New data has come in regarding the ultimate fate of the universe. The former consensus was that it would continue to expand literally FOREVER — and end in ice. But new calculations show that the expansion is slowing enough so that everything will eventually return to a Big Crunch, and possibly start again — an end in fire. Why do some of us find that somehow… REASSURING?
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The Big Bang was the handclap of God.
In April 1984 I hit a tractor trailer truck parked across 2 lanes of a road on the other side of a hill on my motorcycle. I have no habits so I was not having a drugged induced episode, I am all about being healthy. I was doing only 40 MPH in a 45 MPH, it was drizzling. I remembering realizing that I was going to hit him so I locked up the rear tire and started to lay the motorcycle down. The next thing I remember is that I am walking and it is all white around me, like… Read more »
The oscillating universe reminds me of what the late Douglas Adams wrote (I believe it was in the first book of the series, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”): some believe that at some point the universe will disappear and a more chaotic one will appear. There are others who believe this has happened.”
To quote Woody Allen “ if life is meaningless and the universe will end, I definitely paid too much for my carpet!”
Stanley, I was going to suggest the same story.
I think that 30-40 billion year oscillation of collapse and rebirth must be God’s heartbeat.
Gentlemen, I suggest you read, if you haven’t, Isaac Asimov’s short story, The Last Question. Published in 1956. Here’s a link to the story.
https://thetafiction.com/story/the-last-question/
“And the cosmic AC said “let there be light”. And there was light.”
Yup, read it and thought of it immediately.
Scott nailed it with 2nd Peter. Also, Hebrews 1:10-12 – “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands;
they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end.”