It's also very interesting to think about, that we really don't know jack shit about things outside our solar system. We piece together information through tiny bits of very low energy radiation captured by a massive space telescope, but at the end of the day, its alot of assumptions layered on other assumptions

Same thing applies to the human brain & biology in general, we know alot but we also know next to nothing from a total perspective

Fascinating. I can at least comprehend that experience more than the folks who say that they have a direct relationship/communication with God.



It's tricky, isn't it, the idea of "infinite" as it relates to the universe. My understanding is that there's evidence that the universe is expanding (and also accelerating in that expansion) as times goes on; but, since the universe is the panacea of existence then by virtue of its continued expansion it is "infinite" so much as it is indefinite in size. It's also probably a limitation of human knowledge and technology, as the universe most certain has a size if one were to do a snapshot. It just merely continues to expand after that snapshot.

I believe that people who are very experienced in Prayer might have a better ability and clarity of mind to "communicate" with God better on a free will basis. I was never brought up in a religious family and pretty much never pray, but in my eyes what it means is to have a clarity of mind completely separated from the ego. People have described it as splitting your psyche in two which describes my experience well

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what confuses me is that the big bang is the predominate theory, and i'd assume that means the expansion should be decelerating. but as you say there's evidence it's the opposite. but perhaps that's just a tricky way to describe exponential growth of area through an increase in size from a center vector. as in is it growing faster in speed? or is the "size" number represented in 3d area going up faster because that's how it works geometrically.

My limited understanding of physics is that evidence for an acceleration of expansion is due to red-shift in the light spectrum, as light from distant celestial bodies is increasingly stretched and shifted to 'red' the further away that celestial body is from us.



I find myself curious about how accessible God is to folks who claim such a relationship, and what the nature of that communication is like. I had the thought of asking two people who feel like they have such a relationship with the same God to individually ask God a question, such as "Can you give me the same 5 numbers ranging from 1 - 5,000 that you'll also give to Person B?", and if people were able to generate the same numbers, well, then that would certainly be interesting.

perfect context for this sunny quote:

I think that God is not as accessible as those people would describe, this is all based on my own understanding of what it means, such a quantifiable relation is in my eyes ridiculous as atheists would attest, to me a proper communication with God means to conceptualize a thought that is completely separate from yourself (your own interests, your own feelings, your own wellbeing). In this view, the legendary Greek philosophers were some of the greatest communicators with God. People forget that Christianity is largely a Hellenic religion though this is disputed (Pope Benedict strongly supported this theory as his main topic of study)

Astrophysics is fascinating, but also very confusing. In another lifetime I wish I could have gotten into physics.



As someone whose degree is in Psychology, I definitely agree that we know a lot, are wrong about a lot, and have a tremendous amount more to still learn.

I feel that's the case for all disciplines - the more you know, the more you know that you don't know, everything is a giant rabbit hole at the end of the day

i dabbled in college for my science credits, came off as far more dull than i expected. like getting into biology to be an animal handler but instead you're stuck looking at slides on a microscope all day.