I understand the universe is large and almost infinite in complexity, but I had an interesting thought as to our place in it.
Think of the universe as a vast clock and us as just a speck on a tiny flywheel somewhere deep inside it. Through our innate curiosity we can grow to understand much of why the clock does what it does. We can eventually explore it and come to know most all about it. But, it is still just a limited space, we can only know what is inside of the clock. We have no meaning to it, why does this mechanism do what it does?
We need an outside source, a creator to tell what the point is to all of this. In my example, it would be to tell time, something we would be hard pressed to tell from the inside. In our reality, it is to glorify our God with its beauty and complexity. From what we can see, to what we can't. Even the math is beautiful in its own way. Take the Fibonacci spiral for example.
This beauty is not accidental, it is not a byproduct of chaos, it has meaning and purpose. It is for us to see and wonder at the might and majesty of he who created it, and to gloryfiy and magnify the real beauty of our God.
Think of the universe as a vast clock and us as just a speck on a tiny flywheel somewhere deep inside it. Through our innate curiosity we can grow to understand much of why the clock does what it does. We can eventually explore it and come to know most all about it. But, it is still just a limited space, we can only know what is inside of the clock. We have no meaning to it, why does this mechanism do what it does?
We need an outside source, a creator to tell what the point is to all of this. In my example, it would be to tell time, something we would be hard pressed to tell from the inside. In our reality, it is to glorify our God with its beauty and complexity. From what we can see, to what we can't. Even the math is beautiful in its own way. Take the Fibonacci spiral for example.
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