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Thoughts on the scale of the universe?
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 (September 19, 2012 at 3:48 am)Waratah Wrote: Could it be a finite universe with infinite universes. In the case of benevolent creator, there would be benevolent reasons to create infinite sentient life planets with sentient life, wouldn't there? So I am going to favor infinite universes or infinite universe.   (September 19, 2012 at 7:59 am)MysticKnight Wrote:(September 19, 2012 at 3:48 am)Waratah Wrote: Could it be a finite universe with infinite universes. And what exactly does infinity have to do with benevolence? 
Finite. The universe is no larger than the rate of expansion would allow.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
IF the universe (i.e., the confines of the big bang) is truly flat, then the universe would be 'measurably' infinite.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- 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 (September 19, 2012 at 11:29 pm)IATIA Wrote: IF the universe (i.e., the confines of the big bang) is truly flat, then the universe would be 'measurably' infinite. To our observations, I believe the universe is spherical. But remember, by human observations, they thought the sun revolved around the Earth and the stars were fixed in place.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
(September 20, 2012 at 2:00 am)Polaris Wrote: To our observations, I believe the universe is spherical. But remember, by human observations, they thought the sun revolved around the Earth and the stars were fixed in place. You seriously need to study some physics before engaging these types of topics. A flat universe has nothing to do with pancakes. ![[Image: 869_zpse77cf7f4.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i285.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fll59%2FIATIA%2F869_zpse77cf7f4.jpg)
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- 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  RE: Thoughts on the scale of the universe?
September 20, 2012 at 9:28 am
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2012 at 9:29 am by FallentoReason.)
(September 20, 2012 at 2:00 am)Polaris Wrote:(September 19, 2012 at 11:29 pm)IATIA Wrote: IF the universe (i.e., the confines of the big bang) is truly flat, then the universe would be 'measurably' infinite. I'm quite confident that the measurements we can make today are a lot more reliable than Bible passages. It's thanks to science that we can even see beyond our atmosphere in detail in the first place. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
 (September 19, 2012 at 3:45 am)cato123 Wrote: For fuck's sake. Are you seriously suggesting that an adult human being in the 21st century doesn't understand the significance of the Cosmic Mircrowave Background Radiation (clue: the universe isn't infinitely large)? The true significance of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation is that no one in our universe can see past this 'wall'. Now there may be nothing and nowhere and no time beyond this wall. But there may also be an infinite, frothy mass of singularity events, each walled off from its neighbor by a 'wall' of cosmic microwave radiation like the membrane of a soap bubble. Both theories are currently (and perhaps permanently) untestable. I see no reason to give primacy to the nothing/nowhere/no time hypothesis when neither view is confirmable. |
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