How does the assertion that the Universe is "open ended" impact your view of God or the afterlife?

Question

Cosmologists have asserted that the Universe is "open ended". That is, galaxies are accelerating away from each other. Ultimately, there will be no habitable planets, all of the stars will go dark, and eventually even atoms themselves will fall apart. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_fate_of_the_universe . How does this impact your view of God and the afterlife?

I see four possible answers but also welcome possibilities I haven't thought of.

1. This assertion reaffirms my beliefs.
2. This assertion undermines my beliefs.
3. This assertion has nothing to do with my beliefs.
4. This assertion is incorrect.

Answer 1

You are talking about an event millions upon millions of years from now. Look at how we have progressed in ten thousand years, do you think at that rate of progression we will need physical reality eons from now?

Answer 2

Well that's all nice and logical, but the one thing you are missing is choosing an option 1-4.

If the universe is expanding, I'd say that is the mark of a creator showing off his creation. A huge universe with one tiny little speck of a planet so teeming with life is quite incredible, more proof of a creator. The fact that in this infinite "random" universe there exists such rigid and up-tight anal retentive people is beyond me, so that is more of a reason to believe in a universal law if not creator.

Answer 3

# 3. As far as we know now there no inhabitable planets. I thnk earth itself will destruct one day and a different life may with very different beings will inhabit a planet. I still believe in God and due to the fact that the heavens are larger than origionally anticipated does not change my views. I think Earth is due for another ice age. We may end up like the dinosaurs.

Answer 4

My university level astronomy, as I studied not too many years ago, to become a cosmologist had several assertions.

The universe is open and will expand forever.
The universe is closed and will collapse on itself.
The universe is potentially cyclical.
The universe is an anomaly.

Assertions are irrelevant and unprovable and thus have no bearing on my evidence founded beliefs.

Oh - and wikipedia is not peer reviewed, don't necessarily trust everything you read there.

Answer 5

I see the assertion as no challenge to by belief in God since I do believe in divine creation and the scriptures speak of a time when he will create a new earth and a new heaven.-----why not entire new galaxies? why not new galaxies we never even dreamed of yet?--------when I see a baby guppy wriggling to be set free from it's mama-------------or stare at the scale structure on the cicada----------or watch a new born colt struggling to stand on his feet-----------and them look at some of the wildly unique ocean life-forms------then perhaps the giraffe -----wow-------just marvels me to no end Gods endless love of unique and different things.--------just gotta love it......God is Good.

Answer 6

In Hebrews it clearly says that the heavens will wear out someday and God will fold them in upon themselves like a worn out garment and then He will replace them. So I feel that God's word has already addressed this little problem.

Answer 7

well first you may want to find a more reliable source than wikipedia any one can edit that. that doesn't change my views of God. He is all powerful and He has a plan.. and that may be His plan for the end of time. or it maybe incorrect facts

Answer 8

An alleged miracle. Madrid isn't so some distance away, and Lisbon is even closer. Did people there see the sunlight mindset the Earth or dance around? Is there any point out of this in Lisbon newspapers the following day, asserting it have been seen in Lisbon? Madrid? Any city interior some day's march of the alleged journey? What approximately Santiago de Compostella, the alleged website of the relics of St. James? If I observed something like this i could think of there replaced into something somewhat unusual occurring. i'm able to additionally think of one in each of two available nevertheless no longer likely actual motives if i assumed approximately it long sufficient. An inversion layer interior the ambience is the 1st element that springs to concepts, nevertheless it may no longer be that. extra probably - how a lot of those latest actual observed this? how many observed no longer something yet have been confident something occurred because of the fact they predicted something and that they have been advised it occurred? how many observed no longer something and stored their mouths close the two out of "stable manners" or worry that they could be crushed up for being an "atheist" by skill of people who theory they observed something? how many theory they observed something yet no longer the sunlight moving? how many ducked like all of us else did and observed no longer something? super crowd, wating for something to take place. advised it may take place at midday. Any association between the sunlight and midday? some duck because of the fact they're the two mischievous or think of they observed something. the rest achieve this to boot. by skill of they time they get up it particularly is throughout. somebody starts off shouting relating to the sunlight moving.

Answer 9

I don't really care...I'm Christian, and knowing this would NOT change my faith in God. Anyways, I'll be long dead and in heaven by the time those pesky atoms fall apart :)

Answer 10

It doesnt matter where the universe ends, what is important is where i will spend my eternity, and it is in heaven with Jesus.