Could This Actually Happen?

[April_Rose]

I was watching a video that was talking about the earth being sent out of orbit and falling towards the sun and I started wondering and worrying if that could actually happen.

 

[Strathos]

Not unless something super massive, like a black hole, came close enough for its gravity to perturb Earth's orbit. We'd know thousands of years in advance if that was going to happen.

So no, it's nothing to worry about.

 

[Bobber]

I was watching a video that was talking about the earth being sent out of orbit and falling towards the sun and I started wondering and worrying if that could actually happen.

If God fell asleep at the switch maybe. Don't think that's going to happen though....

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps 121: 4

 

[April_Rose]

If God fell asleep at the switch maybe. Don't think that's going to happen though....

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps 121: 4

Most definitely not then since God thankfully never sleeps.

 

[RushMAN]

I was watching a video that was talking about the earth being sent out of orbit and falling towards the sun and I started wondering and worrying if that could actually happen.

Only on TV in an episode of the Twilight zone

 

[eleos1954]

I was watching a video that was talking about the earth being sent out of orbit and falling towards the sun and I started wondering and worrying if that could actually happen.

According to His Word .... when He returns no ..... when He creates a new heaven and earth then possibly ... but we will be with Him .... so no problems ... don't worry about it ;o)

 

[eleos1954]

According to His Word .... when He returns no ..... when He creates a new heaven and earth then possibly ... but we will be with Him .... so no problems ... don't worry about it ;o)

wanted to add something to this ;o)

When He creates everything new it's very likely we are going to see that happen ;o)
Is that awesome or what!!!! ;o)

Job 38:7

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. . . when the morning stars (*angels) sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

*check your chart ;o)

 

[Hans Blaster]

If God fell asleep at the switch maybe. Don't think that's going to happen though....

Wait a second here...

Do you think that God has to actively keep the Earth in orbit around the Sun? (and presumably the other planets, etc.)

 

[Bobber]

Wait a second here...

Do you think that God has to actively keep the Earth in orbit around the Sun? (and presumably the other planets, etc.)

Maybe you missed my point. God never sleeps. Doesn't need to. And as to whether God would actively need to sustain things I don't know. Maybe he does maybe he doesn't. Only thing that matters nothing like the OP mentioned should ever be a concern.

 

[April_Rose]

Wait a second here...

Do you think that God has to actively keep the Earth in orbit around the Sun? (and presumably the other planets, etc.)

I'm pretty sure that they were joking.

 

[essentialsaltes]

shortest answer: no

short answer: Almost certainly not at any time in the next 5 million years, and possibly never.

long answer: Some of the earliest hints of 'chaos theory' were attempts by astronomers and mathematicians to prove that the solar system is stable. Their inability to do so was a hint that the system is chaotic. Our prediction of the future depends sensitively on our knowledge of the exact locations and speeds of the planets. If a space butterfly flaps its wings and pushes Mercury off by a little bit, the eventual effect could be just about anything. But most calculations seem to show the solar system as pretty stable on a time scale of billions of years.

 

[jacks]

I was just thinking how trouble free my life would need to be, before I started to worry about the earth falling into the sun.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Maybe you missed my point. God never sleeps. Doesn't need to. And as to whether God would actively need to sustain things I don't know. Maybe he does maybe he doesn't. Only thing that matters nothing like the OP mentioned should ever be a concern.

Your statement (to which I initially replied) *strongly* implied that God needed to actively keep the planets in orbit. I wondered if you explicitly believed that and your answer is that you don't know, but God (like rust) never sleeps.

 

[AV1611VET]

Your statement (to which I initially replied) *strongly* implied that God needed to actively keep the planets in orbit.

Some people believe that Jesus keeps the universe going -- right down to the four fundamental forces of nature; and they use this verse to support it:

Colossians 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

In the end, He will simply release His hold on the elements, and everything will go flying apart.

I'm not of that persuasion, myself.

I believe He created those forces to run the universe after the Fall.

In the end, He will order those forces to stand down, and everything will go flying apart.

 

[Bobber]

Your statement (to which I initially replied) *strongly* implied that God needed to actively keep the planets in orbit. I wondered if you explicitly believed that and your answer is that you don't know, but God (like rust) never sleeps.

I figure it's not something I or anyone else for that matter really needs to know if they believe in God's existence.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Some people believe that Jesus keeps the universe going -- right down to the four fundamental forces of nature; and they use this verse to support it:

Colossians 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

In the end, He will simply release His hold on the elements, and everything will go flying apart.

I'm not of that persuasion, myself.

I believe He created those forces to run the universe after the Fall.

In the end, He will order those forces to stand down, and everything will go flying apart.

This is definitely the wiser (theistic) position. Otherwise you'd be forced to have god running the laws of the universe, but forced to obey the laws of physics without choice.

 

[AV1611VET]

This is definitely the wiser (theistic) position. Otherwise you'd be forced to have god running the laws of the universe, but forced to obey the laws of physics without choice.

God would not be forced to obey the laws of physics.

When He doesn't, miracles occur.

Like walking on water, resurrecting, and this doosey:

Deuteronomy 29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Factor in turning Lot's wife into a pillar of salt, a burning bush, parting the Red Sea, protecting Daniel's friends in the furnace, protecting Daniel in the lion's den, and a host of other miracles, and I'd say science took many hikes back then.

 

[Hans Blaster]

God would not be forced to obey the laws of physics.

When He doesn't, miracles occur.

Like walking on water, resurrecting, and this doosey:

Deuteronomy 29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Factor in turning Lot's wife into a pillar of salt, a burning bush, parting the Red Sea, protecting Daniel's friends in the furnace, protecting Daniel in the lion's den, and a host of other miracles, and I'd say science took many hikes back then.

I would seem that Yahweh had no respect for the laws of physics he allegedly created.

 

[sjastro]

God would not be forced to obey the laws of physics.

When He doesn't, miracles occur.

Like walking on water, resurrecting, and this doosey:

Deuteronomy 29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Factor in turning Lot's wife into a pillar of salt, a burning bush, parting the Red Sea, protecting Daniel's friends in the furnace, protecting Daniel in the lion's den, and a host of other miracles, and I'd say science took many hikes back then.

Forgotten the omnipotence paradox already?
Remember you admitted God cannot create a stone he/she cannot lift.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Like walking on water, resurrecting, and this doosey:

Deuteronomy 29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Clothes that don't wear out seems to be rather less impressive than reviving the dead. (Though walking on water is rather commonplace, I've done it.)