The other day my kids and I were talking about the solar system. My son loves to learn and when he finds something cool he wants to know everything about it. So this prompted him to ask me all about the solar system and outer space. So of course we spent some time on the internet learning about planets and such (because there is only so much I remember from school lol).
We are browsing the internet and he is asking all sorts of questions and one of those was "how big is the universe?" So here I am trying to explain infinite to a six year-old. How does one explain that when, as humans, we have this mindset that there is a beginning and an end for all things. Maybe it is just me who thinks this way, but when I think about infinite things my brain gets all wonky, like it is trying to disprove my thoughts. Thinking about infinite things makes my mind hurt. I know they exist, numbers and the universe for example, but it is as if my mind does not want to accept that knowledge. I just can't wrap my brain around it.
Naturally that lead me to thoughts of God. For those of you who do not believe in God that is fine. I am not here to preach or shove my views down your throat; so fret not. I am just simply giving you an insight into the way my mind works. God-an infinite being, right? But again my brain is saying "cannot compute". During PE in high school we would sometimes walk around the track on lazy days (which was most days) and a friend and I would talk about anything and everything. One of those things was God's infinity status. She too talked about how, as humans, we have a beginning and end for everything so to think about something with no begging or end tends to baffle the mind. We (or at least I) like to put everything in a neat and tidy box. Rules, everything has them. Science, math, writing, living (although most people break them from time to time). Everything has a set equation and religion is one of those things that breaks those set perimeters. I know in my heart and soul that God exists, it is something that has been with me since I was young (and no I was not raised in a religious household). I have from time to time thought about his nonexistence but then I look around me, at my children, nature, life and my belief is reformed. Getting back to to point (because boy to I tend to ramble on) thinking about God not having a beginning or end riddles my mind with questions. So as my son and I are learning about space and I am trying to explain infinity I start talking about God and his infinity. So then my son says something that really makes me think and also gives me that "I am so proud of my son" glow. He asked me "So if God has no beginning and the earth does, and God created us, who else did he create?"
It is something I have often pondered myself. There are other galaxies out there, space is infinite, so what other planets has he created and inhabited with humans or other creatures of his own design? I know scientists say there is no proof that there are aliens or life on other planets but they are human and humans usually are wrong about most things. I live by my feelings more so than my brain. My brain likes to put everything in a neat and tidy box but my heart knows no bounds. I don't have to see to believe. Am I wrong? Maybe. I am only human after all. For the record I believe in magical creatures too.
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