[Magdalen] neat comparisons

[Roger Stokes]

On 13/10/2014 18:36, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> It's getting harder with such space discoveries to fit any  terrestrial
> religion
> into all this, not excluding Judeo-Christianity.   At least it is  for me.

Isn't this looking at the issue from the wrong direction?  I have no 
problem conceptualizing the possibility of a number of parallel 
universes but the God I put my trust in is the source of this and any 
other possible universes.  This means that, by definition, God is 
outside of them all - and of the black holes.  As such we should not be 
trying to fit our faith into the new discoveries but seeking to see how 
they inform and enrich our understanding of God and the relationship 
between the divine and humanity.

As for the black holes themselves from what little I have read it would 
be theoretically possible to pass through one that is spinning but not 
one that is not and simply absorbs all that comes its way, hence 
increasing its gravitational attraction exponentially. Currently the 
universe is expanding and that furthest away from us is moving away 
fastest.

This leads to speculation as to what will happen in the future. Will it 
continue to expand or might we get the Big Crash with everything 
collapsing back into an infinitessimally small space? Scientists 
theorize that the universe as we know it originated from just such a 
singularity so we would all be back where we began after all the stars 
have burnt out.  Might it all then start again?

Roger