Active Users:600 Time:31/10/2026 04:08:57 AM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
I don't think so. RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 09:57:43 PM
That's the point of the whole "...called the Third Age by some..." intro to the books. Their timeline is not a straight line - it may very well be the case in this universe that the seeds of the beginnings of certain elements of Ages to come are planted in small amounts in the past, so each succession of Ages build on one another.

In other words, there is no "beginning", but there are "beginnings". Hence, there is no FIRST Age, but there are Ages that are called "the First".

In other words, since the Creator and the Dark One exist outside of time, their activities in this universe are governed by the rules of a predestination paradox because they are simultaneously working in the past and the future.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
This message last edited by RugbyPlayingAshaman on 22/04/2010 at 10:12:54 PM
Reply to message
thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... mazza3 - 21/04/2010 10:32:38 PM 1757 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... GateKeeper - 22/04/2010 12:54:27 AM 1325 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... Kieran - 22/04/2010 07:06:52 AM 1044 Views
I don't know that there could really be a first or last Age... Fanatic-Templar - 22/04/2010 07:48:11 AM 1184 Views
Yeah, it's the "third age"... DomA - 22/04/2010 02:13:56 PM 1191 Views
Difficult to see how you can refer to a billion people as a "fringe"... *NM* Shannow - 22/04/2010 05:02:08 PM 524 Views
You really think half of all christians believe that Earth is only 3000 years old? *NM* Japhy - 23/04/2010 12:35:01 AM 521 Views
Last I've heard, the majority of Christians weren't fundamentalists DomA - 23/04/2010 01:54:04 PM 1022 Views
How about "living on the fringe of reality"? *NM* Marshall - 24/04/2010 10:21:17 PM 523 Views
That's not entirely right Etzel - 22/04/2010 03:54:23 PM 1105 Views
I think FT is saying that human conceptions of time don't apply to eternity. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 22/04/2010 04:14:45 PM 1030 Views
However, I think RJ definitely had an idea, what each Age of the 7 Ages is supposed to be. *NM* Etzel - 22/04/2010 09:53:20 PM 492 Views
I don't think so. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 22/04/2010 09:57:43 PM 1018 Views
No, the point is... Etzel - 23/04/2010 10:06:03 AM 1084 Views
Not sure what your point/question is. Doesn't seem like an issue to me quite frankly . RugbyPlayingAshaman - 26/04/2010 04:45:21 PM 1078 Views
The question is... Etzel - 26/04/2010 05:08:48 PM 987 Views
I agree with FT RugbyPlayingAshaman - 26/04/2010 06:28:29 PM 1168 Views
Well, maybe. Fanatic-Templar - 22/04/2010 06:32:05 PM 1067 Views
Doesn't make sense Etzel - 22/04/2010 09:51:55 PM 1013 Views
Why? Fanatic-Templar - 22/04/2010 11:16:21 PM 1041 Views
Ok File Leader - 23/04/2010 12:15:03 AM 1028 Views
The question isn't if it would be possible for the Creator... Etzel - 23/04/2010 08:34:23 AM 1043 Views
Yes, but as we also know from the cosmology of WoT... Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 09:08:58 AM 1127 Views
Yeah... Etzel - 23/04/2010 10:03:19 AM 1030 Views
Why must there have been such a thing? Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 07:30:02 PM 1048 Views
So, you believe there never was a first 1st Age? *NM* Etzel - 24/04/2010 08:55:45 AM 527 Views
Yes and no... Fanatic-Templar - 24/04/2010 10:55:02 PM 1017 Views
Don't think so, but might be an interesting question for BS! *NM* Etzel - 25/04/2010 09:38:09 AM 556 Views
True that. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2010 06:30:03 PM 571 Views
Yes there was a first age, no it is not a loop. Kieran - 23/04/2010 01:49:45 AM 1107 Views
More change? Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 05:03:22 AM 987 Views
Re: More change? Kieran - 24/04/2010 01:25:22 AM 1045 Views
On the Ages... Etzel - 22/04/2010 02:16:38 PM 1353 Views
Re: On the Ages... Kieran - 23/04/2010 01:54:16 AM 1060 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 22/04/2010 03:09:32 PM 1158 Views
Nah, it's just a Tolkien rip-off... ursidae - 22/04/2010 06:05:50 PM 1550 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... gjjfh - 23/04/2010 04:15:49 AM 1095 Views
Can't be... Etzel - 23/04/2010 08:27:29 AM 1044 Views
Yeah, but Loial apparently read a copy of The Lord of the Rings somewhere... Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 09:11:00 AM 1091 Views
It's reversed... Etzel - 23/04/2010 10:10:56 AM 1160 Views
I doubt it, I don't have the books with me right now... Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 07:31:34 PM 1148 Views
I don't think that's right. *NM* Etzel - 24/04/2010 08:57:45 AM 1083 Views
You're right, that is not referenced in the book. Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2010 06:34:29 PM 1000 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes