I'm thinking , this morning, about how God pays attention to us on this tiny planet with our sun, floating somewhere in the universe.
Perhaps in the actual "physical" center of the universe is a super black hole. We are not there. Yeay! (Do you want to be there?)
I'm thinking of Galileo standing before the Church leaders (1616 to 1633) trying to be true to himself (integrity) about his understanding of the Earth orbiting around the sun. The Church leaders could not at that time accept that the Earth was not the physical center of the universe (ie. The solar system.)
I think about Isaac Azimov's sci fi creation, Trantor, the city planet that was the capitol of the galaxy wide government in his FOUNDATION trilogy. The planet was relatively near the center of the galaxy; but of course it was not at the center. The center was giant black hole surrounded by really hot stuff. Not a good place for life.
So nowadays we are not concerned about whether the Earth is at the physical center of the galaxy or solar system or universe. I personally can conceive of the Earth as perhaps the center of God's plans (inasmuch as it is His home that He made for mankind which He made in His image) without the Earth being at that center.
Even non believing scientists wonder at the thought that the Earth perhaps could not have developed as it has without this entire giant universe surrounding it.
MISSING YOU
8 years ago
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