This seems paradoxical: eternal and finite. — TheMadFool
It's not if you think in 4d spacetime terms; then eternal objects have finite dimensions in space and time. So in 4d spacetime, we for example look like long thing snakes (the lengthwise dimension being time). So we can be eternal but finite at the same time. So can the universe. — Devans99
My favourite model of the universe is a torus in 4d spacetime with the time dimension running around the outside of the torus. The torus would be thin at one point (the Big Bang / Big Crunch) as fat at the opposing point (maximum extent of the universe). 'Now' would be like a spotlight rotating around the outside of the torus. In this model we all live the same lives again and again endlessly. — Devans99
Not really set up to do that. Imagine a snake that has swallowed a crocodile and has its own tail in its mouth. — Devans99
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