Posted on 08/24/2015 7:30:54 AM PDT by fishtank
Giant Galaxy Ring Shouldn't Exist
by Jake Hebert, Ph.D. *
A team of astronomers from Hungary and the United States, led by Professor Lajos Balázs of Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, has announced the discovery of an enormous ring of galaxies. According to the Big Bang model, this ring should not exist.1,2,3
The galaxies were identified from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)extremely intense, narrow beams of high-energy electromagnetic radiation which are thought to result from the collapse of high-mass stars. The astronomers estimated that the gamma-ray bursts originated in nine galaxies located approximately seven billion light-years from Earth. These galaxies are thought to be part of a ring of galaxies so large that it spans a very large portion of the skyan area 70 times greater than the apparent diameter of the full moon. Despite this fact, the astronomers argue that the nine galaxies are almost certainly part of the same giant structure.
If they are correct, then this would imply the existence of a gargantuan ring of galaxies, although Balázs claims that the ring could also be the result of a spherical structure.3 Either way, the apparent structure is enormousan estimated five billion light-years across.
The possible existence of this giant ring of galaxies is of great interest because it would violate one of the fundamental tenets of the Big Bang model, namely the assumption that matter and energy, on cosmic distance scales, are distributed uniformly in space. But such a uniform, or homogeneous, distribution of matter implies that giant structures, such as this ring of galaxies, should not exist.
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Just to clarify, the only sentient being in the first few days of creation was God. If you agree He views a thousand years as a day, and He was the only one observing at the time, then we’re not necessarily limited to 24-hour days.
Nothing miraculous agrees with science! And the fossil record is in reality just buried, fossilized bones. It is only a "record" when you arrange it according preconceptions and ideology.
The most important miracle of all is the resurrection of the 3 day dead Christ, which obviously violates biological science, that is measurable and repeatable! Do you dismiss that scriptural record as well?
Red Sea parting? 40 years in desert with Manna? Jericho? Walking on water? Healing the blind? Must all the miraculous go? What about the resurrection? That is impossible according to common observation and modern biology.
Since modern man has walked the earth, some have claimed to witness miraculous happenings and still do. It's too tiring to sort this all out. I'll stick with the scientific method where we find order in the record and put the puzzle together as best we can. You can go on picking what miracles float your boat.
There it is! Agree to disagree.
The alternative is to adopt the ICR paradigm that says the discovery of any scientific anomaly automatically renders every scientific theory inoperative and all of their conclusions wrong. And you have to do it while maintaining that you're staying within the site policy of not being "anti-science".
I don’t understand how asking for a citation, when someone claims that a fundamental tenet of science has been modified, is “looking for a gotcha”. If someone makes an extraordinary claim like that, it’s incumbent on them to provide the backup, and if they won’t, well that speaks for itself.
lol ... another theory whose main prediction is that you wont find any evidence to support it.
LOL, that's right there with "What if 'd' 'o' 'g' spelled 'cat'?". Revenge of the Nerds.
Thanks for the post!
Because God put it there per His Word.
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