Destiny or Free Will ? …
This question has come up in our minds time and again.
I was
recently reading an article about Galaxies and that triggered this question
again in my mind!
The article was about our galaxy ( The Milky Way) is on a path and destined (!) to collide with
another galaxy ( The Andromeda) …......it is our destiny ( right !!??!!)…....although the
collision will occur about 4 billion years from now!
To try and understand from a perspective of the number of
stars in each galaxy:
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Our galaxy contains ( according to scientists !)
about three hundred billion stars , that
is eleven zeros after 3. Our sun is one
star on the outer edges of our galaxy.
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The other galaxy the Andromeda is supposed to be home
for about one trillion stars
The impact obviously unknown but it is our DESTINY –
correct?
There is a lot of details in terms of assumptions , thoughts
and predictions on this available. One of the outcomes is that the ‘Solar
System’ might be thrown out of both and
the combined galaxies into some space between galaxies !!!ooops!!
The good thing is ( or the bad thing !) is that by the time that the two galaxies collide,
the surface of the Earth will have already become far too hot for liquid water
to exist, ending all terrestrial life, which is currently estimated to occur in
about 1.4 billion years due to gradual bloating and expansion of the Sun.
So if All life
will end on earth anyway in about a billion years and humans we can estimate
most likely will be eliminated much earlier than that ….why worry!
But – that
brought me to the question of Destiny or
Free Will !!!
To be continued……