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cbayer

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19. To me, the whole concept of the hundreds of billions of galaxies seems impossible,

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 11:59 AM

Oct 2012

so I imagine anything is possible.

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Question, is god local or universal? [View all] snooper2 Oct 2012 OP

You can't be serious? RegieRocker Oct 2012 #1

Are you surprised by that question demwing Oct 2012 #4

To answer your question then... RegieRocker Oct 2012 #16

That's really depends Animal Chin Oct 2012 #2

Yes :) tama Oct 2012 #3

Agreed. No wait.... maybe. No. No. Can't be. Well, yeah, yeah I suppose. Could very well be. bluerum Oct 2012 #5

Depends whether or not you think the Universe is only 6,000 years old. mr blur Oct 2012 #6

Yes, because progressive christians are clearly your enemy and share nothing in cbayer Oct 2012 #10

Fundamentalists try to skirt around the question, but... TreasonousBastard Oct 2012 #7

"We're getting away from the idea of the anthropomorphic God" trotsky Oct 2012 #8

It's a big world, and even Americans are... TreasonousBastard Oct 2012 #11

Surveys back me up. trotsky Oct 2012 #12

Depends where you are, I guess. cbayer Oct 2012 #9

And, for those who believe in a universal God, is it limited by the speed of light? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #13

Ask Mitt Romney n/t Silent3 Oct 2012 #14

To which deity do you refer? MineralMan Oct 2012 #15

why does it matter, do you believe in god? snooper2 Oct 2012 #17

That's why gods were invented. trotsky Oct 2012 #18

To me, the whole concept of the hundreds of billions of galaxies seems impossible, cbayer Oct 2012 #19

It's not a concept though, it's a fact.. snooper2 Oct 2012 #20

If they are infinite, which I believe they are, we can not. cbayer Oct 2012 #21

That's interesting; scientific consensus is that it's not infinite muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #25

Actually, I don't agree that there is consensus at all. cbayer Oct 2012 #26

Consensus is that there was a Big Bang muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #29

But was there a single Big Bang that created the galaxies as we know them, cbayer Oct 2012 #31

OK, there could be an infinite number of universes, in some models, muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #33

Lol, my head is spinning! cbayer Oct 2012 #35

"I can't understand it, therefore maybe gods." trotsky Oct 2012 #36

There is that. MineralMan Oct 2012 #41

Oh, actually there is consensus about that. MineralMan Oct 2012 #30

You are so freaking condescending. I regret responding to you at all. cbayer Oct 2012 #32

I'm just providing information, cbayer. MineralMan Oct 2012 #34

Pointing out things you don't know isn't condescending. trotsky Oct 2012 #37

But it can feel condescending, I suppose. MineralMan Oct 2012 #40

trotsky's right, it's not you. beam me up scottie Oct 2012 #45

Thanks. I suppose I'm on ignore now. MineralMan Oct 2012 #46

LMAO! beam me up scottie Oct 2012 #47

There is no edge. MineralMan Oct 2012 #28

Why does it seem impossible. MineralMan Oct 2012 #23

I think that by definition, infinity is difficult to imagine... cbayer Oct 2012 #24

Infinity and hundreds of billions are MineralMan Oct 2012 #27

I believe that a good intro to calculus is the best way to get a "feel" for infinity. trotsky Oct 2012 #38

And, as x decreases the result approaches infinity. MineralMan Oct 2012 #39

I wonder if cbayer has taken any higher math. trotsky Oct 2012 #42

I have no idea. I ended my math education after the second MineralMan Oct 2012 #43

What an interesting and informative post. beam me up scottie Oct 2012 #48

Nope. I'm a strong atheist. MineralMan Oct 2012 #22

C. None of the above. cleanhippie Oct 2012 #44