Steven Cloud

“Sugar Man… possesses four arms and a tongue that can shoot up to ten feet. The tongue is dense enough to be used as a weapon. He also seems to have an enhanced sense of smell that allows him to smell fear.” -Marvel Universe

"All told, we learned that there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in our Universe. And we learned it from this single photograph."

— (Via Starts With A Bang)

ad infinitum

Linde realised that inflation could be ongoing or “eternal”, in the sense that once space-time starts inflating, it can stop in some parts (such as ours) yet take off with renewed vigour elsewhere. This process continues ad infinitum, giving rise to a patchwork of regions of space, each with different properties. When and how inflation ceases in a particular patch dictates the exact nature and types of fundamental particles there and the laws of physics that govern their behaviour. Over time, eternal inflation gives rise to just about every possible type of universe predicted by string theory. Our universe, argues Linde, is a part of this multiverse. (via New Scientist)

Deal Breaker

Steven Cloud:  for me the deal breaker is the same question that was never answered as a kid: who created god? if the answer is 'he just always was' then why can't the universe be infinite?
Pijohos:  that just gets you pinched under the table at dinner
Steven Cloud:  also, if he's all knowing and all powerful, he created people for the sole reason to send most of them to hell for eternity
Pijohos:  you and i are just executing God's Will
Steven Cloud:  seriously. there's no other way to be. there is no free will under that belief system
Pijohos:  yet that's the basic tenet
Steven Cloud:  yet they blame sin on free will. god created the devil to trick us: god = dick