I said this earlier but I think there are seeds of beginnings in each fiber and thread of the Pattern, and these beginnings are repeated in new and varied forms on further turnings.
I think that the Dark One and the Creator exist in the flow of eternity; what the Creator did was enclose part of eternity into a closed spiral. So I think a key element of this universe (according to RJ) is that it is built of timeless energy rather than our universe, which is built on the action of a Big Bang being the first or prime mover.
IE: It is the humans in the WoT universe that created the idea of time being described as a wheel with spokes. As far as The Creator is concerned, the past and the future are one and the same and the First Age is synonymous with the Last Age.
I think that the Dark One and the Creator exist in the flow of eternity; what the Creator did was enclose part of eternity into a closed spiral. So I think a key element of this universe (according to RJ) is that it is built of timeless energy rather than our universe, which is built on the action of a Big Bang being the first or prime mover.
IE: It is the humans in the WoT universe that created the idea of time being described as a wheel with spokes. As far as The Creator is concerned, the past and the future are one and the same and the First Age is synonymous with the Last Age.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages....
- 21/04/2010 10:32:38 PM
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I don't know that there could really be a first or last Age...
- 22/04/2010 07:48:11 AM
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Yeah, it's the "third age"...
- 22/04/2010 02:13:56 PM
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Difficult to see how you can refer to a billion people as a "fringe"... *NM*
- 22/04/2010 05:02:08 PM
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You really think half of all christians believe that Earth is only 3000 years old? *NM*
- 23/04/2010 12:35:01 AM
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Last I've heard, the majority of Christians weren't fundamentalists
- 23/04/2010 01:54:04 PM
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That's not entirely right
- 22/04/2010 03:54:23 PM
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I think FT is saying that human conceptions of time don't apply to eternity.
- 22/04/2010 04:14:45 PM
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However, I think RJ definitely had an idea, what each Age of the 7 Ages is supposed to be. *NM*
- 22/04/2010 09:53:20 PM
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I don't think so.
- 22/04/2010 09:57:43 PM
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No, the point is...
- 23/04/2010 10:06:03 AM
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Not sure what your point/question is. Doesn't seem like an issue to me quite frankly 
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- 26/04/2010 04:45:21 PM
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- 26/04/2010 04:45:21 PM
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The question is...
- 26/04/2010 05:08:48 PM
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I agree with FT
- 26/04/2010 06:28:29 PM
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Well, maybe.
- 22/04/2010 06:32:05 PM
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Doesn't make sense
- 22/04/2010 09:51:55 PM
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Why?
- 22/04/2010 11:16:21 PM
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The question isn't if it would be possible for the Creator...
- 23/04/2010 08:34:23 AM
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Yes, but as we also know from the cosmology of WoT...
- 23/04/2010 09:08:58 AM
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Yeah...
- 23/04/2010 10:03:19 AM
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Why must there have been such a thing?
- 23/04/2010 07:30:02 PM
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So, you believe there never was a first 1st Age? *NM*
- 24/04/2010 08:55:45 AM
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Yes and no...
- 24/04/2010 10:55:02 PM
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Don't think so, but might be an interesting question for BS! *NM*
- 25/04/2010 09:38:09 AM
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Yes there was a first age, no it is not a loop.
- 23/04/2010 01:49:45 AM
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Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages....
- 23/04/2010 04:15:49 AM
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Can't be...
- 23/04/2010 08:27:29 AM
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Yeah, but Loial apparently read a copy of The Lord of the Rings somewhere...
- 23/04/2010 09:11:00 AM
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It's reversed...
- 23/04/2010 10:10:56 AM
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I doubt it, I don't have the books with me right now...
- 23/04/2010 07:31:34 PM
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