We think Time exist because of the interplay between the two hemispheres of our brains. There’s a delay in communicating information back and forth and we interpret this delay as Time. That is why we can not see nor hear Time. We plot it in space but what we’re really doing is using matter (light, measuring stick, etc.) to plot distance. So when we use Time to cut Matter, we’re really using Matter to cut Matter.
I’ve always been fascinated by time; but I cringe when someone tells me things like “time is an illusion”. It just feels totally counterintuitive, and no argument has thus far persuaded me into believing such claims are true.
My initial concern, however, is whether it’s even proper to speak of time’s existence (or nonexistence). Usually, we speak of physical objects (stars, planets, tables) or processes (running, burning, nuclear fusion) as exising; but time seems different, for some reason I can’t quite put my finger on. I don’t know.
Time is just the name of the phenomenon that things occur in sequence and in simultaneity. I see no reason to doubt that this is true. If it is true, then time exists as so defined.
While this is true, there is good reason to believe any time that we could ever actually experience in the real world is linear, unless you have counterfactuals to offer…?
Er… no… why do you keep bringing up the bible? I mean the common, everyday notion and experience of time, as I stated above, that things/events/phenomena occur simultaneous or in sequence (whether or that sequence is linear, cyclical, etc)