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RE: History of the Universe and Earth - Tomato Cat - 08-31-2013 Everyone I meet is friendly about their beliefs (or lack thereof). Surprisingly, it almost never comes up in discussions, given that I live in the "bible belt". Occasionally someone asks if I go to church and such. I simply say "no" and that's typically the end of it. It's the psychotically fundamentalist policy-pushers that give everyday moderate believers a bad name. =/ RE: History of the Universe and Earth - PutraenusAlivius - 08-31-2013 Well, I deeply apologize that whole Religion scuffle thing, hopefully I didn't offend anyone. Can we get back on topic please? RE: History of the Universe and Earth - BAndrew - 08-31-2013 I want to apologize, too. I almost got out of control. On topic: The universe (let's skip the possibility of a Multiverse) is a magnificant "place"(?) full of mysteries. It even surprises me that we can grasp such complex ideas and even dare to try to understand the universe. On the other hand, we are a way for the cosmos to know itself. I want to end with a quote from Carl Sagan. It's long, but worths the reading. Quote:From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different. Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. RE: History of the Universe and Earth - Yuhaney - 08-31-2013 What Prelauncher said. I'd also like to add few fun facts which anyone can read from their own Bible. Isaiah 40:22 ... "the circle of the earth" Meaning that Earth is round and not flat. Job 26:7 ... "and hangeth the earth upon nothing" Meaning that Earth was not lying on any animals (as one theory said was true) but instead it's "hanging" on nothing. RE: History of the Universe and Earth - PutraenusAlivius - 08-31-2013 "What happens before the Big Bang?" "Is there another life besides on Earth?" "What makes the Big Bang? Is it God or something else?" "What is outside the Universe?" "We all have questions. Questions that can't be answered. But, we are getting closer to answering at least one of them, even if it takes billions, and billions of years." One of these questions WILL get answered, no matter the cost or time. If Humans is really the smartest, we will get to the bottom of this. RE: History of the Universe and Earth - BAndrew - 08-31-2013 (08-31-2013, 03:36 PM)JustAnotherPlayer Wrote: "What happens before the Big Bang?" I can answer some of your questions: Question 1: If the Big Bang is true there isn't something before the Big Bang. No time, no space, no anything. It just happened. Question 2: It's highly possible. Question 3: Nothing made the Big Bang. It just happened. If you are going to say that God created the Big Bang then excuse me but I'll have to ask:Where did god come from? If you say that this is an unanswerable question then why not save a step and conclude that the creation of the universe is an unanswerable question? Or if you say that God always existed why not save a step and conclude that the Universe always existed? There is no need for a creator. This is not an easy question. Question 4: Nothing is outside the universe. Unless we are living on a Multiverse. Bolded: Let's hope this is the case. (08-31-2013, 03:30 PM)Scraper Wrote: What Prelauncher said. Excuse me but since when a circle is a sphere? RE: History of the Universe and Earth - Deep One - 08-31-2013 What caused the Big Bang? Radiation? Energy? Well, where did these come from? Did God create the universe? How did he create himself out of nothing? Aaarghh, I hate these kind of questions, makes my head hurt... RE: History of the Universe and Earth - PutraenusAlivius - 08-31-2013 Let's just say that the Universe had a shape. Not infinite. If this is the case and we happened to get out, what happens? If there's nothing, then we're still in the Universe as there is Space. Since the Universe is infinite, that means that the number of Galaxies and Stars are infinite and you all thought that all we can see is just that. No, there was more. As the Universe is infinite, it never ends. And what will happen when the Universe "dies"? Like the Heat Death of the Universe or the Big Freeze theory? What will happen then? Will a new Big Bang occur and it all repeats, or when it's finished, it is finished and no life remains? Also, what happens after Death? Can we perceive the world? What does it felt? Does it felt like nothingness? Or that you can't do anything? Or does a Heaven and Hell exist? RE: History of the Universe and Earth - Yuhaney - 08-31-2013 (08-31-2013, 03:42 PM)BAndrew Wrote: Excuse me but since when a circle is a sphere? To my knowledge the word used in that verse in Hebrew Bible is "חוג", which can be translated into a 'circle' and/or 'sphere' (Google Translate). RE: History of the Universe and Earth - BAndrew - 08-31-2013 (08-31-2013, 03:50 PM)JustAnotherPlayer Wrote: Let's just say that the Universe had a shape. Not infinite. If this is the case and we happened to get out, what happens? If there's nothing, then we're still in the Universe as there is Space. First paragraph: Excellent question! If the universe is not infinite, my best guess is that if you build a spaceship and you keep on going forever you will turn back to your starting point. Second paragraph: If the universe is infinite there is a perfect duplicate of you and me and everyone else in the universe who is reading this sentece and you both are trying to imagine each other. Third Paragraph: The heat death is our best bet. However there are other cases depending on the universe's total density. For more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_fate_of_the_universe I don't want to dissapoint you, but life will be long gone trillions of years or more before the universe dies. In heat death scenario time ceases to exist, everything freezes, everything ends. Final paragraph: I don't know. But consider this: You were dead for 13.7 billion years. How was your experience? @ Scraper Fair enough. |