other universe, but definitely the case in ours.)

[HangnJudge]

Time is the School in which we Learn
Time is the Fire in which we Burn

[Syncro]

Someone once described time as a parade.

We are watching from one place on the route, and thus see the whole parade.

But, God, who exists outside of time, watches it (time as illustrated as a parade) from above so sees it from the beginning to the end.

Time was created, came into being, when God created the sun, moon, planets etc.

Made sense to me!

[onedoug]

Time is the difference twixt now and then.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Also much of the lyrics to “Time Is”, on It’s a Beautiful Day’s eponymous album, from about 1968 or so. Was just listening to it a few weeks ago. Great drum solo.

[jmacusa]

“Time was invented so that everything didn’t happen at once.’’ Albert Einstein.

[BlueLancer]

Time renews tomorrow,
When we've used today.
It will find the sorrow
And wash it all away.

Love can play a new tune
On this carousel.
It may be tomorrow,
But only time will tell.

Somewhere in the darkness
There must be a light,
Leading us together
Through the misty night.

And maybe in the new dawn
We can break the spell.
It may be tomorrow,
But only time will tell.

There can be a new dream,
One for us to hold.
Wait with peace and hope
And it may finally hold.

No one has the answer
To give away or sell.
Tomorrow holds the secret,
But only time will tell.

Only Time Will Tell
Wizards

[buckalfa]

Time is nebulous, However as a grandparent of a three year old, never ask the child what time is it, You will get the Mr. Grouper song singing it's time to go outside.

[Mastador1]

Ah, good old Ralph Bakshi! Good thing you didn’t find something from “Fritz The Cat”.

[Ditter]

Time doesn’t matter to me. One of my favorite songs.