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Old 04-06-2012, 11:23 AM
 
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According to physicist Laurence Krauss, our universe is a "flat" universe which contains exactly zero energy.

Only such a universe can begin from nothing, because quantum fluctuations can produce a universe starting with zero energy.

What do you think?


'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009 - YouTube
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Old 04-06-2012, 02:54 PM
 
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Actually the myth of Atum self-creating and ejaculating Creation has about as much merit.
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Old 04-07-2012, 02:21 PM
 
Location: East Coast U.S.
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According to physicist Laurence Krauss, our universe is a "flat" universe which contains exactly zero energy.

Only such a universe can begin from nothing, because quantum fluctuations can produce a universe starting with zero energy.

What do you think?
Do you define nothing as no thing or as a little of something?
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:08 PM
 
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no. we only call what we see "a universe". in truth, there is no universe.

i'll let you think about that one for awhile.
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:12 PM
 
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The expanding and contracting universe is a vibration....one single wave length...as it does this over a timeless period...a wave appears...a series of waves...These are the thought patterns of God's mind...and we happen to be in one of them at present.
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:16 PM
 
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Do you define nothing as no thing or as a little of something?
Nothing equals no thing, as in non-existence.
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:21 PM
 
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Nothing equals no thing, as in non-existence.
Nothing is No thing relative to what other thing is interacting with it.
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:50 PM
 
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The expanding and contracting universe is a vibration....one single wave length...as it does this over a timeless period...a wave appears...a series of waves...These are the thought patterns of God's mind...and we happen to be in one of them at present.
I kind of like this conceptualization . . . with some tweaks using what we have discovered by actual science.
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