If the past no longer exists, what is it that makes it no longer exist, if not time?

Actually I maintain the opposite view, that the past exists forever. If the universe is in fact infinite, then the past travels throughout the universe, just as when we look into very distant galaxies, we actually see what these galaxies were like millions and even billions of years ago because of how long it takes light to travel.

So the past exists forever, it just depends on your vantage point.


Honestly, that makes sense BUT what we see in these crazy ass telescopes when looking into galaxies like these is actually only light that reflects back taking light years to travel and sends us the resulting image... it's not actually the past,
however it is a record of the past.