The mysteries of the icy cloud around our Solar System

> And because things tend to repeat in cycle and protocols as you point out. I would venture to say that there are more than one universe. I think there may be as many as there are Galaxies. We tend to hold ourselves to a limited perspective..... Does God have the power to create many more than just one? Is it infinite rather than finite? I think so, and I think to limit the true scope of his ability as finite is a mistake.

I wouldn't doubt it. I only stopped at the level of "our Universe" because that's the only one I'm aware of in practice. What we call "the universe" is the "stuff inside the Void closer than ~13 billion light-years". But by its very definition, the Void is infinite, so it could indeed hold many such universes, even an infinite number. That, of course, we would never be able to sense in our lifetimes. But it's on my short list of questions, should I get the opportunity to ask God about it.

> Something out there is spitting out universes like spores from a fungi. :)

Fungi *ping*

Deut. 29:29:
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

> Deut. 29:29

Yes, indeed.

> A single average-sized puffball can produce as many as seven trillion spores.

WOW! In college in the early 70's I worked as a technician in an agricultural research facility, doing mushroom genetic studies. Fascinating work, mostly with bisporus and campestris, and I gained an appreciation for the huge number of spores in a single cap. But a puffball -- I can believe trillions, although I never thought about it until you mentioned it. Thanks!

I share your interest in that theory, and include microscopic life that survived the supernova frozen in planetary oceans blasted into space...And that early life forms frozen in comets seeded Earth’s oceans and eventually became us...

When this sort of speculation starts, I’m always reminded of this movie scene...

https://www.reddit.com/r/trees/comments/4ftyqv/animal_house_weed_smoking_scene/

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