Quote from: Optimism
Then, provide links substantiating that this universe is indeed finite. I would take my life right now if done.
I gave the names of my sources in my original "The God Allusion" post.
Apparently you didn't look them up.
The Universe is finite.a) Einstein's Theory of Relativity states that the universe is expanding at a constant rate and has been from a definite point somewhere in the past. If we were to reverse time and watch the universe, we would see it condense, at a constant rate, to a point of nothing. Einstein's Theory of Relativity has been proved to 5 decimal points.
b) Hubble's observance of what he calls "Red Shift" on the Mount Wilson Observatory proves Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Hubble's Red Shift is the observance of a trail of light that follows galaxies. It proves that other galaxies and cosmic bodies are moving away from us at a constant rate. This trail is observable because light moves so quickly that time literally moves slower for light than for stationary objects. Because of this, looking into space is essentially looking back in time.
c) The First Law of Thermodynamics states that there is a finite amount of energy in the universe (or any other body).
d) The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the universe is running out of energy. Because only a finite amount of energy can exist in a body (The First Law of Thermodynamics), and because the universe is running out of energy, the universe must be finite – if it was infinite, we would have run out of energy long ago.
e) The findings of NASA's COBE Probe first explored cosmic background radiation, the oldest light in the universe, that originated at the big bang. The findings of NASA's COBE Probe can be seen at
http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/. f) The findings of NASA's WMAP Probe prove the findings of COBE. WMAP mapped the cosmic background radiation of our universe. The findings of NASA's WMAP Probe can be seen at
http://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/. A timeline of the universe can be seen at
http://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/060915/index.html. g) If the Big Bang actually occurred, we would see a variation in the temperature of cosmic background radiation. NASA's COBE Probe was sent to explore the cosmic background radiation of our universe and search for any such variation. COBE was launched in 1989 and in 1992, COBE's findings were announced. Not only did COBE find a variation, but the precision was amazing. The variations showed that the explosion and expansion of the universe was precisely tweaked to allow just enough matter to aloow the formation of galaxies, but not enough to cause the universe to collapse.