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To: one_less who wrote (51397)	6/2/1999 7:51:00 PM
From: Bob Lao-Tse	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Well, for me eternity is simply the expression in time of what infinity is in space. It is certainly possible and potentially true, but in some ways begs the question. Either there was something before our universe, both in time and in space, or there was nothing, or the universe is infinite in both time and space. All three of these views are impossible to prove, and nearly impossible to grasp, so... I continue to view these things as unanswerable, so I don't propose to answer them. However I do think about them. All too much probably. Here's a related thing I like to propose: Every time that science opens up a particle, they find more particles inside. Could it not be assumed that the universe is not only infinitely big, but also infinitely small? -BLT

To: one_less who wrote (51397)	6/2/1999 8:02:00 PM
From: Bob Lao-Tse	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

It just struck me in rereading your post that I failed to fully understand your point. Yes, I think that it does make sense to believe that if our universe is not itself infinite and eternal-- that there is a "before" our universe or an "outside" our universe-- then that at least implies that there is something outside of our universe, or something outside of that something, or however far you want to take it back, which is both infinite and eternal. So either way there is some evidence for both infinity and eternity. Thanks. I hadn't looked at it quite that way before. -BLT