Comments on: Some thoughts on higher dimensional realms http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2007/06/03/some-thoughts-on-higher-dimensional-realms/ Correcting the incorrigible Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:24:56 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bfwebster http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2007/06/03/some-thoughts-on-higher-dimensional-realms/comment-page-1/#comment-241 bfwebster Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:21:51 +0000 http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/?p=26#comment-241 Well, the paper actually posits 4 or more <em>physical</em> dimensions, independent from time. But there are some enigmatic passages in the scriptures regarding time (cf. D&C 88:110: "there shall be time no longer"); note also the quote from Joseph Smith that we cited at the end of the paper ("the past, the present, and the future were and are, with [God], one eternal 'now'."). It may well be that God can view the whole history of our space-time continuum the same way we can view the whole length of a string stretched out before us. When He interacts with our space-time continuum at a given point in time, He's not really traveling in time so much as He is choosing what part of the string to touch. Or something like that. :-) ..bruce.. Well, the paper actually posits 4 or more physical dimensions, independent from time. But there are some enigmatic passages in the scriptures regarding time (cf. D&C 88:110: “there shall be time no longer”); note also the quote from Joseph Smith that we cited at the end of the paper (“the past, the present, and the future were and are, with [God], one eternal ‘now’.”). It may well be that God can view the whole history of our space-time continuum the same way we can view the whole length of a string stretched out before us. When He interacts with our space-time continuum at a given point in time, He’s not really traveling in time so much as He is choosing what part of the string to touch. Or something like that. :-) ..bruce..

]]> By: thaabit http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2007/06/03/some-thoughts-on-higher-dimensional-realms/comment-page-1/#comment-240 thaabit Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:42:34 +0000 http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/?p=26#comment-240 Fascinating read. Presuming that there was a higher dimensional being, could that being then move through the 4th dimension just as we can move through the 3rd dimension? In other words, could God potentially be a time traveler as we understand it? Also, another description of a potential trans-dimensional being might be the seraphim that Isaiah describes: <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/isa/6/2,6#2" rel="nofollow">http://scriptures.lds.org/en/isa/6/2,6#2</a> Fascinating read. Presuming that there was a higher dimensional being, could that being then move through the 4th dimension just as we can move through the 3rd dimension? In other words, could God potentially be a time traveler as we understand it?

Also, another description of a potential trans-dimensional being might be the seraphim that Isaiah describes:
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/isa/6/2,6#2

]]> By: Adventures in Mormonism » Blog Archive » The inspiration of Dickens http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2007/06/03/some-thoughts-on-higher-dimensional-realms/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Adventures in Mormonism » Blog Archive » The inspiration of Dickens Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:46:00 +0000 http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/?p=26#comment-239 [...] imagined.  Here are some quotes about the location and nature of the spirit world, taken from a paper I co-authored some 30 years ago: The spirits of the just are exalted to a greater and more glorious work; hence [...] [...] imagined.  Here are some quotes about the location and nature of the spirit world, taken from a paper I co-authored some 30 years ago: The spirits of the just are exalted to a greater and more glorious work; hence [...]

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