Thanks for that, Chuck.
I'll continue to give it some thought, based on your summary. I'm not sure
about near-death experiences: part of me thinks that it might be self-indulgent
to consider that you can experience the afterlife while still alive. But,
again, I'm happy to keep different ideas under consideration.
Dawkins and his brand of aggressive atheism (evangelical atheism? :-)) causes
in me a very unChristian reaction . . .
Chris
On 7 Dec 2012, at 11:08, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Barbour's work is really about resolving the discrepancies between
> relativity and quantum theories. He does it by removing time from the
> equations. If time doesn't exist then relativity and quantum theory are
> in agreement. I'm actually (mostly) an agnostic but I find no conflict
> between quantum theory and the existence of God. Carried to its
> ultimate, quantum theory says nothing exists except our consciousness.
> Since Barbour's universe has no time everything that has, could or will
> exist does exist. Time is the perception of that timeless existence by
> our consciousness. What is the afterlife but a timeless (infinite)
> existence of our consciousness?
>
> Yes, I'm sure Barbour probably knows Dawkins. But I wouldn't presume to
> know the nature of their discussions. :-)
>
> ps: I've recently become interested in accounts of near death
> experiences (NDEs). Some of the accounts of "time" by those who find an
> afterlife are consistent with the view above. Although there is a
> perception of the sequential passage of time one need only think of
> someone, somewhere or some "when" and you are there.
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