Relativity of Time

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ReaderAisha2020 wrote: 13 Mar 2021, 03:00 We often experience tome differently. Although we use clocks and watches to measure time "objectively," we often don't feel that time. We perceive a minute as a long time at times, and a day as finishing in a minute in others. Time seems to pass quickly at times, and slowly at others, so it seems to depend on other factors. Even we see people of the same age are often not the same, so they seem to have experienced time differently.

Time does not apply to God, since He created it and is not subject to time. Therefore, I guess that the periods referred to are those outside of this world and within another realm and they are the closest thing to what we would call a day or certain periods.
So True, time isn't the same for all as the notion says. Some have the same time but in reality the way time moves for a person is different from another.
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Time is relative, so having different views of time wouldn't necessarily mean that one view is wrong. Even in the present-day, time is relative based on geography and culture, and not one region is more accurate than the other.
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I believe the whole concept of time is relative. Different cultures created devices to help measure their time, and it differs from the type of culture and the geographical location. I believe the author represented the time issue correctly and coherently for the time he's explaining.
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Time was complex during Ancient History because no one standardised how it was being measured. To the modern society, who are capable of measuring time in a universally standardised way and studying objects to gauge accurately how old they are in our form of standardised time, it's no longer such a complex concept. It's only complex when you have to read ancient texts and figure out their perception of time.
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The concept of time is relative depending on one's culture and geographic location. I recently read in Ironing by Navajo a character asking why is clockwise that way round? Each society had their own way of telling time. Some used the sun others the seasons. A day in the Bible could mean something totally different today.
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Yes, there is relativity in time. I strongly believe that time has to do with the geographical setting of a place, and this made people of divers geographical location experience time differently. Also, in the bible, when God says 40 days and 40 night, we can objectively believe that this would mean 24 hours in 40 places.
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The context of the Bible is written in two geographical considerations: Hebrew and Aramaic. The initial is still a measurement through which the Bible times were measured.
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Was the concept of time really vague for those who wrote the scriptures? Archeologists and scientists have been able to pinpoint significant Biblical happenings to specific timelines in our history. However I can understand our confusion with the subject. God is eternal and even the Bible said a thousand years is like a day in His eyes.
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The writer tackles the issue of time rather well and ascertain factors that led to how the authors of the Bible captured it.
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ViviVivid wrote: 13 Mar 2021, 10:19 Time is something that's not absolute as famously said by Einstein. For someone sitting idly or going through a difficult time might feel that the time is passing slower but someone who is enjoying and is with their loved ones would feel it went by quickly. This could be the reason for the confusing time allotment in these scriptures. Difficult times seem to pass much slower than happier ones. Since there was no way of measuring the time it is quite difficult to understand the exact point of occurrence of the event. The important thing is not time but what we learn from these texts and what they are trying to tell.
According to Einstein Time is relative to something else. If for example you are on a deadline. Your time will move relative to that deadline.In scripture time moved relative to something. the last supper occured in relative time to the cruxificion of Jesus
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Time is an illusion.You only see time when its relative to something or relative to an event occuring.most events in the scripture occur relative to something. The night of the passover when the first born boys were killed by king Herod and so forth
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I have always been confused by the concept of time specifically related to the Bible. 6 days to God in my opinion, is not 6 days to us, just as an example. I truly wish I could better grasp the measure of time. I feel like I’d better understand every aspect of the Bible.
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I think time was measured differently than it is now. A while ago I was talking to my husband when this topic came up that people in the earlier times, especially before Christ had long lives which went up to 800-900 years. Now we barely live till the age of 60-70. Life expectancy has been reduced. So I mentioned that maybe time was measured differently then, that's why it comes across as longer lives.
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I did notice the complexities of time in this book! I think that it is so crazy how everyone mentioned has a different version of it. It definitely supports many of the authors theories.
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I have to say that I did not agree with this aspect of the book. I believe that when God created the earth, it was just average days as we have now. When it mentions God viewing a day as a thousand years, it’s in reference to heaven. Earth is not heaven. Therefore we do not have the same time system that heaven does.
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