So if we accept that local space and time did not exist prior to the big bang and that space and time were created as the universe expanded to create them, then space and time do not exist outside of a physical universe. Time is no less a dimension of our universe than is length, width, and height. Time belongs to the physical universe and does not exist outside of it. Physical objects, both animate and inanimate objects, are capable of selected experiences. For example, if I take an ice cube out of a glass of ice water and throw it across a room, the ice cube will experience acceleration, that is, an inanimate object, namely an ice cube, is capable of undergoing acceleration.
Acceleration is within the range of experiential possibilities for an ice cube.
Now let us look at a different example. We all understand that a human being is capable of experiencing love. It is meaningless because the ice cubes are incapable of experiencing love. Love is outside the realm of possible experience for an ice cube. Time belongs to the physical world.