Spiritual Speculation Space
Time
October 6, 2026
Discussion Questions
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What cliched phrases about time do you hear others using or use yourself? Are there truths you relate to in these phrases?
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Do you tend to dwell more on the past, present, or future?
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What factors impact your personal experience of time? Have you ever experienced an altered sense of time (Think of things like flow states)?
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Are you familiar with the basic ideas of what time is as expressed in modern physics?
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Have you thought differently about the passage of time at different stages of your life?
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There are cultures and religions that view the passage of time differently from one another. Among the varied perspectives are concepts of time passing in a linear fashion progressing toward ultimate outcomes, and other perspectives that view time as cyclical. What cultural and/or religious influences are behind your ideas about time?
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Does God relate to the confines of time as we experience them? Is God outside of time? Can God be both bound by time and beyond it?
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Have you encountered any of the philosophical theories of time presented in the video below before? What are your thoughts on these theories?​
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place[a]
in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You turn us[b] back to dust
and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are like yesterday when it is past
or like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep them away; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning;
6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.
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8 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.