Comments on: How Long is Long and How Old is Old? https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:34:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Larry https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/comment-page-1/#comment-11562 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:34:23 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/#comment-11562 Bill,

How could a god move slower than a bureaucrat, or a politician?

Good comments fellas. Time is a mortal concept and even though it feels like a long time, it really is just a blink of an eye.
As Stephen said, “this is a core part of why life is fairer than we think.”
This was just a thought I had … it would be fun to expand it at some time in the future.

]]> By: bill https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/comment-page-1/#comment-11478 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:20:14 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/#comment-11478 Eternity depends upon how you look at time. A bee for example lives about 3 months before it dies. To a bee, a human that lives 90 years would seem like eternity.

If you have a beginning, then you have an ending.

The examples above remind me of a Star Trek show. The beings move so fast that humans cannot see them and humans move very slow almost like they are not moving compared to these aliens. Perhaps you have seen the show.

Could it be we move fast compared to the gods and our lives seem short compared to theirs?

]]> By: JM https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/comment-page-1/#comment-11460 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:33:21 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/#comment-11460 Long = the measured length of my attention span + 1

Old = Existed as long as I have + 1

]]> By: Stephen M (Ethesis) https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/comment-page-1/#comment-11458 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:08:08 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/#comment-11458 I think this is a core part of why life is fairer than we think.

]]> By: Dan https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/comment-page-1/#comment-11456 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:46:59 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/06/20/how-long-is-long-and-how-old-is-old/#comment-11456 fascinating questions Larry. I couldn’t begin to understand what “eternity” means practically. I’m not sure if the comparisons we’ve been given are literal, but perhaps to show that man simply cannot fathom or understand what eternity is. Perhaps it is important the fact that when we get married in the temple, we get married for “time” AND “all eternity.” Time is apparently to signify our earthly existence, while Eternity is to signify the rest. Time is a measurement of movement, but is time even required in an eternal sense?

This is just my personal feeling (I have no scripture to back this), but I think there is no time in Eternity, and no method of measuring eternity that we, mortal man, know of, or can comprehend. And I think God doesn’t even bother trying to explain it to us because he’s just gonna get exasperated at our lack of understanding. Just look at how poorly we understand our own time.

I think this is one of the reasons why He’s kept the Gospel very simple. In a world where we’ve got an enemy trying to undermine our every effort to get closer to God, why add to our confusion? Keep it simple.

That said, I love hearing about further advancements whenever they come. I’m anchored down well in the gospel and its simplicities and don’t let outside distractions in the way.

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