and is the universe infinite?Its kind of a chicken or the egg question,but when you really think about it somewhere along the way something had to of just appeared.I do believe that the universe has to be infinite wether its connected to other universes or whatever,but the whole thing is mind blowing,almost to the point of insanity.
2007-12-16 11:18:53 · 7 answers · asked by rich 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It has always been my understanding that we are part of 'God'. I was always taught in bible school that 'God' is WITHIN us. All of us. 'God' is not some person or thing that created the Universe. 'God' IS the Universe. One and the same.
Why people continue to want to debate an unresolvable issue is beyond insanity.
The chicken didn't get seperated from the egg until man tried to explain the things he could not explain with the old familiar standby: 'God did it.'
That one used to be used to explain lightning and fire and earthquakes and the origin of our Solar System and Moon. Now that we know how these all came to be, it still gets used when trying to understand the beginning of the Universe.
2007-12-16 11:55:21 · answer #1 · answered by Troasa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That last point is why, to my mind, people in the past invented myths and legends and Gods to make sense of it all. Personally, I prefer to think of it all as mind-blowing in its own right, and I don't need to invoke a creator (benevolent or otherwise) to be in awe of it.
Can a divine being have appeared out of nowhere? Personally, I don't see how that's any less likely than the universe itself popping into being out of nowhere... doesn't mean that I have to worship a divine being who believes that we should only eat fish on Friday or covet people for stoning their neighbors wives, or whatever.
I try to keep an open mind. I'm not anti-religion (except for the damage that big organized religion can do to rational thought (see Galileo, and the current crop of presidential candidates)), but I do think that the place of religion in public policy has needed to be much better regulated for centuries. What helps me is a healthy dose of Douglas Adams now and then. He really had a beautifully dispassionate (and often very humorous, of course) way of looking at the universe, and the paradoxes that are involved with any belief system, including science. Wish he was still writing - on our plane, anyway.
Hope that's an acceptable answer to a question that really doesn't have one!
Peace, and keep your towel with you...
2007-12-16 11:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well in the case of what most people refer to as God, the universe before his/her/its existence would have no laws governing matter/whatever and its creation, so it's quite feasable that such a being could indeed spontaneously come into existence.
2007-12-16 11:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by applesbononos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "Divine Being", by definition, can do anything.
The "insanity" is limited only by your imagination.
If you choose to believe in a 'divine` parent figure
to help you deal with the uncertainties of life, you're
within your rights.
It's called 'faith`, but it has no place in a science
forum.
2007-12-16 12:47:14 · answer #4 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Divine Beings" are, by definition, supernatural and not subject to natural law, so if they exist they can do whatever the heck they want, including springing into being from nothing.
Whether such things exist or not is up to you.
2007-12-16 11:45:43 · answer #5 · answered by jgoulden 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Christian view of God, is that He is self existing, and more importantly, existed BEFORE all else.
2007-12-16 11:49:23 · answer #6 · answered by eastanglianuk1951 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yep--you are correct
2007-12-16 11:21:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋