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No, there need be no "gap." In fact, that's the essential point of calling it a different "universe." It would like point-for-point within the same space of this universe.
That's nonsense though.
This universe takes up all of the space here. You cannot fit a whole other universe, with all its necessary forces and interactions, in the same space because the very distinction between two different universe would just be gibberish.
It's like holding up an apple and claiming 1400 other apples are in exactly the same space.
Yes, it could. In some sense, Hell and Heaven both are 'alternate' realities in that 'we' (humans or any being from this Universe/reality) cannot travel in any ordinary sense of the word and reach them. Not by car, boat, space ship or so forth.RDKirk said:It would work. An "alternate universe" model works in Christian spirituality concepts.
See post #82
God isn't a parallel universe.
I find the argument in this paragraph remarkably short on substance. Your notion of "... it [the barrier between this Universe and any other] isn't a barrier, it's a bridge..." is self-contradictory. It is self-contradictory without any explanation or argument to turn the barrier into a bridge. But I bet you'll hold on to it.Inkfingers said:God isn't a parallel universe.
And as I said, for two universes to actually exist requires something to be a barrier between them. And for it to be a barrier between them it has to interact with both of them. Which means that it isn't a barrier, its a bridge...and thus they are all one universe really.
Which seems to be the point from which you started. It strikes me you've confirmed your own assumption.Inkfingers said:Long answer made short - there's no such thing as parallel universes
I think it's totally possible to imagine God as a parallel universe in Himself. If you watched "Flatland the Film," the being inhabiting the "single point" universe would be descriptive of God: Simultaneously inhabiting the entirely of his universe.
My point is that there cannot be more than one universe, as for there to be more than one there would have to be a gap between them...and that gap would have to be filled with something real which interacted fully with both universe 1 and universe 2. Which would mean they were all actually 1 single universe which someone has arbitrarily called 2 different universes.
If you see what I mean.
The reason your atoms bang into each other and work together to form larger bodies is because they all work with the same electromagnetic force together with - or opposed to - each other. There also exist the "weak" nuclear force, the "strong" nuclear force, and the gravitational force.
Now if a particle existed that responded to an alternate set of forces . . . . say electro-magnetic force b, etc etc . . . but not to our known forces . . . . it could easily carry on in the same place at the same time but without bothering to affect us at all. Or we it.
Everyt part of this universe is filled with 'substance'. There are no gaps in which something can exist which does not interact with its surroundings. The existence of such a gap would mean an effective hole in space-time, and that hole would need a barrier point between it and this universe....and that barrier point would have to interact with both the gap and this universe, meaning that it isn't actually a barrier after all but is a connector between this universe and the hypothesised gap.....which obviously means the gap isn't a gap at all but just a misperceived part of the same universe as us.
Parallel universes are impossible.
They cannot exist because anything that divides us from them would actually also join us to them and so they would not be parallel after all (but part of the same universe as us).
You're not confusing God with a parallel universe, are you?Inkfingers said:A parallel universe would be (theoretically, because it cannot exist) utterly seperate from this one.
God is not utterly seperate from the universe. If He were, he would not be able to interact with it.
The multiverse and the string theory is not physics, just crackpot claims made by pseudo-scientists. There is no evidence nor a way to test these claims as I explain in this video anyone can make such claims.Physicists often claim that there are multiverses or parallel universes. Some claim that there are an unimaginably large number of these universes (or even an infinite number).
I'm interested in how Christians should approach the idea of other universes. The idea seems completely incompatible with Christianity.
I am replying to a hypothetical. At least I assumed it is a hypothetical.They wouldn't since there is no multiverse.
The implications of an infinite number of universes where alternate timelines with different historical possibilities are in effect would pose serious religious problems for Christians.
Actually no, there is no evidence that dark matter and dark energy exist. They are not directly observed, it's thought impossible to do so which is why they are still hypothetical.The multiverse theory has absolutely no physical evidence that it exists. It is strictly a mathematical theory and one that is not universally accepted as even being plausible. With things like dark energy and dark matter there IS evidence that it does indeed exist as we can measure its effect on things that we can see. No such evidence exists at all for a multiverse theory
Actually no, there is no evidence that dark matter and dark energy exist. They are not directly observed, it's thought impossible to do so which is why they are still hypothetical.
Just like the single universe we live in causes a problem for those that do not believe in God. The odds are so incredulous that this one universe could come into existence without a God guiding the process that the scientists had to come up with an untestable hypothesis to keep from looking foolish. Many cosmologists say that our universe coming into existence per chance is just out of the question, unless there is a multi-verse. And so that is why the multi-verse was invented....The implications of an infinite number of universes where alternate timelines with different historical possibilities are in effect would pose serious religious problems for Christians.
The multiverse and the string theory is not physics, just crackpot claims made by pseudo-scientists. There is no evidence nor a way to test these claims as I explain in this video anyone can make such claims.
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