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echo: philos
to: MARK BLOSS
from: TODD HENSON
date: 1998-02-03 03:54:00
subject: Time and Again

 MB> Time began at the Big Bang.  The reason this is the best natural
 MB> explanation is not because "time" is an existant "thing" like a carpet
 MB> or a wall; but because there must be a definition to support an
 MB> abstract idea such as  "time".
 MB> 
 MB> In order for "time" to be meaningful, there must be movement - or a
 MB> context, if you will.  Since before the Big Bang we cannot theorize
 MB> (we can speculate), then time is meaningless before the Big Bang
 MB> because we can describe nothing that gives it a context in which to
 MB> move- without a universe for it to move within.
...snip...
Great explanation. With all Richard's whining -an excuse to ignore truth- I
wonder how he will respond to what you have posed. I wonder what he thinks
when people like yourself and Clarence actually come to similar conclusions
to a "mad fundie" like myself.
... Al's Vet & Taxidermy: Either way, you get your dog back.
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