Is an Infinite Past Logically Absurd?

An infinite past means there were countless days before today, and it never started, just kept going forever.

Imagine you have a jar full of marbles. You take one out every day, like taking a marble from the jar for breakfast. If you did this forever, with no beginning, that’s what an infinite past is like, there was no first day, just one day after another, endlessly.

Now think about your favorite toy. Suppose you had it since you were born, and before that, your mom had it, and before that, her mom had it, going all the way back. If this went on forever, with no beginning at all, that would be an infinite past, like having a never-ending chain of moms who all had the same toy.

But is that silly? Well, if you can imagine your toy being passed down for as long as you want, then maybe an infinite past isn’t so strange after all. It’s just like counting numbers: 1, 2, 3… and there's no end to how high you can go, it keeps going forever.

So even though it feels a bit tricky at first, an infinite past might not be logically absurd, it could just be a never-ending story with no beginning.