{"id":869,"date":"2006-09-08T16:42:11","date_gmt":"2006-09-08T11:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/is-space-god\/"},"modified":"2006-09-08T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2006-09-08T11:12:11","slug":"is-space-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/is-space-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Space God ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question to Piet on 25th July 2001 :  I am getting tired of the world trying to understand the universe and the Big  Bang without trying to comprehend SPACE first.  Because everything will come  and go : there is one constant &#8211; SPACE &#8211; in which the universe is born &#8211; it  dies &#8211; but Space is constant, immortal, infinite &#8211; Is Space God ?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAnd then again on 26th July :<br \/>\nso why must we look at the big bang to explain the universe &#8211; and call it the  known universe.<br \/>\nsurely it is the unknown universe that will define the known.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s what was there BEFORE the big bang that will tell us what the big bang  is.<br \/>\nI will write more to u about my confusion on this &#8211;<br \/>\nbut could the formation of the universe be instantaneous ?  rather than  formed in in a millionth of a second<br \/>\ncould it be the contraction of Space rather than expansion of universe ?<br \/>\nhelp !!<br \/>\nShekhar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question to Piet on 25th July 2001 : I am getting tired of the world trying to understand the universe and the Big Bang without trying to comprehend SPACE first. 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