I'm going to try my hardest to explain what I mean without using math, because I'm afraid that would alienate from my post. But I want to explain my view of time.
I believe time, although unable to be fully explained, refers to any form of progression of thought or energy. In other words I don't believe that time exist seperately from creation. It is created when any change anywhere occurs.
For example- Before the creation of earth, I believe God was in a state of stasis. Completely self contained, knew all, needed nothing. In that state time would not have existed and the moment would be everlasting.
Another more easy to understand example. What defines a moment? If we take a second, and continually split it. We can get closer... and closer to a specific moment. But when does it get so small that it can't be divided? When is it in its absolute parts? And whats more... what allows for the connection from one absolute part to the next?
I believe its the progression of God. As God moves so do we. Through an unexplained creation of moments one after another that we live in but cannot explain.
I have wondered if heaven and hell are called eternal due to the state we are in, and not the amount of moments afterward. In other words, a moment. Singular but everlasting. Whether in a state of judgement and abandonment (hell) or acceptance and forgiveness (heaven), its just eternal in its implications not its amount of time because time would not longer exist.
I know this doesn't go well with mormon's view of God. But being a math major and a protestant I find it rather intruiging view. Thoughts?
ps- its impossible to talk about timeless-ness without using temporal terminology. Its a fallacy of human language, hopefully my thoughts are getting through even with that barrier. :banghead3