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To: OneWingedShark

Yes, good old Zeno’s paradox. That was not what my question relates to, however.

Without a temporal past, how can any moment be begun?


59 posted on 10/29/2012 10:03:53 AM PDT by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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To: James C. Bennett
Yes, good old Zeno’s paradox. That was not what my question relates to, however.
Without a temporal past, how can any moment be begun?

Imagine a line segment, let's call it a timeline... now does the non-existence of the line past its endpoints invalidate the timeline itself?

62 posted on 10/29/2012 10:24:03 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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