(March 14, 2016 at 2:32 am)Panatheist Wrote:(March 13, 2016 at 12:17 pm)IATIA Wrote: If by "universe" you mean the stars, galaxies, planets, etc. that make up our cosmos, then the answer is no, it is not eternal. If you mean the matter/energy system that allows this all to exist, then the answer is yes, it is eternal.
There are probably thousands of links to various papers and opinions and any choice that any of us would make would be biased by our own opinions. No matter what links are posted, one could find an 'anti-link' for each one.
What makes you certain of this point (in bold)?
Unless everything disintegrates into nothing, how could it not be. If everything disintegrates, where did it go?
The matter/energy that would be around after the expiration of our universe may be dark matter/energy or something else that we cannot even conceive of at this time if ever.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
