eternity

[raysoh8]

tell me more stories from that book, i love to be freaked out!

[eversio11]

Hm, I don't really know much more. Just look in the childrens section for cheesy scary story books. I think those two stories are from a book called Techno Fear or something.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

is an excellent read (be sure to check out all 3 of the books). Some of the scariest drawings I've seen in my life. Especially in the third installment.

[Parmenides3]

Have you ever noticed that nothing we reach out to gives us complete, definitive satisfaction? We always want more. And both wanting and achieving take time.

Time, I was told when I was ten, is an ordered series of "nows." When we talk about what "eternity" is, we are not simply inquiring about the end of the "line" of "nows" but the source of every "now." Eternity must, by definition, contain every individual moment. It must be an "eternal now" which sums up all of time and yet still exceeds time.

Whatever the Infinite and Eternal is, it is nothing like us. When I strive to philosophize as a purely rational man, I cannot think of any substance (individual existing thing) which is an unqualified infinity and yet is not God.

In geometry, a ray starts at a point and extends infinitely in one direction. But that infinity can be infinitely increased if the ray extends in the opposite direction as well, forming a line. And the addition of a third point forms an infinite two-dimensional plane. Add a point outside the plane, and we are dealing with three-dimensional space. Beyond the third dimension, we can imagine additional forces and dimensions, each extending infinity infinitely. We begin to discern a pattern that infinity is always greater than itself.

As near as I can calculate, any infinity which we propose which exceeds all other infinities and defies further increase (except within itself, as constituent of its infinity) will be identical with what we say of "God." He is "that than which no greater can be concieved," as Peter Abelard said. My intention is not to force religion on anyone. I merely ask if anyone can conceive of an infinity larger than God, and if so, how is that new proposal not identical with God?

All disagreements will be received with respect, and heard carefully.
Parmenides3

[Nettyesquivel]

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