Science and the Bible Part II-Reverse movement of time
“But do not
ignore this one fact, beloved , that with the Lord one day is as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day”(II Peter 3:8)
“Behold God is
great, and we know Him not, the number of His years is unsearchable” (Job
36:26).
This Bible verse
teaches us the limitation of time. Before God, man’s one day is equivalent to a
thousand years. Also, man’s a thousand years is equivalent to one day. Here we
see the ‘compressibility’ and ‘extensibility’ of time. I . e. Time moves backward
as well as forward. Before my Saviour and the Lord of all, Jesus Christ, who is
‘Alpha and Omega’ (Revelation 21:6), Time moves forward, backward; (Isaiah
38:8) and stops (Revelation 21:6).
Time is
comprehensible, if space is sufficiently large. Let us examine an axiom.
Consider 6 men,
viz. A, B, C, D, E and F are arranged to stand on a straight line in East-West
direction, as shown in the following diagram. The distance between each of them
is one light second; i.e. the distance travelled by light in one second or
300000 kilometre).The experiment starts at 10.00.00 A.M(i.e. 10 hours,00
minute, and 00 seconds).
The men, B, C, D,
E and F are looking in the direction of A.
Consider that
‘A’ turns to East at 10.00.00 hrs. After one second, he turns to West .i.e. ‘A’
turns to west at 10.00.01 hrs.
Light rays
falling on the face of the face of A gets partially reflected and begins to
travel towards east, when he turned to east at 10.00.00 AM.As ‘B’ is located at
a distance of one light second(3,00,000 km),these light rays reach B after one
second. i.e. B will see A at 10.00.01 hrs. Similarly these light rays reach C
after 2 seconds and C will see A at 10.00.02 hrs. Similarly D and E will see
him at 10.00.03 hrs and 10.00.04 hrs respectively. ’A’ had turned towards the
west only then. As the distance between A and F is one light second (3, 00,000
km), F will see A one second after 10.00.01 hrs. i.e. F will see A at 10.00.02
hrs.
Consider, at the
end of experiment, the men B, C, D and E meet F one by one and compare their
observations.
The experimental
fact is that A turns to the East at 10.00.00 hrs and he turns to the west at
10.00.01 hrs. i. e. A turns to the West one second after he turns to the East.
Sl.No.
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Observations
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Inference
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1
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F sees at 10.00.02 hr and B at 10.00.01 hrs
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A turns to west 1 second after
turning to east.
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2
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F sees at 10.00.02 hrs and C at
10.00.02 hrs
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A has turned to the east and the
west simultaneously or A has two faces or the fact is altered.
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3
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F sees A at 10.00.02 hrs and D
at 10.00.03 hrs
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A turns to the West 1 second
before he turns to the East or the fact is reversed.
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4
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F sees at 10.00.02 hrs and E at
10.00.04 hrs
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A turns to the West 2 seconds
before he turns to the East or the fact is reversed.
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