Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

algo eterno haya dado comienzo a lo finito

English translation:

something eternal must have given rise to our finite universe

Added to glossary by Lydia De Jorge
Sep 11, 2012 17:35
11 yrs ago
Spanish term

algo eterno haya dado comienzo a lo finito

Spanish to English Other Religion
Algunos científicos desarrollaron la teoría del Big Bang, que afirma que al principio había una singularidad y esta explotó. Sin embargo, no se contesta la pregunta de cuándo o cómo surgió la primera singularidad. Es necesario que algo eterno haya dado comienzo a lo finito.

Can't come up with an appropriate way of translating this phrase. TIA!

Proposed translations

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something eternal must have given rise to our finite universe

or 'that which is finite', but I prefer the above
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Very debatable statement!
19 mins
true, I have always wondered if the concept of time exists at all outside of human consciousness
agree Stephen D. Moore
46 mins
agree Rosa Paredes : With Phil. I'd go with '... that which is finite'
50 mins
agree James A. Walsh
1 hr
agree Alexander C. Thomson : Possibly ‘… to the temporal / to that which is temporal’
2 hrs
agree Denise Phelps : I prefer your rendering: "that which is finite" sounds awfully biblical (but maybe this is a biblical text...).
3 hrs
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