The Oscillatory Universe Theory states that the universe undergoes an infinite series of oscillations, each beginning with a big bang and ending with a big crunch. After the big bang, the universe expands for a while before the gravitational attraction of matter causes it to collapse back in and undergo a bounce.
(Quoted from Wikipedia).
If you believe this theory, how would it effect your spirituality?
2007-02-12 14:48:07 · 8 answers · asked by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How can it affect us spirtually. The odds we'll return at the next bang are not very good. the odds at any bang that life will happen are not very good. The period of time between bang and crunch exceeds our lifetime many millions over times over.
What is funny is how the scientifically minded pick and chose their theories to believe and dismiss those they don't like. Most here don't even understand the concepts.
The rules are simple for it to be a THEORY it must meet certain tests, just like the THEORY of EVOLTUTION has to meet.
Once a theory has been established it's up to science to provide proofs or dispove.
2007-02-12 15:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Part of Wiccan spirituality is the recognition of cycles. All energy moves in spirals or waves; time is not necessarily linear, but circular, and so on.
It would appear that, like most modern science, this theory supports the Pagan/Wiccan understanding of the universe.
I would also add that unlike the JCI religions, Paganism changes to fit new discoveries... rather than fighting or ignoring them. That is why there have been Pagans around since the beginning of humanity, and there will be Pagans around long after the... Muggles... are long gone.
2007-02-12 14:54:22 · answer #2 · answered by Huddy 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I view the Universe as a super organism which is born from the exact same 'place' people were during pre-existence. Everyone experienced death before they were alive and after life you return to a pre-existent state. So it is with the Universe which is an infant, matures, produces people and organisms then becomes old and expires. Another way to look at it is for a scientist to ask well what was happening 100 Billion years ago, it is a natural process which involves consciousness but there is also an element of mystery to the pre-existent state which is undefinable.
2007-02-12 15:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Oscillatory Universe Theory is seriously flawed. A gravitational force like that would have been like a massive black hole unlike anything seen by science to date. It would be so large, scientists would have seen it by now because our galaxy is near the center of the expansion of the universe.
This fancy schmancy theory does nothing to effect my beliefs one way or the other - even if by some remote possibility it were true, it changes nothing in my beliefs.
2007-02-12 14:55:33 · answer #4 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Recent discoveries about the total mass in the universe and the rate of expansion seem to discount this theory.
2007-02-12 20:20:19 · answer #5 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well basically all things go in cycles of death and rebirth, everything that dies comes back. So it makes sense that the universe would too.
If you were asking if it'd contradict with my religion, no it wouldn't. After Ragnarøk, the twilight of the Gods, life and the universe start anew.
2007-02-12 14:57:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question, if the universe is indeed "infinitely old" then the question of the universe being created is meaningless. If the universe forever expands and contracts, changes the meaning of what or who a creator is, or lack there of.
2007-02-12 14:52:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Laws of Thermodynamics seem to state otherwise.
2007-02-12 14:50:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋