Telescopes see beyond 13 billion light-years for 1st time
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Telescopes see beyond 13 billion light-years for 1st time
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Re: Telescopes see beyond 13 billion light-years for 1st time
13 billion lightyears and still no sign of god.
Except for the fact that light travelling 13 billion lightyears in a universe that is only 6000 years old proves that god must exist - it is impossible otherwise. And furthermore, he must be that old jewish guy with the beard, cos it is the bible that proves that the universe is only 6000 years old. Don't you all see?
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Except for the fact that light travelling 13 billion lightyears in a universe that is only 6000 years old proves that god must exist - it is impossible otherwise. And furthermore, he must be that old jewish guy with the beard, cos it is the bible that proves that the universe is only 6000 years old. Don't you all see?
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Re: Telescopes see beyond 13 billion light-years for 1st time
You'd better stop that. You're gonna make us all start questioning our beliefs.Xamonas Chegwé wrote:13 billion lightyears and still no sign of god.
Except for the fact that light travelling 13 billion lightyears in a universe that is only 6000 years old proves that god must exist - it is impossible otherwise. And furthermore, he must be that old jewish guy with the beard, cos it is the bible that proves that the universe is only 6000 years old. Don't you all see?
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Re: Telescopes see beyond 13 billion light-years for 1st time
No shit. Testing our faith is God's job, what with planting all those fossils, and now THIS! The Almighty One sure is good at pullin' our leg, isn't he?FIO wrote:You'd better stop that. You're gonna make us all start questioning our beliefs.Xamonas Chegwé wrote:13 billion lightyears and still no sign of god.
Except for the fact that light travelling 13 billion lightyears in a universe that is only 6000 years old proves that god must exist - it is impossible otherwise. And furthermore, he must be that old jewish guy with the beard, cos it is the bible that proves that the universe is only 6000 years old. Don't you all see?
Meh. Me neither.
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Re: Telescopes see beyond 13 billion light-years for 1st time
Sorry, but for the first mumble years the speed of light was mumble, so it simply appears that the universe is that big. Checkmate, atheists!FBM wrote:No shit. Testing our faith is God's job, what with planting all those fossils, and now THIS! The Almighty One sure is good at pullin' our leg, isn't he?FIO wrote:You'd better stop that. You're gonna make us all start questioning our beliefs.Xamonas Chegwé wrote:13 billion lightyears and still no sign of god.
Except for the fact that light travelling 13 billion lightyears in a universe that is only 6000 years old proves that god must exist - it is impossible otherwise. And furthermore, he must be that old jewish guy with the beard, cos it is the bible that proves that the universe is only 6000 years old. Don't you all see?
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Re: Telescopes see beyond 13 billion light-years for 1st time
Back on topic. It does make you wonder just how far they are going to be able to probe with telescopes. 13/13.7ths is getting pretty close to the really interesting stuff just after the cosmic fart.
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Re: Telescopes see beyond 13 billion light-years for 1st time
I don't see any reason why we wouldn't eventually be able to see all the way back to when photons were first created. Whenever that was:Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Back on topic. It does make you wonder just how far they are going to be able to probe with telescopes. 13/13.7ths is getting pretty close to the really interesting stuff just after the cosmic fart.
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
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"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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