The Great Walls -- Largest Structures in the Universe: "Do They Contradict Big Bang Theory?"

Daily Galaxy ^ | 3/31/11 | Casey Kazan and the Daily Galaxy staff

[aruanan]

If it took God one week to make the Earth, going by mass it would take him two quintillion years to build this thing -- far longer than science says the universe has existed, and it's kind of fun to have those two the other way around for a change. Though He could always omnipotently cheat and say "Let there be a Sloan Great Wall."

It's sad to see such ignorance of one's own cultural roots on display.

[Twinkie]

Meantime, we’re all standing on a little ball of dirt, mud, rock & minerals, hurtling through space with other balls of stuff hurtling along with us and stuff sometimes hurtling at us; with the threat that some beings from another ball of mud & stuff are circling about our little ball of mud wanting us to take them to our leader. :O/

[TheBigIf]

The first thing that came to my mind in reading the title and the excerpt was the ‘Mirror of the Heavens” theory that claims that most of the great ancient structures we see here on earth were built to mirror the heavens.

Was the Great Wall of China meant to mirror these great walls in the Universe?

Just a random thought and not meant to be taken that seriously.

[ClearCase_guy]

Stunning.

[sodpoodle]

****the microstructure of empty space could be far too complex for unaided human brains.” — Sir Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, physicist, Cambridge University****

But not for God....You silly Martin;)

[MiltonFriedmanFan]

You arent going to find many scientists who admit they know very little.

[WayneS]

“Just as a fish may be barely aware of the medium in which it lives and swims, so the microstructure of empty space could be far too complex for unaided human brains...

"I wonder where that fish has gone.
You did love it so. You looked after it like a son.
And it went wherever I did go.
Is it in the cupboard?
Yes! Yes! No!…
Wouldn’t you like to know? It was a lovely little fish.
And it went wherever I did go.
It’s behind the sofa!
Where can that fish be?
It is a most elusive fish!
And it went wherever I did go.
Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish!
A-fish, a-fish, a-fish, a-fishy, ooooh.
Ooooh, fishy, fishy, fishy fish!
That went wherever I did go."

---from the movie "The Meaning of Life"

[LiteKeeper]

Uh...it didn’t take God six days to create the universe, the Bible says He did it in an instant...He used six days to form the Earth, and to fill it. He could have done that in an instant as well, if He had chosen to.

[starlifter]

“the Bible says He did it in an instant”

Can you provide chapter and verse?

[BwanaNdege]

Didn’t these guys ever read “Horton Hears a Who”?

[wendy1946]

This is what electric/plasmo cosmology predicts; its a big mystery only to those stuck with outdated theories.

[SampleMan]

I wonder if atheists believe in the infinite.

[LiteKeeper]

Genesis 1:1...and then the rest of the chapter describes how He formed and filled the Earth itself.

Notice the language of the next several verses. He created light, He divided the light from the dark and called "one day".

From verse 5 on, he describes how He formed the land masses, filled the Earth with plants and then animals, and then created man.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Einstein was one of those scientists who had learned during his long career, that the more he learned, the less he knew, and was the first to admit it.

He was such a wonderful and humble genius. Which in effect WAS his genius. He believed in God with out prejudice.

It has always been a big problem for me that these “scientists”, claim that the “Big Bang” thrust all matter to it's current position in the Universe in a matter of seconds, when we can only observe these formations in relation to the speed of light and currently see them as they were over a Billion years ago.

I am inclined to agree with Einstein's first model was based on a stable, infinite Universe that has always been here and was not the product of a cosmic explosion that violates all Universal law. Hawking, Susskind and String Theory can pound sand.

[BikerJoe]

I wonder if atheists believe in the infinite.

I wonder if Bernanke is an atheist.

[blueunicorn6]

Our question today comes from a person at Cambridge University. Those French are an inquisitive bunch. ‘What is the largest structure in the universe?’ Well, Bobby, as you know, observation is important in science. The good scientist is always aware of what is going on. Why are you screaming? Oh...I’m sorry....I didn’t see your foot there. Our questioner writes about clusters and vast tracts of empty space. Hmmmm. I was at Denny’s this morning and saw Joy Behar eating Honey-Nut Clusters. And there can’t be anything but empty space between her ears. ‘What is the biggest structure in the universe?’ The answer is...Joy Behar’s big, empty jug of a head. I hope to someday go to Rome and see Cambridge University. Jolly good!

[mikrofon]

Humans are the “Billy Bass” of the Universe....

[starlifter]

Nothing about doing it in an instant.

[aces]

Atheist I have met believe in mortality, nothingness, however I find it ironic that the only concept the human mind cannot even start to imagine is that of nothingness, a black void is something a chalkboard for light if you will, the point is, nothing has never existed as a reality, God has always been...yes grasshopper you are welcome...peace in Christ..he’s got your back...