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Originally posted by OmegaPoint
Since you cannot get something from nothing, there was a creator.
The first cause argument also leads to a creator, if you believe in causation that is.
Then there's the anthropic principal, also leads to God.
Sacred geometry, again - God.
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I see the hand of a wonderfully infinite intelligent design everywhere I look, and it only makes rational sense to think that behind the intelligence, is an intelligent, and therefore self aware being.
Now some would say that WE are an indistinguishable and inextricable part of that self awareness process, but I'm pretty sure that God is still God with or without us, and is not dependant upon human conscious awareness.
Is there a Theory that even begins to touch on what the factors are that cause the Universe to speed up in expansion and then slow down?
Why would the Universe not just instantly go from light speed to infinite speed during expansion?
Originally posted by jkrog08
reply to post by TurkeyBurgers
Why would the Universe not just instantly go from light speed to infinite speed during expansion?
Because you would need infinite energy to achieve infinite speed, the Universe does not have infinite energy--it is ENTIRELY dependent on its expansion rate.
[edit on 7/21/2009 by jkrog08]
Because there is a certain amount of energy inside the Universe?
Wouldn't that mean the more it expands the slower it expands?
Originally posted by jkrog08
reply to post by TurkeyBurgers
It is currently unknown exactly how fast the Universe is expanding, if it is c, 2 times, 50 times, etc.... There are many different models on if the Universe will continue, stop, or 'crunch' back in on itself.
Because there is a certain amount of energy inside the Universe?
Wouldn't that mean the more it expands the slower it expands?
No, as the Universe continues to expand more things are being created, what we have in the Universe now is less than there will be in 5 minutes. As it expands more matter/energy is created, the law of conservation of energy/matter is only valid in a closed system, not an open one like an expanding universe. Other reasons are possible for a slow down of the Universal Expansion, but those are irrelevant to he basic discussion here.
How is it that we currently believe the Galaxies are expanding away from each other faster and faster?
Wouldn't that indicate that the universe is indeed speeding back up in it's expansion?
Also you are saying that the Universe is creating more Matter?
I thought that the system WAS closed after the big bang. All of the matter inside the Universe was compacted into a small size. Once the expansion happened it was still the same amount of matter the very first measurable period of time after the big bang as it is currently?
Originally posted by Republican08
No offense at all.
I believe saying "God" manufactured this, instead of saying, we just don't know enough right now to realize how it happened, is a cop out, It's stunts our growth, it keeps us from making those thoughts that progress us, instead of saying how did this happen, you say Well God can do anything.
Thus we downgrade
Saying that the Universe broke the sound barrier, wouldn't be that far fetched. When it did, these events took place.
But then again, we just plain out don't know, and I would rather look for the answers then say "I have faith in god, he did it" and learn nothing.
No offense, if you believe in God GREAT, if you don't thats GREAT to.
.....Don't flame me