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Ch'i · 08-26-2006, 10:42 PM

A new idea just occurred to me. I was thinking about the idea of reincarnation, and then a statement from one of my favorite shows Battlestar Galactica "This has all happened before, this will all happen again.", and how my dad accused me of thinking non-linear.

What if the timeline of our universe' existence is not linear, but circular.
What if, speaking linearly, the first "big bang" was the result of the final "big crunch"?

It seems odd that something can just "be" without cause, but why not? It's not like we've done this before...? I think the greatest break-throughs in science and philosophy come when a person extends his/her thinking beyond that of what they inherently believe about the reality in which they are surrounded; If I never heard, saw, or felt water move, then how would I know it could?

08-26-2006, 10:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ch'i Artist of Life	A new idea just occurred to me. I was thinking about the idea of reincarnation, and then a statement from one of my favorite shows Battlestar Galactica "This has all happened before, this will all happen again.", and how my dad accused me of thinking non-linear. What if the timeline of our universe' existence is not linear, but circular. What if, speaking linearly, the first "big bang" was the result of the final "big crunch"? It seems odd that something can just "be" without cause, but why not? It's not like we've done this before...? I think the greatest break-throughs in science and philosophy come when a person extends his/her thinking beyond that of what they inherently believe about the reality in which they are surrounded; If I never heard, saw, or felt water move, then how would I know it could? Last edited by Ch'i; 08-26-2006 at 11:30 PM..