05-24-2003, 12:21 AM
Kasreyn,May 23 2003, 06:26 PM Wrote:I don't think some "power" would "stop" you from killing your grandfather; I stated things unclearly. What I meant to say was, *even before* you go back in time, your exploits in the past are already part of history. When you go back in time, you fulfill your role in history, which is how it originally happened.That doesn't solve the problem though -- my grandfather WAS NOT killed before I was born. He wasn't. So for myself or anyone else to go back and kill him changes history. But if anyone EVER from now until the end of time were to do that, it would have happened already! And it hasn't, nor have other such changes occured.
Saying that you go back and fulfill your role in history is essentially agreeing with predestination -- history is already set and done, and nothing we do can change the future. Since that's another whole can of worms, I'll just mention it and run for the hills...
gekko
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-Michael Ventura, "Letters@3AM"