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Originally posted by SuzianneClass II - possible in the long term with major advancements in technology
I have not read this book, but I may have to seek it out.
Tell me this: in which class did he put time travel (particularly into the past)? I ask, because Einstein seems to have called it impossible, now and forever, given the constraints of his theories.
Kip Thorne also has a chapter on time travel in his excellent book "Black Holes and Time Warps."
Essentially, time travel is possible by taking two ends of a wormhole and having one end travel extremely quickly or exposing it to intense gravitational pull for a period of time. Since time moves slower for the faster moving/ high gravitation end, that end of the wormhole will not be in the distant past relative to the other end that's been sitting in normal spacetime. As such, moving through the wormhole would allow one to move back or forth in time.
Side anecdote - Back in 2000 when I first read Black Holes and Time Warps, I was teaching general science in a middle school (while attending law school at night). I used Thorne's book (I have no formal training as a scientist) to fascinate my 12 and 13 year olds with discussions of black holes, time machines, etc. every once in a while when they were getting bored. I wrote Thorne an email thanking him for the book and explaining how I was using it. He wrote me back a very gracious response and copied his wife (whose name on the "cc" I recognized from the book). One of my students emailed a different physicist who I won't name and got back a "stop emailing me" in response. Anyway, just thought I'd share that.
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Originally posted by sh76I have that Kip Thorne book you mention.
Class II - possible in the long term with major advancements in technology
Kip Thorne also has a chapter on time travel in his excellent book "Black Holes and Time Warps."
Essentially, time travel is possible by taking two ends of a wormhole and having one end travel extremely quickly or exposing it to intense gravitational pull for a period of time. Sinc ...[text shortened]... I won't name and got back a "stop emailing me" in response. Anyway, just thought I'd share that.
I'll have to run through it again, it's been a long time since I read it.
Edit: Interesting about the 12 and 13 year olds. I didn't encounter Einstein's work until college. And some authors are pleased to interact with their fans, others, not so much.
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-Removed-Well, I must say that I enjoyed the small glimpse into your belief system instead of the usual "calling out" of others because of their beliefs. It seems like a better way to fellowship.
Edit: I'm using the word "fellowship" as a verb. I'm not sure if this is as common in British English as it is in American English. I just didn't want to be misunderstood.
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Originally posted by SuzianneBut weren't you, yourself - just the other day - dismissing Young Earth Creationist Christians as "pinheads"? Is that an example of 'Suzianne fellowships' (verb)?
Well, I must say that I enjoyed the small glimpse into your belief system instead of the usual "calling out" of others because of their beliefs. It seems like a better way to fellowship.
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Originally posted by FMFI really think the innuendo of your "question" seems to be that lack of evidence for fulfilled prophecy perhaps makes no difference to me.
Do you think the prophecy is being fulfilled regardless of whether or not they decide to go ahead with building a third temple?
So since I think that is the real drift of your question, let me just cut to the chase and answer that.
Fulfilled prophecy adds to my persuasion that I am on the right track to believe the Bible. The total absence of this supporting rationale I have never experienced. So I don't know how I would think in that event.
But the track record over so many centuries of God causing things to occur in line with what the prophets proclaimed is pretty impressive. Jesus was not born in a vacuum. They were expecting a Messiah to come out of Bethlehem. Arguably, one qualified to be called the King of Israel was born there.
"Suppose there was NO fulfillment of prophecy, would it make a difference?"
I've never known such a situation. How I would react is difficult to predict.
Internal witness and external witness have always been with me.