Considering that the future is still a blank in the continuum, couldn't I paint the picture that I want to appear fixed within the past? We can change the past by creating the past in the future. I can decide today what I want my past to be by deciding what I am going to do this afternoon, which by tonight will be the past. When I click send, this post will become the past, but of course I can change it before I click.
On Aug 24, 10:37 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24 Aug, 15:53, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 2009/8/24 Pat <[email protected]> > > > > One of the main arguments against God is that atheists see no > > > evidence that the universe is teleological, i.e., that it is heading > > > in a particular direction with goals at the end. They overlook the > > > FACT that we exist in a space-time continuum. The continuum contains > > > ALL the past, present and future; that is, the ends are already > > > defined (as is all the middle). If the ends are already defined, then > > > the universe is, most definitely teleological, and the stumbling block > > > (of no teleology) crumbles into dust before the weight of one stone > > > (Einstein). > > > Assuming a continuum, why do you think a future there contained is anything > > other than a perfectly indeterminate, fluctuating, and malleable one? > > > Ian > > That's easy!! Because I would expect it to be like every other > part of the continuum. I.e., as fixed as is the past. Now, if you > and I can somehow figure out how to change the past (NOT just writing > an historical yet false account), then I'll be more open to a mutable > future. I can't see ANY basis for thinking that the continuum works > differently in some parts than it does in others; it's a continuum-- > the rules for it always apply. On the opposite side of that question: > what makes you think that there would be a difference between the way > the future works and the way the past works? I can see absolutely no > basis for it; but, of course, I can't see everything. ;-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
