I think we have a choice as to the way we live out our lives. A good point though is that even though it feels like a choice, it has already been made by us before we make it.
I seem like I'm babbling but follow me on this. Think of tim as this line:
______+______
Now lets say for agument that the present is the middle of the line marked +. At this point we all "feel" like we have infinite choices. I could continue typing this post, trade 10,000 S&P Contracts
, or jump out the window, etc. Now lets assume for a minute that it is physically possible for you (you can insert God here instead of yourself, for those of you at least that believe there is one) to travel into the future. If you could do that, say travel 5 seconds into the future, that time (call it +5), would be your present, while my present would still be + since I haven't made my decision yet. But since you traveled 5 seconds into the future, my past-present decision was made (I jumped out the window
) and my decision is irrevocable since my present has become your past.
Now I know the correction you will all make, you're going to say, but Chris, I can't travel through time, you're full of shit. If its impossible to travel through time though, then nothing can travel through time (since if something could travel through time, you(God) can too). And if nothing can travel through time, time is not linear anymore but a single point:
+
where everything (including God) is situated and the future is not fixed, (and the past is forever gone, even to God).
By the way, you can not choose to believe that God can not place himself in another time, make it his present and also make him omnipotent, so you have to make a choice here, whether you believe time is a line or a single point.
I personally believe time is a point, so in my universe God CAN exist, and so can my free will.
Anyway, let me know what you think!
MUChris
I seem like I'm babbling but follow me on this. Think of tim as this line:
______+______
Now lets say for agument that the present is the middle of the line marked +. At this point we all "feel" like we have infinite choices. I could continue typing this post, trade 10,000 S&P Contracts
, or jump out the window, etc. Now lets assume for a minute that it is physically possible for you (you can insert God here instead of yourself, for those of you at least that believe there is one) to travel into the future. If you could do that, say travel 5 seconds into the future, that time (call it +5), would be your present, while my present would still be + since I haven't made my decision yet. But since you traveled 5 seconds into the future, my past-present decision was made (I jumped out the window ) and my decision is irrevocable since my present has become your past. Now I know the correction you will all make, you're going to say, but Chris, I can't travel through time, you're full of shit. If its impossible to travel through time though, then nothing can travel through time (since if something could travel through time, you(God) can too). And if nothing can travel through time, time is not linear anymore but a single point:
+
where everything (including God) is situated and the future is not fixed, (and the past is forever gone, even to God).
By the way, you can not choose to believe that God can not place himself in another time, make it his present and also make him omnipotent, so you have to make a choice here, whether you believe time is a line or a single point.
I personally believe time is a point, so in my universe God CAN exist, and so can my free will.
Anyway, let me know what you think!
MUChris
