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Re: Creation (long)



For Dan and others:

I can't parse the locution "the big bang occurred at a certain point
in time". Presumably, time did not exist when the BB occurred; so it
couldn't have done anything at a point in time. It was over at every
point in time save on the boundary if the Universe be closed and bounded
(compact). (If the Universe were an open set, I think we would be in
trouble. Physically *and* metaphysically.) I choose "finite without
boundary" and I think I'll play these cards, dealer. (Everyone's saying,
"He's got a straight - not a flush.")

Also, I am confused by all these distances that light travels. From
the viewpoint of the corpuscle, it hasn't gone anywhere as all of its
traveling is where it is. Are not two events zero interval apart the
same event? Notice, that question is *not* rhetorical. In space-time
do we not have events rather than points? Is a point defined even?

Regards / The Dilettante

P.S. First time I spelled dilettante correctly without the checker. (Two
tees then one tee.)