TIME!
How much have you thought about time? Lately I've had time on my mind...a lot. It seems that I never have enough time to accomplish all of my tasks or to just breath. What would happen if time just didn't exist? As a Mormon, I know that Heavenly Father's time is way different than my perception of time, but what exactly does that mean? I don't have proof, but here are some evidences of what time in heaven seems like to me.
1. Firstly, there is the simple idea that time will not exist because there is no end. without an end, can there really be a measurement? I don't think so. I will discuss this further in point three.
2. From a scientific perspective, when objects travel near or at the speed of light time dilates. There's some stuff regarding reference point thrown in there, but couldn't there exist a point at which time slows so much, that it doesn't seem to exist? For instance the theory that the universe is expanding at high speeds, possibly near the speed of light, which could cause time to dilate. To me the idea that Heaven's and earth's time are different fits so succinctly into this scientific reasoning. Heaven could possibly be on earth (or I believe it will be once the second coming happens), it's just in a different "realm" right now, which sounds iffy to non-religious people, but I know Heaven exists! Heaven offers a different reference frame, possibly expanding at higher speeds than us physically on the earth. Thus, giving a different time frame. If Heaven is in a faster reference frame time will dilate and will be evidenced once the earth is restored during the second coming and Heaven is on earth. Why? Because heaven was expanding at a speed closer to the speed of light, and when brought into the earth's reference frame it's time will have dilated compared to that of the earth, possibly so much that time does not exist.
3. No end = no time. I was pondering about the length of my marriage and how excited I am to be married for 1 1/2 years! In my mind I said " 1 1/2 years out of eternity!" which was directly translated to "1 1/2 years out of infinity!". My math friends will laugh at that statement, which I will discuss why in a little bit. But first I should mention something.To me, I believe infinity and eternity are interchangeable. Both are endless, and allow you to do many cool tricks. The eternities give us amazing opportunities, and so does infinity, but it's often difficult to use it, just like obtaining eternal life can seem like a hard process, but really the way is easy (how to get it is easy, but our human errors make it seem hard). To show why no end= no time I offer up some postulates (that I don't know how to prove, but will maybe learn next semester).
First, let me list some variables t=time, c=constant (time in years) and ∞=infinity (infinite time)
In calculus we know that ∞/c=∞ and what applies to the point I am trying to make, c/∞=0
Ah, you see where I am going! If I say I have been married for 1.5 years out of infinity, that is like saying my time ratio or t = 1.5/ ∞, which we just learned above to mean 0. t = 0. Meaning even though I may measure my time on earth, in heaven, an infinite realm (endless realm), the time that I will be married for will equal zero, it will not exist, but at the same time will be endless! That's an idea to chew on!
In short, I just wanted to talk about how amazing science and religion are. I feel sorry for anyone who believes science and religion do not relate. You simply cannot have one without the other. My faith and love for my Heavenly Father has grown exponentially through my studies in science. And my understandings of science have increased because of my faith in a Heavenly father and the infinite (endless!, t=0) atonement of his son Jesus Christ.
p.s. As a side note, I have a really cool idea regarding science and religion about the expansion of the universe (different than time), which maybe I'll talk about later. I wrote a paper on it, but I want to get it published possibly, so I'm going to wait to make that idea public.
