You know those five stripes represent the five pillars of Islam, right? (Reply #8)

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Wed Sep 26, 2012, 06:11 PM

Blue_In_AK (46,436 posts)

8. You know those five stripes represent the five pillars of Islam, right?

It has to be true because I read it on Facebook.

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120 replies	Author	Time	Post
The universe is much bigger than big [View all]	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	OP
I like to look up at night and think about all the photons from the Universe falling on my retina.	tridim	Sep 2012	#1
On a hot day I visualize a sphere the size of earth's orbit	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	#3
See: Dyson Sphere.	Ikonoklast	Sep 2012	#7
I give a problem like that to my algebra students	central scrutinizer	Sep 2012	#9
QED,	tama	Sep 2012	#78
Thanks for this.	Smickey	Sep 2012	#2
I suspose there also could have been more than one big bang as well.	ZombieHorde	Sep 2012	#4
In fact, that seems to be a consequence of the inflationary theories	caraher	Sep 2012	#5
Well yea, our big bang (or whatever it is) is still banging. So it's happening now.	tridim	Sep 2012	#6
You know those five stripes represent the five pillars of Islam, right?	Blue_In_AK	Sep 2012	#8
This speculative theory as I understand it	cpwm17	Sep 2012	#30
I just love how this theory expresses itself as a fractal.	tridim	Sep 2012	#48
I think it is almost guaranteed that our Universe isn't alone.	cpwm17	Sep 2012	#31
In that context, "right now" has no meaning.	GreenStormCloud	Sep 2012	#110
"If it was possible somebody out there would have already done it"...	bhikkhu	Sep 2012	#10
Jack Chalker's Well World series covered that	CBGLuthier	Sep 2012	#98
way too deep	Dedicated Mind	Sep 2012	#11
I challenged my kids by asking	musiclawyer	Sep 2012	#12
to me, this photo just reinforces my own humble opinion	ldf	Sep 2012	#13
Orgasms	RobertEarl	Sep 2012	#15
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.	CrispyQ	Sep 2012	#22
No offense, but...	eqfan592	Sep 2012	#26
Perhaps you could enlighten everyone with your wisdom	cpwm17	Sep 2012	#29
I`ll take a stab at one...	opiate69	Sep 2012	#36
This is what I was talking about.	eqfan592	Sep 2012	#64
no worries. glad I could help and even happier I got it basically right! lol	opiate69	Sep 2012	#99
You don't trust science	cpwm17	Sep 2012	#39
Yes. Except there are no infinities, and if there were we could not observe them.	bemildred	Sep 2012	#42
"I don't understand this, so they can't either." Oy. (nt)	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#44
pretty much	pokerfan	Sep 2012	#72
I agree 100% about there being no beginning of time.	Brewinblue	Sep 2012	#79
Nope, the rebounding cyclic universe idea is NOT gaining support.	GreenStormCloud	Sep 2012	#111
That doesn't help much	cthulu2016	Oct 2012	#114
I'd be interested to get your take on one of my latest essays (reposted here):	coalition_unwilling	Sep 2012	#102
We're alone.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#14
The Fermi Paradox isn't a "paradox" at all.	EOTE	Sep 2012	#17
Forget "visits". The galaxy should be saturated with radio noise.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#19
Of course it's just a belief. If it wasn't, we wouldn't be having this conversation.	EOTE	Sep 2012	#25
Question 1) there's only one electromagnetic spectrum	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#27
Question number one isn't really a question, it's a statement and a specious one at that.	EOTE	Sep 2012	#32
Allow me to chime in	bongbong	Sep 2012	#49
Sure, but not radio signals sent with the expressed intent of being found.	EOTE	Sep 2012	#50
Yummy	bongbong	Sep 2012	#105
Great movie (and book).	EOTE	Sep 2012	#109
a) they were answers to your questions. b) "specious" means plausible-looking falsehood.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#59
Specious means factually wrong, but pleasant looking.	EOTE	Sep 2012	#60
Your argument is undermined by the hyperbole deployed.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#61
Sorry, but you're working with a lot of fail here.	eqfan592	Sep 2012	#65
The "available data" includes one datapoint of a planet with life.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#68
It's a baseline assumption that flies completely in the face of all probability.	eqfan592	Sep 2012	#71
No it doesn't.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#76
One data point?	eqfan592	Sep 2012	#80
Things that science has no evidence to be possible, are assumed to not exist	cpwm17	Sep 2012	#75
There is also no evidence of Earth sized planets outside the solar system	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	#81
Your belief is that advanced technological civilizations would be using our technology which is in	EOTE	Sep 2012	#92
I'm not operating on belief. You are.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#94
There is no intelligence to speak of.	EOTE	Sep 2012	#97
Clap louder Peter!	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#104
You appear to place rather a large amount of faith in your position.	LanternWaste	Sep 2012	#107
On the contrary, I place none at all.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#108
Oh, and another thing.	EOTE	Sep 2012	#93
No, I was trying to sort out your gibberish.	lumberjack_jeff	Sep 2012	#95
If you're going to quote someone, you should actually use their words.	EOTE	Sep 2012	#96
Dude, you really should just stop.	eqfan592	Sep 2012	#101
Some science fiction writers have dealt with that	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	#45
This is one of my favorite sites:	CrispyQ	Sep 2012	#21
I get a weird sense when visiting that site, kind of like a fear of heights.	EOTE	Sep 2012	#33
A person could get lost in this website. Amazing!	LuckyLib	Sep 2012	#53
Excellent post, cthulu2016. Thanks. n/t	pampango	Sep 2012	#16
What pampango said!	villager	Sep 2012	#91
I (and some others I'm sure) immediately thought of this:	KatyMan	Sep 2012	#18
But no matter how you do the math, the answer is still 42. nt	JustABozoOnThisBus	Sep 2012	#20
+1	blogslut	Sep 2012	#57
Yes, our metrics are useless outside of local scale/local space.	bemildred	Sep 2012	#23
Good observations, and I'd like to add:	Amonester	Sep 2012	#24
I came to this following conclusion long ago	WCGreen	Sep 2012	#28
Somebody who wanted to control other people invented god, I think...nt	fadedrose	Sep 2012	#35
I read it all, and sort of understood it...	fadedrose	Sep 2012	#34
The cake grew, and as it's cooling, it's getting smaller	fadedrose	Sep 2012	#54
That has always been a hot topic of debate. Open or closed universe?	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	#62
I wondered about the light....	fadedrose	Sep 2012	#66
It doesn't block the sun from us here. We're pretty close.	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	#82
That's not dark matter, that's a buncha Photino Birds. Angry Photino Birds!	Zalatix	Sep 2012	#73
Einstein said, God does not play dice.	Eddie Haskell	Sep 2012	#37
When I was in high school, I used to stare up at the night sky and ponder...	Speck Tater	Sep 2012	#38
You hated social studies class but yet here you are on DU. There's an irony	coalition_unwilling	Sep 2012	#103
Those who don't learn from history...	Speck Tater	Sep 2012	#106
The only plausible reason I can think of why a young person like you would coume to hate	coalition_unwilling	Sep 2012	#112
BAck when I was in school, 60 years ago, memorizing names and dates	Speck Tater	Oct 2012	#113
I am so sorry. That regurgitation of trivia is so NOT what history (as	coalition_unwilling	Oct 2012	#117
The history I have always been interested in is...	Speck Tater	Oct 2012	#118
In the 1960s, this type of history (known variously as 'Social History') became	coalition_unwilling	Oct 2012	#120
I have always wondered if there is an end to space.	RebelOne	Sep 2012	#40
Our space probably does no go on and on.	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	#41
and once it ends if it ends are there many others like it outside of where it ends	JI7	Sep 2012	#63
More problems with the Fermi "paradox"	Spike89	Sep 2012	#43
It's quite a treat to think about things like this.	Alduin	Sep 2012	#46
I always take some comfort from Giordano Bruno who pointed out that...	Tom Rinaldo	Sep 2012	#47
I'm going to hide under my desk now. nt	Deep13	Sep 2012	#51
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Sep 2012	#52
What WE think of as "The Universe" is just a tiny atom in the fingernail of a giant. n/t	cherokeeprogressive	Sep 2012	#55
.	Zygoat	Sep 2012	#88
One night when I was 9 years old	Canuckistanian	Sep 2012	#56
K&R! The universe is estimated to have 200 Billion galaxies and growing.	JaneyVee	Sep 2012	#58
....Yet there are pea brains right here on earth.....	RagAss	Sep 2012	#67
But ... I want to meet Mister Wuggles!	Arugula Latte	Sep 2012	#69
Calling Morris-Thorne... Calling Morris-Thorne...	Zalatix	Sep 2012	#70
Well, never say never	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	#84
Very cool OP thanks.	rudycantfail	Sep 2012	#74
is the universe conscious?	Zygoat	Sep 2012	#77
If it is, it is on a very slow time scale	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	#85
or very fast	Zygoat	Sep 2012	#86
Fun stuff	ismnotwasm	Sep 2012	#83
What?	Zygoat	Sep 2012	#87
Sure, though perhaps it could have been phrased better	cthulu2016	Sep 2012	#89
It can't be any bigger than the notions here...	littlemissmartypants	Sep 2012	#90
Your magisterial post caused me to remember a quote from	coalition_unwilling	Sep 2012	#100
CD nails it again. Thanks for this. n/t	VOX	Oct 2012	#116
Every object in our known existence has an inside and an outside. Is the universe inside something?	VOX	Oct 2012	#115
Or this:	DiverDave	Oct 2012	#119

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