RE: Presentism and Infinite Chain of Past Events
December 10, 2017 at 9:24 am
(This post was last modified: December 10, 2017 at 9:29 am by GrandizerII.)
(December 10, 2017 at 9:15 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Quote:Because then you'd have to deal with logical problems associated with timeless entities, including timeless causation.
lol, I'd have to do no such thing. 'Timeless entities' and 'timeless causation' are nonsense terms. It would be like asking 'How tall is Sunday?' or 'How many salads make up a purple?'.
Worse, it would be like talking about square circles. Logical contradictions can't be ignored. Well, you can choose not think about them, but they are still there.
Quote:As I said, this is only a non-problem for theists. No atheist I'm aware of spends a helluva lot of time worring about timeless entities.
If you posit something in logic, usually you tend to make sure the implications don't suffer from logical contradictions. But that is your choice if you have no interest in these matters, in which case no need to bother replying here.
(December 10, 2017 at 9:20 am)chimp3 Wrote: I do not waste my time pondering such issues.. Life is short. I do enjoy reading scientists attempts to solve the time puzzle but I do not waste my time with preachers or the laity and their limpid musings on time.
I didn't come up with the philosophy (eternalism) or the science (B-theory of time) myself. And what is wrong with laypeople pondering these matters that you have to ridicule them for it? If you're not interested, then don't bother posting. Your time to waste, not mine.
