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Is the universe we live in?

Is the universe we live in?

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When I was 11 or 12, my dad worked for JPL on a small part of the Voyager spacecrafts. He was allowed (or maybe he just took the liberty) to etch his name on one of the crafts. He passed away last year and I can hardly imagine that something with his name on it is over 13 billion miles away...and he is not here...

The universe, finite or infinite, is beyond my ken.


@hakima said
When I was 11 or 12, my dad worked for JPL on a small part of the Voyager spacecrafts. He was allowed (or maybe he just took the liberty) to etch his name on one of the crafts. He passed away last year and I can hardly imagine that something with his name on it is over 13 billion miles away...and he is not here...

The universe, finite or infinite, is beyond my ken.
I'm sorry for your loss hakima.
I've lost both my parents, and the world isn't the same.


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@hakima said
When I was 11 or 12, my dad worked for JPL on a small part of the Voyager spacecrafts. He was allowed (or maybe he just took the liberty) to etch his name on one of the crafts. He passed away last year and I can hardly imagine that something with his name on it is over 13 billion miles away...and he is not here...

The universe, finite or infinite, is beyond my ken.
Sorry for you loss. An amazing story.

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I suspect much what the bible calls heavens / universe is just the Milky Way Galaxy. Nothing outside of that can be seen with the human eye. Of course the heavens where God resides is way beyond our galaxy.

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@kellyjay said
Is the universe we live in eternal in size or scope?
I say, no.
Yes, most likely.

It is an error to view the big bang as the start of everything.

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@caesar-salad

I'm not at liberty to say.


lol.

Is that like " I would tell you, but then I would have to shoot you." ?

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
Yes, most likely.

It is an error to view the big bang as the start of everything.
Really, at worse I would have thought it was just a piece of the puzzle that points to a beginning. You have something you can put up next to the Big Bang evidence that suggests what you are saying is not the error instead of the other way around?

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@kellyjay said
Really, at worse I would have thought it was just a piece of the puzzle that points to a beginning. You have something you can put up next to the Big Bang evidence that suggests what you are saying is not the error instead of the other way around?
Yes.

The universe has always existed, in one form or another. There are endless big bangs and big crunches, negatating any notion of a beginning. And hey, time is merely a human construction anyway to make the incomprehensible comprehensible.

We can debate this for a few days if you like, or simply agree now that I am right.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
Yes.

The universe has always existed, in one form or another. There are endless big bangs and big crunches, negatating any notion of a beginning. And hey, time is merely a human construction anyway to make the incomprehensible comprehensible.

We can debate this for a few days if you like, or simply agree now that I am right.
That is a heck of a truth statement, and you know this how?

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
Yes.

The universe has always existed, in one form or another. There are endless big bangs and big crunches, negatating any notion of a beginning. And hey, time is merely a human construction anyway to make the incomprehensible comprehensible.

We can debate this for a few days if you like, or simply agree now that I am right.
I choose option two, I disagree. 🙂 I bet you didn't see that coming. LOL


@kellyjay said
That is a heck of a truth statement, and you know this how?
God told me.

😀

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
God told me.

😀
You mean a god?


@kellyjay said
You mean a god?
If you need a particular God, let's go with Waheguru.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
If you need a particular God, let's go with Waheguru.
No, I'm just being clear that God, and a god, are not the same by any reasoning.

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