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Spirituality – Faith vs. an empty universe

Spirituality – Faith vs. an empty universe: "
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Spirituality – Faith vs. an empty universe

The nature of spirituality is often contrary to scientific findings, but is it really a quarrel between two positions, in contrast? The more you think about it, the more one tends to doubt it.

Hubble Space Telescope has opened our eyes to many new things in the universe. The sheer size and scope of it is simply overwhelming. It has never been more obvious than when astronomers turned the Hubble towards an empty part of space. To take pictures during a period, they discovered that the small”shell”a part of the room was filled with billions of galaxies. The finding was akin to believing your cul-de-sac, the whole world only to discover that there were several streets at one end and then a completely different universe of neighborhoods, russian brides, cities, counties, countries and continents.

Even with these results, the truth is that the case the vast majority of the universe is cold and empty. How then shall we see our existence? We live on a planet that is but a speck in the Milky Way Galaxy and much smaller than the universe as a whole. Was it just pure luck, we came to exist, or is there something else underlying structure in the universe?

Spirituality is of course a broad term. It means many things to many people. A constant of it is, however, that the notion that there must be a reason to be … a purpose, if you will. Given the great emptiness in the universe and our tiny speck of it, how can we reconcile the two? Well, everyone has to come to their own answers, but I for one believe that the two do not necessarily contrast. I propose that we do not look at the emptiness of the universe, but the fantastic places that are full. Only beauty, size and complexity of galaxies suggests a meaning or theme type, and that we can find a link between science and spirituality, not necessarily in conflict.
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