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.
tha_green_ghost Reviewed by tha_green_ghost on . Does the past is real? Once, a friend of mine, asked me a question that i couldnt answer properly. Since then, i agree with him, but still am open for a good answer. He asked "do you have any CONCRETE proof that the past REALLY existed"? Like... the universe could have been created right now, as it is now. If we were created as we are now, with all memories already into our minds, how we could be sure that this memories were real, that they really refer to events that happened? How can we be sure that they are Rating: 5