Take these ideas and apply them to the entire universe, and a theoretical multiverse unfolds, composed
of infinite universes.
What we are dealing with is the attempted explanation
of an infinite universe by a finite mind, and while we do need, and I am convinced can have, a confident assurance about our faith in God, humility must be mingled with our confidence in any formulation of that faith.
As you believe in an infinite god, the idea
of an infinite universe should be easy for you to understand.
Such an ultimate break is already manifest in the birth of modern science, a revolutionary event issuing in the realization
of an infinite universe, a universe in which the physica coelestis and the physica terrestris are unified if not identified, and also a universe in which every formal and final cause has disappeared.
It seems absurd to assert the unique and ultimate presence of God in one Man in face
of an infinite universe.
God created the greater part of the world for its own sake — a point that comes home even more strongly to us, with our knowledge
of the infinite universe — and wisdom consists fundamentally in recognizing this and the limitations it imposes upon us.
The illustrations Malick uses to emphasize the vulnerabilities of his characters against the backdrops
of an infinite universe is part of the reason his film is surreal in beauty and haunting in its poetry.
He ends up at the feet of The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), a shaven - headed guru who promises to open his mind to the endless possibilities
of this infinite universe.
There's no attempt to explore mankind's existence on this world, the laws
of the infinite universe which surrounds him.
Not exact matches
«The usual theory
of eternal inflation predicts that globally our
universe is like an
infinite fractal, with a mosaic
of different pocket
universes, separated by an inflating ocean,» Hawking said in an interview last fall, according to the University
of Cambridge.
One popular understanding
of the Big Bang suggests that our
universe is one in a «multiverse»
of infinite parallel
universes.
If the scale
of different
universes in the multiverse is large or
infinite, the theory can't be tested.»
This makes the number
of possible
universes much more manageable and testable, since it's no longer an effort to understand
infinite universes that could have different underlying rules
of physics and chemistry.
Hertog told Cambridge that the physics that would account for
infinite parallel
universes break down when applied to the theory
of eternal inflation.
«The
Infinite Six»: The seven - and - a-half minute feature plays as a giant trailer to explain the six infinity stones that are at the heart
of the Marvel cinematic
universe.
Some models
of the Big Bang theory predict that the inflation that stretched space at the beginning
of time also produced an
infinite number
of «pocket
universes,» separated by impassable inflated areas
of space.
I n S h o r t: The vital substances in this vast pharmacy
of the
universe, which are measured on the scales
of Divine Determining and Decree
of the All-Wise and Pre-Eternal One, can only come into existence through a boundless wisdom,
infinite knowledge and all - encompassing will.
But if you had
infinite knowledge
of the
universe, that would make YOU God.
There may be an
infinite number
of universes (multiverse).
... if you can't lose the rationale for «fine - tuning» in an
infinite sea
of possible
universes...
To talk about odds
of it happening and not happening are irrelevant, sorry if you think the odds are so astronomical that its impossible, keep in mind that you feel better with
infinite regression, the most illogical fallacy there is (that god created this
universe and then god had to have a creator, because lets get real, you're supposed to have me believe that a creator so complex that he can create the
universe just appeared?
I do think that being an atheist in light
of the complexity
of creation (both on an
infinite universe - sized level and on a microscopic atomic level) requires some amount
of faith in something — even if it is faith in the ability
of random pieces
of matter to assemble themselves into something complicated.
However small the probability
of life randomly occuring, if the number
of chances for that to happen is very large (possibly even
infinite in multiple
universes) then it becomes almost a certainty.
As a result, while God is doing his various Divine tasks, such as creating the
universe out
of the Void, millions
of years could pass, yet to God, because
of the
infinite speed He is moving at, a mere six days..
Hi Colin, your argument about science pushing God into some small corner that will someday be illuminated is short sighted because it fails to account for the very distinct possibility that the
universe is
infinite, thus there are no dark corners and no final illumination... study this thoroughly and also the incompleteness theorems
of the great mathematician Godel.
An
infinite number
of universes are required to for the probability
of the existence
of intelligent life to be realistic.
I dare quess that 99 %
of folks believe that we live in a singularity called a
universe when in a very literal sense we live in a cosmos
of infinite amounts
of universes far too many to ever become known by our future generations even in a billion more years
of generations passing!
He made it clear and that was why he ran to multiverse as it allowed for an
infinite number
of universes.
And even though this
universe is meticulously designed, God having
infinite power did not exhaust or deplete any
of His power to create it nor to sustain it, and rather than losing or wasting anything, this creation adds to His glory.
Or gullible perhaps enough to believe that the entire
universe exploded out
of an
infinite singularity?
1) nothing in this physical
universe is the reason for its own existence 2) A causal chain exists 3) no causal chain is
of infinite length 4) Only the supernatural (that which exists outside
of physical reality) can be the ultimate cause
of all physical reality 5) That supernatural cause could not itself have a cause, because
infinite causal chains do not exist 6) This eternal, supernatural enti.ty we call, God.
Science is made up
of more theory than proof, and i am not quick to believe any mortal / finite man saying he found the answers to the
universe which is
infinite.
Theo: [«My position is simply that 1) nothing in this physical
universe is the reason for its own existence 2) A causal chain exists 3) no causal chain is
of infinite length 4) Only the supernatural (that which exists outside
of physical reality) can be the ultimate cause
of all physical reality etc, etc.»]
And why should they not revere You, great [as is your] Self, more to be prized even than Brahman, first creator,
Infinite, Lord
of gods, home
of the
universe?
It also includes an
infinite number
of universes at one given time.
The Hindu cosmology and timeline is the closest to modern scientific timelines and even more which might indicate that the Big Bang is not the beginning
of everything but just the start
of the present cycle preceded by an
infinite number
of universes and to be followed by another
infinite number
of universes.
It would take an
infinite amount
of time to master and explore the
universe.
This organic whole that began from an initial high bang and eventuated into the present
universe is distinguished by a form
of unity and diversity radical beyond all imagining:
infinite differences, and diversity that is marked not by isolation but by shared atoms over millennia as well as minute - by - minute exchanges
of oxygen and carbon dioxide between plants and animal.
No more than you find any problem with an
infinite immaterial deity who at some point within an
infinite past, initiates the expansion
of the
universe.
We are just moved movers, as is everything from the big bang, but what holds all existence since forever is the unmoved mover (AKA God) which is what started the big bang, along with the
infinite amount
of big bangs before the current
universe... or possibly all
universes at all dimensions.
One can see a point
of origin
of the
universe with the Big Bang theory and determine that an
infinite intelligent creator was the source.
But Einstein, 105f, sees that the
infinite lines
of force on any body would result in a field
of infinite intensity, which is impossible; hence he argues that Newton had to postulate for his
universe «a kind
of centre in which the density
of the stars is a maximum, and that as we proceed outwards from this centre the group - density
of the stars would diminish, until finally, at great distances, it is succeeded by an
infinite region
of emptiness.»
Moreover, since an infinitely extended
universe must contain an
infinite number
of bodies, each exerting a gravitational attraction upon the others, the
infinite force exerted must result in the splintering
of finite bodies subject to their attraction.
[17] Hawking, 46, notes that at the Big Bang moment «the density
of the
universe and the curvature
of space - time would have been
infinite,» yet «because mathematics can not really handle
infinite numbers,... the general theory
of relativity... itself breaks down.»
The religious insight is the grasp
of truth: that the order
of the world, the value
of the world in its whole and in its parts, the beauty
of the world, the zest
of life, and the mastery
of evil, are all bound up together — not accidentally, but by reason
of this truth: that the
universe exhibits a creativity with
infinite freedom, and a realm
of forms with
infinite possibilities; but that this creativity and these forms together are impotent to achieve actuality apart from the complete ideal harmony, which is God.61
It has inspired numerous speculative cosmological models in which the Big Bang was not the beginning
of time, but only one
of an
infinite number
of such explosions in a
universe without beginning or end.
As stated by a number
of posters, this «new finding
of gravity waves» also points to a strong possibility
of the existence
of multi-verse
universes, in an
infinite number.
Space can conceivably be
infinite, as we do not know what's outside
of the bounds
of this
universe.
This not about denying the existence
of other
universes, this stating that matter can not be
infinite / eternal.
Then please explain to me (avoiding
infinite regress) how the cause
of the physical
universe could be itself physical.