Image from article.
Image from article.
Size matters only in a finite world. Infinity requires a whole lot of nothing and everything else that exists.
Well, so far the article writer shows that he doesn’t understand what “Cosmological Principle” means, and that he doesn’t understand what “Anthropic Principle” means... so I’ve pretty much given up reading any further.
That's the difference between faith and science: When the evidence contradicts beliefs, science changes and adapts. The cosmological principle is not necessarily "central" to the Big Bang theory. (BTW, there are no longer any Quasars and there haven't been any in a billion years. We are observing light emitted from a distant point in the universe, billions of years ago. Nowadays, that part of the universe has changed and no longer has any quasars there.)
But why the hostility towards science? Faith in God, and wonder about His Creation need not be in conflict. Who are you (or I) to tell God how he should have made the Universe, so that we can comprehend it? Why should looking at the stars shake one's faith in their Creator?
We have a ‘lumpy’ universe....................
What this information about ‘massive quasar clusters’ tells us is that we really know very little about how the UNIVERSE was 60 billion years ago, and nothing about how it is now.
We aren’t even sure if the Universe is ‘infinite’, or not, and it is very likely we will never ‘know’. IF one were to assume that the outer extent of the finite Universe is expanding at the speed of light, then we will never , ever, be able to see ‘past’ it. Plus, it’s had a fairly large head start.
What!? A piece of data that doesn’t fit the model?!! That’s it, let’s just scrap the scientific method. o.0
Whaddya mean “those quasars shouldn’t exist?” They exist, and so the scientists had damned well better explain them.
Reminds me of a magazine cover headline “Half the Universe is Missing”. It was referring to “dark matter.”
I’m sick of the arrogance of these scientists who think they have all the answers. No they don’t.
The right approach is to stand in awe at the immensity and wonder of the universe, and all creation, down to the smallest particle, whatever it is.
Get close and He throws you a curve—like in physics where all the atheist eggheads have to practically rupture themselves trying to ignore the “metaphysical baggage” that inconveniently validates their theories.
heh heh
Quasars are energetic galaxy cores powered by a supermassive black hole. This accounts for their extraordinary luminescence at huge distances. We’re looking back in time at the early universe and the most distant quasar is 18 billion old - and scientists estimate the age of the universe at 20 billion years. We inhabit a sun that orbits a main sequence star that has already lived 5 billion years and that much left to live before it transforms into a red giant star. We’re newcomers to the heavens.
Once again, young-earth Creationists attacking that which they don’t understand. If you want to read a real scientist (astrophysicist) who believes in Creation, go with Dr. Hugh Ross or Dr. Jeff Zwierink at Reasons.org.
There are alternative explanations.
Some maintain that red shift does not equal distance; black holes are mathematically impossible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsWKlNfQwJU&list=UUvHqXK_Hz79tjqRosK4tWYA&index=10
“Brian Thomas” — end of meaningful discussion.