Observable universe

Looking up at the vast night sky, the wonder and excitement of space captivates many people. We wonder what is out there, or who is out there? The Pixar animated film Lifted takes our curiosity and puts it on the big screen. The story focuses on a little teen alien named Stu, as he tries to pass his human abduction exam, graded by Mr. B. Stu attempts to abduct a rural farmer named Ernie. Stu, being an overconfident teen, hilariously messes up the entire abduction, amazingly not waking up Ernie.…

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” - Neil Armstrong, the man who first set his foot on the moon, then a distant object and a source of awe; and it is in this quest of surmounting the unconquered and taming the wild which denotes man’s insatiate desire to understand Nature. Evolution has been the fundamental reason for progress of life on earth and the eclectic strategies employed by Mother Nature in the eternal perpetuation of the process are simply…

Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe was an eccentric Danish astronomer best known for his comprehensive and precise astronomical observations during the Renaissance period. In 1546, Brahe, originally Tyge Otteson Brahe, was born in Denmark into an aristocratic family. He was raised by a wealthy uncle and instead of pursuing law as his uncle requested, he chose to purse astronomy. He attended Universities in Copenhagen and Leipzig. In 1566, Brahe participated in a duel with another student to decide…

valid proofs and opinions on the subject but, many people are not open to questioning something that they have believed to be true their entire lives and the lives before them. Just as Nicolaus Copernicus believed the Earth was the center of the Universe, we believe the Earth is…

The Renaissance and how it changed man’s view of man. The Renaissance is the rebirth of many ideas and it’s a time period where changes were being made. The Renaissance took place in Europe and began around the year of 1400 and went on till about 1700. Many people were hugely impacted during this powerful life changing time. The Middle Ages was a time which was around 500 CE to about 1350 where the primary players were the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope. Everyone in the time of the Middle…

religion have different methods, and each have different “functions” in society (Barbour 12-13). While the author states that science and religion have different functions in society, both continue to interpret and discuss the ways in which the universe works, and how it was created. Barbour sees that religion and science are viewed as two entities that are conflicting with each other, but one of his solutions is to view them as independent…

“The Principle of Indeterminacy turned science inside out. Suddenly determinism goes, causality goes, and we are left with a universe composed of what Eddington calls, ‘mind-stuff.’ Listen to these physicists: Sir James Jeans, Eddington's successor, invokes ‘fate,’ saying that the future "may rest on the knees of whatever gods there be." Three world-famous physicians to demonstrate the dramatic effect the Principle of Indeterminacy had on those people who were intelligent enough to follow its…

They have always existed (Theban Theology, Genesis 1). This attribute describes the preeminence of God/god as having no beginning, that nothing in the universe has created them. In combination with the pre-existing state of the God/god, no one knew their true appearance (Theban Theology, Exodus 33:20). Even in the pre-existent state, there is a flaw with the gods in the text of the Egyptian cosmologies…

In this paper I will analyze the argument of the “Fine-Tuned Universe”, describe what it means, show how an opponent would argue that intelligent design isn’t the best explanation, and also provide my own view on this argument from my theist view. Have you ever wondered how the universe got here? How everything perfectly fell into place, and how you’re here today? The Fine Tuned Universe argument may help you better understand. This argument is a version of the teleological argument, which is…

In the novel, Storms over Genesis by William Jennings portrays numerous theories that appeal to all types of theorist based on the Bible. The novel analyzes the Bible’s content as well as ideas from the bible. It also relates the Bible to present day society and events. Throughout the analyzation of the book, I have learned a tremendous amount about the Bible and the theories within its bindings. In the beginning of the novel Jennings opens up with a storm over the two creation stories. We…