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longship

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5. At least get the count approximately correct.

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:10 PM

Jun 2012

The Earth is one of eight planets (and a multitude of minor planets) in a solar system amongst up to 200 billion forming a galaxy in a universe of 400 billion others.

Indeed, there may be even more than 400 billion galaxies. We just don't know. But that's generally the number cited. It could be more; it's not likely to be much less.

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I made the entire universe for the sake of one subset of one species on one planet on one of [View all] Electric Monk Jun 2012 OP

And you did a shitty job, at that! NYC_SKP Jun 2012 #1

Who's to say he didn't create multiple "Earths"? SoutherDem Jun 2012 #2

Why does God look like an aging hippie? KansDem Jun 2012 #3

Well, it's easy to get confused after all them year of smokin that there hoochy cooch, y'know: struggle4progress Jun 2012 #4

Hey I think I met the man in the bottom pic! nt daaron Jun 2012 #8

At least get the count approximately correct. longship Jun 2012 #5

You fucked up bad agent46 Jun 2012 #6

It's not that the state of the world has gotten worse, Electric Monk Jun 2012 #7

The Old Testament was written from perhaps 1400 B.C. to 400 B.C. ... spin Jun 2012 #9