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To: James C. Bennett
If God had a wall-clock,

It'd be about as useful as a speedometer in your kitchen. :)

If time doesn’t tick, nothing can begin, nothing can end

Nothing "new" anyway. That's another way of saying changeless.

There is no time to separate the two.

If nothing changes, what is the "two" you wish to separate?

The problem of conceptualizing time is similar to the problem of conceptualizing infinity (which you alluded to earlier.)

I think it varies with the individual: some cannot conceive of it at all, others can, in part; no one in total. Still we can describe both in part, perform logical and mathematical operations with them, etc.

To combine the conundrum, think of a pure theoretical mathematician working with both infinity and numbers that, in his view, are pure abstractions following their own laws independent of, regardless of, and outside of, time.

1,210 posted on 02/08/2011 12:12:06 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr
To combine the conundrum...

Here's an illustration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfShu3ov9vM&feature=related

4:20 onwards, specifically.

1,217 posted on 02/08/2011 1:42:14 PM PST by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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