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Process Theology. A Short Course Michael A. Soderstrand Mayflower Sacred Scriptures Class August 29 – November 7, 2010. Lecture 3. Freedom, Time, and God’s Power. Freedom, Time, and God’s Power. Freedom, Time, and God’s Power. Freedom, Time, and God’s Power.
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Process Theology A Short Course Michael A. Soderstrand Mayflower Sacred Scriptures Class August 29 – November 7, 2010
Distance (x, y, z) Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Time Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity describes space and time as a four-dimensional Minkowski space with distances (x, y and z) and time. Inertial reference frames (ie: frames that experience no acceleration) that differ only in velocity, represent rotations of the time axis in the 4-dimensional Minkowski space. This is called “Time Dilation”.
NEXT WEEK • Chapters 6 and 7 of the text • Now time for discussion