All of this seems too stupid or stupid for man as there must be things that us humans still don’t know. If the universe is so big, there must be ways to get to other places faster just not yet understood. All of this is so very interesting but as science continues to advance, I’d bet that many of the so called scientific theories today will be junked tomorrow.
There would not be places out of reach unless God has a great sense of humor. After all, we have now discovered so much that it would be a shame if we could not go farther and expore these worlds...and it would not make sense!
Your first sentence tells me you are young and eager. That’s good. There are areas of information where we are wholly ignorant. That’s what it’s all about!
It’s not stupidity, it’s a lack of knowledge. We learn all kinds of things (most is quite esoteric) every single day, but only those who are researching it or know those doing so get the information, until they release it to the world. That’s how it works.
Relax, FRiend. We humans have only been around for a few thousand years.
Considering that we travelled only by foot for the VAST majority of that time, and only in the last hundred years got into the air, closely followed by near-earth space, we are doing just fine!
That we are unlikely to visit the stars in your or my lifetime is no reason to throw a hissy-fit.
We’ll get there, or not.
Yes, G_d has a sense of humor.
Not stupid. Relative to what we can confidently know about the universe (not even bothering with what we don’t know), we just live too short a time to get anywhere meaningful. “Relativity” is our best hope, yet requires enormous energy to achieve - “enormous” as in: on the scale of mankind’s total energy usage for a year. Sure, we’ll learn things to improve our travel abilities ... but be ready for the reality that the universe is much, much larger than our puny brains can comprehend.
Makes perfect sense to me. I’ve travelled, and looked at the stars.
IMHO, that all happens in the NEXT life, IF you know the Lord. Yes, the speed of light is far too slow. In the next life we’ll travel at the speed of THOUGHT; In our glorified bodies just like Christ had when He walked out of the tomb on that first Easter Morning.
Unless Heaven is in another dimension, it is far away from Earth. I think mankind has detected planets as far out as approximately 15+ billion light years away.
On that first Easter, Christ appeared to Mary Magdalene in the garden but wouldn’t allow her to touch Him, because “I have not yet ascended to the Father.” A few hours later He had been there and presented his blood upon the Mercy Seat in Heaven, made the return trip to Earth and walked with Mr. & Mrs. Cleopas to their home in Emmaus where He revealed His identity to them before disappearing again.
The Cleopases, upon realizing that they’d just walked, talked and dined with the risen Lord, immediately hoofed it back to Jerusalem to tell the 10 apostles and others about it. (My namesake, Thomas was absent). While they were telling their story, the risen Christ appeared in their midst and showed his wounds, assuring them that He truly had risen as He had foretold.
Bottom line: Christ went to Heaven and back very quickly. IMHO that is only possible if one travels at the speed of thought.
Baby steps.
We won’t be leaving our solar system for a great while yet but I think we’ll find a way eventually. In the mean time we still have plenty to learn in our own solar system. Lets get a manned trip to Mars down to a few weeks.