A light year is the distance it takes light to travel in one year. Light travel about 186,000 mile per second, so you would times that number by the number of seconds in a year to come up with the distance. BTW, it only takes light about 8 minutes to travel from the sun to the Earth.
We don’t know the circumstances that existed prior to the creation of our reality. In fact, according to our understanding, time itself was created at the same time as space (space-time). Can anyone conceive of how creation could have occurred without time? I believe we are talking about a...
When considering whether there is a biblical or religious God, I consider myself an atheist, I do not believe in man’s religion at all. I feel the whole premise is absurd and I can find no reason to entertain its possibility. But I do theorize about the possibility that there might be...
I think I understand what you are saying, but there are things I find confusing, for example when I hear about the expanse of the universe, my first thought is what medium is the universe expanding into. Apparently I am looking at it in the wrong way. But I find it difficult to comprehend how I...
So nothing exists outside our universe and consequently meaningless to talk about an existence outside of our universe. Sounds good, but I feel confident in stating that the inhabitants of our universe will never know what lies beyond our universe or if there even is a beyond our universe.
I have a problem with this list starting at number 1. Everything that has a beginning of its existence has a cause of its existence. In our common experience, I have to agree with you. Due to processes that are easily comprehendible, matter and energy are transformed into different things like...
If God created the universe that means time was involved. Creation implies taking some sort of time, but you say God is outside of time. How does that work?
The questions bring up an interesting thought. If the universe had a beginning, what existed prior to the universe? If it was nothing, what is nothing? I imagine nothing to be void of time and space. A reality we cannot even grasp. Maybe such a reality is not possible.
I agree, there are mechanical and editorial rules that must be followed when telling a story, for instance you must have a vehicle to deliver your story, like words or sign language, without these things, its not a story. When I say no rules I am talking about the fact that physical laws no...
My beliefs are my beliefs. It would take something more than someone holding a gun to my head to change them. I can swear up and down that I have changed my beliefs, but it won’t alter what I truly believe, it would just make a liar out of me. I guess the real question is “Am I...
Obviously you are free to add whatever rules you want into a story. My point was that when writing make-believe, you are not bound by any laws. You are free to go with your story anywhere your imagination will take you. That is what I meant by the no rules statement.
I dont want to get into splitting hairs over the Santa Clause example, but my point was why bother attempting to rationalize a religious belief when the very foundation is based on a system that is not scientifically verifiable. When you are allowed to draw conclusions without regard to our...
I absolutely agree. I also believe that if there is some entity, or as Einstein put it, something behind the energy, I would be amazed and disappointed to find that it is anything remotely similar to the entity that man has conjured up in the bible.
Im not sure I would classify magic as not requiring an explanation. It just seems that people go out of their way to work God into the mix when there is no need. Evolution seems a lot more natural to me. But dont get me wrong, I know there are things we dont understand and I am not one to...