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 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mormon Mentality - Thoughts and Asides by Peculiar People » Your thoughts on Godhood, creation, and eternity? http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2007/06/03/some-thoughts-on-higher-dimensional-realms/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Mormon Mentality - Thoughts and Asides by Peculiar People » Your thoughts on Godhood, creation, and eternity? Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:02:08 +0000 http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/?p=26#comment-473 [...] The age of this universe is currently estimated at just under 14 billion years, though there have been a few recent suggestions that it could be older than that. In any case, LDS concepts of existence and eternity very strongly suggest, then, that all of us predate the universe itself, an axiom I take as given. I also take as given the axiom that God (the Father) created this universe for His purposes (as per Moses 1). This has strong implications of extra-dimensional existence, which I’ve written about before. [...] [...] The age of this universe is currently estimated at just under 14 billion years, though there have been a few recent suggestions that it could be older than that. In any case, LDS concepts of existence and eternity very strongly suggest, then, that all of us predate the universe itself, an axiom I take as given. I also take as given the axiom that God (the Father) created this universe for His purposes (as per Moses 1). This has strong implications of extra-dimensional existence, which I’ve written about before. [...]

]]> 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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