I credit a few popular science writers -long dead-for what I know about
the stars. I did not realize that our own Milky Way galaxy was so
creative: new stars being born all the time . With or without a Creator
the universe is a very creative place. In ancient times it was heresy to
claim to observe a " nova " - a new star. The desert at night was
glorious with many, many stars -but the constellations were fixed and
permanent. One ancient astronomer at least thought he observed a new
star. We know he did escape with his life.
Even our sun does not seem to be in a process of un-creation. Century after century it looks the same, getting no hotter or cooler, no brighter or dimmer, no larger or smaller. But if that were true- scientists know now- that its very existence would be a creationist " miracle ".
What comes into existence must in time pass out of existence.Even atoms are not eternal. Even " existence " itself came into existence-from some unimaginable NOTHINGNESS. A mockery of the Mind of God " Or just an eternal Mystery itself ?
" Let there be light " , says Dr. Isaac Asimov in " The Last Question. "
Even our sun does not seem to be in a process of un-creation. Century after century it looks the same, getting no hotter or cooler, no brighter or dimmer, no larger or smaller. But if that were true- scientists know now- that its very existence would be a creationist " miracle ".
What comes into existence must in time pass out of existence.Even atoms are not eternal. Even " existence " itself came into existence-from some unimaginable NOTHINGNESS. A mockery of the Mind of God " Or just an eternal Mystery itself ?
" Let there be light " , says Dr. Isaac Asimov in " The Last Question. "
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| " A mind breakingly massive image of 25,000 stars being born " |
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