Some years ago I set out to imagine the creation of the universe. I
was able to assume only the decision to exist. That proved
sufficient but obviously the question of necessity creeps in to
confound the human mind.
Understand that the act of creation also produces time and space, yet
creation acts on what? Thus it is sufficient to simply be and the
whole universe emerges including GOD. Except GOD is embedded inside
our universe as we are.
It is possible for us to imagine multiverses and it is possible to
imagine an external GOD. I suspect that they will remain imaginary
and we have to come to grips with our existence confined to our
existence and perhaps our desire to exist. The will to be may be all
we have.
What has not been well understood yet is that the universe will never
end nor ever contract simply because the inverse of distance will
never converge to zero.
The Big Bang did
not need God to Start Universe
by Mike Wall,
SPACE.com Senior Writer
Date: 24 June 2012
Time: 01:36 AM ET
This graphic shows a
timeline of the universe based on the Big Bang theory and inflation
models.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. —
Our universe could have popped into existence 13.7 billion years ago
without any divine help whatsoever, researchers say.
That may run counter
to our instincts, which recoil at the thought of something coming
from nothing. But we shouldn't necessarily trust our instincts, for
they were honed to help us survive on the African savannah 150,000
years ago, not understand the inner workings of the universe.
Instead, scientists
say, we should trust the laws of physics.
Big Bang could've
occurred as a result of just the laws of physics being there,"
said astrophysicist Alex Filippenko of the University of California,
Berkeley. "With the laws of physics, you can get universes."
Filippenko spoke here
Saturday (June 23) at the SETICon 2 conference, during a panel
discussion called "Did the Big Bang Require a Divine Spark?"
Quantum fluctuations
In the very weird
world of quantum mechanics, which describes action on a subatomic
scale, random fluctuations can produce matter and energy out of
nothingness. And this can lead to very big things indeed, researchers
say.
"Quantum
mechanical fluctuations can produce the cosmos," said panelist
Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer at the non-profit Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute. "If you
would just, in this room, just twist time and space the right way,
you might create an entirely new universe. It's not clear you could
get into that universe, but you would create it."
"So it could be
that this universe is merely the science fair project of a kid in
another universe," Shostak added. "I don't know how that
affects your theological leanings, but it is something to consider."
Filippenko stressed
that such statements are not attacks on the existence of God. Saying
the Big Bang — a massive expansion 13.7 billion years ago that blew
space up like a gigantic balloon — could have occurred without God
is a far cry from saying that God doesn't exist, he said.
"I don't think
you can use science to either prove or disprove the existence of
God," Filippenko said.
The origin of the laws
of physics
If we're after the
ultimate origin of everything, however, invoking the laws of physics
doesn't quite do the trick. It may get us one step closer, but it
doesn't take us all the way, Filippenko said.
"The question,
then, is, 'Why are there laws of physics?'" he said. "And
you could say, 'Well, that required a divine creator, who created
these laws of physics and the spark that led from the laws of physics
to these universes, maybe more than one.'"
But that answer just
continues to kick the can down the road, because you still need to
explain where the divine creator came from. The process leads to a
never-ending chain that always leaves you short of the ultimate
answer, Filippenko said.
The origin of the laws
of physics remains a mystery for now, he added, one that we may never
be able to solve.
"The 'divine
spark' was whatever produced the laws of physics," Filippenko
said. "And I don't know what produced that divine spark. So
let's just leave it at the laws of physics."
Did you ever hear the joke about the contest the scientists and God had?
ReplyDeleteHere goes;
One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him.
The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we've decided that we no longer need you. We're to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don't you just go on and get lost."
God listened very patiently and kindly to the man and after the scientist was done talking, God said, "Very well, how about this, let's say we have a man making contest." To which the scientist replied, "OK, great!"
But God added, "Now, we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam."
The scientist said, "Sure, no problem" and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt.
God just looked at him and said, "No, no, no. You go get your own dirt!"
Did you ever hear the joke about the contest the scientists and God had?
ReplyDeleteHere goes;
One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him.
The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we've decided that we no longer need you. We're to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don't you just go on and get lost."
God listened very patiently and kindly to the man and after the scientist was done talking, God said, "Very well, how about this, let's say we have a man making contest." To which the scientist replied, "OK, great!"
But God added, "Now, we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam."
The scientist said, "Sure, no problem" and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt.
God just looked at him and said, "No, no, no. You go get your own dirt!"