1. No, it's very possible. Almost every cosmologist out there disagrees with you.Unpossible
Said contraction still needs a cause.
You mean, like, God?
I gave up on trying to explain Quantum Mechanics to answer the Cosmological argument a while ago. Quantum Mechanics (and the concepts thereof) are very hard to teach quickly...At the quantum level 'Something' and 'Nothing' are not meaningful concepts.
But to answer to your question here its all yours:
Not so fast there! You just said the Universe is infinite, at least in one direction of time; backwards.
Us ducks should flock togetherI gave up on trying to explain Quantum Mechanics to answer the Cosmological argument a while ago. Quantum Mechanics (and the concepts thereof) are very hard to teach quickly...
2. Not really, there could be an eternal force that causes eternal expansions and contractions.
You mean, like, GOD.
Yes, like God. Or, alternatively, something very different from God. God is just one possibility, and a small one at that given all the other associated attributes.You mean, like, GOD.
... If you had read my post, you would know why God doesn't take precedence over trillions of other ideas. See computer program example.You mean, like, GOD.
Yes, like God. Or, alternatively, something very different from God. God is just one possibility, and a small one at that given all the other associated attributes.
I like the universe-is-the-corpse-of-God - it has a very Dungeons and Dragons-y feel to itWhile I certainly don't believe either, I'm fond of two hypothesis about the origin of the universe:
One's that a scientist in another universe caused a horrific lab accident which tore open their universe and caused this one. The other is that a god (perhaps the only one, perhaps not, but the only one which is relevant) committed suicide, and the physical universe is composed of the remnants of Its body. (Now that I think about it, it wouldn't have to be suicide, if there were multiple gods fighting.)
Both involve a conscious creator--one a naturally evolved mortal and the other a diety-- but in neither does the creator have any influence on the physics or morality of the universe.
Of course morality can occur without religion. Morality varies from people to people, there are good-natured atheists, as well as bad-natured religious.
I like the universe-is-the-corpse-of-God - it has a very Dungeons and Dragons-y feel to itMaybe the decaying mind of God is what gives rise to the myriad of mini-conciousnesses that is the human race?
Ok, who's the wise guy? Any more common sense in here, and I'll be forced to report your posts!It's gotta be against some rule for this sub-forum ...
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