Why does the universe only seem to be beyond our ability to control?
138422
BECAUSE IT SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VAST and we humans have not even discovered half of de secrets of dis HUGE UNIVERSE so how can u xpect us 2 CONTROL it.
820808
The concept of "beyond space" is flawed; space-time has no beyond for there to be anything in at all. Our limited perception of the stuff around us in three dimensions leads us to imagine the universe or even all of space as some giant sphere or disc of matter floating in space, but really, space and time being the same thing mean that our universe and all within it is everything we can perceive, full stop. Ergo, there is no inside to be outside of. \n\neither that or its turtles all the way down :-)
157004
there are many things beyond our simple human capabilities and understanding. Many things we just don't need to know all the infinite details of ....\n\nand best left to our wonder and awe of.
593661
None of the above...\n^_^\n\nThere are laws that govern the universe. Laws that just exist. These laws are in charge of the planet.
268551
How do we know that atoms aren't conscious?  If we are made of the same spacedust that everything in the universe is, albeit in a complex and dynamic arrangement, then perhaps all matter and even time itself has a form of existence and experience.  Maybe we are not even individuals.  Just because most people think they are making decisions for themselves doesn't mean they are just running on some form of autopilot.  I read that the part of the brain involved in complex decision making processes finishes neural activity sometimes up to two minutes before a person thinks 'they' have decided.   On the matter of whether God created us for his own sake, I think it would be alot more likely that people created the concept of God for their own sakes.  If we are in God's soup, I'd liken our fate more to that of a fly than a cracker.
399081
We've all been through different life experiences.  My experiences are different from my fellow Christians.\n\nWe have free will.  We may not be able to choose our experiences, but we can choose what we think about and how we react to those experiences.\n\nGod holds us accountable for what we can control.
96210
it seems that the universe is not one !!! and think to his thngs ...
523949
Yes, God is in control of his design and plan. Something in my life has happened or will happen which is beyond my control. This is part of living. Therefore, it is up to me to find the good in everything and for me to look for the joys only God can give. God has a plan and I trust him for he is in control. I will go forward doing all that I can to make my world a better place and to give my family things that I want to bless them with. However, in all things I realize that God is God and I am not. \n\nIt is so cool knowing that my counciousness and your conciousness were created as an individual and distinct entities. We don't fully know or understand the plan but we do have hope for the here and now, and for the there and thereafter.
995272
Science nor anyone else can answer your question! As far as science can determine, our universe (space) is not contained within any 'thing' else. If anyone tries to tell you otherwise, they're just blowin' smoke.
655859
Who can honestly tell you here? Our finite minds cannot begin to fathom the infinite workings of the universe. There could have been a countless number before us; 42; 3; or we could be it.\n\nWho knows?
56986
I do not, the ideal that one being ruling the entire universe is greatly flawed, not to mention the bible makes no sense. People always follow power, why not create the most-powerful being possiable and follow it?\nGod didn't create people, people created god.
158695
The only object that I can control with my eyes is my body.  Where my eyes look, the body follows.\n\nI think that control of objects by looking at them is great science fiction, but that is as far as it goes.
699325
We do not control our destiny... but we can if we really want to!\n\n\nThe destiny of a human being is fixed or variable. Can the control of destiny be exercised by one! Is it possible for a normal human being to take complete control of his destiny? Is it possible to manifest destiny?\n\nYes! It is possible to manifest destiny if you are able to understand the crux of life. The destiny of every human being rests with one. It is like a chest of gold the key of which is not immediately made available to us. Only having passed certain standards in life would the key become available to us?\n\nTo be able to manifest our own destiny there are some requisites fulfilling which one shall be able to manifest his own destiny? The moment one enters the domain of human life... the highest manifest stage in the cosmic life... one can reach the stage of enlightenment and finally salvation. Before that we need to take control of our destiny in totality. How?\n\n\nBefore we indulge further in the matter of destiny... we need to understand the reality of life!\n\nThe garb of a human being has been taken by our soul atman within. It is not vice versa. It is not within the competence of a body to inherit a soul atman within. That is just not possible. Our soul atman within has taken the body to purify itself of all the impurities contained within. Unless and until our soul atman is devoid of all the dross within... it can never become enlightened and gain salvation.\n\nThe goal of life belongs to our soul atman within. The body only does its bidding! It is only when the body sublimates itself entirely at the disposal of the atman soul within... can the body manifest destiny. The ego of the body has to be merged with the larger ego... the ego of God Almighty. Unless the body completely surrenders its ego and merges with the larger whole... the body can never manifest destiny.\n\n\nHaving realized the truth of life... submerging our ego with that of Almighty God... one does manifest destiny for ever. It is at this point our soul atman becomes governing. The ego of a human being having merged completely with the desires of the soul atman within... the soul atman becomes free to reach its goal at the earliest. More here- http://www.godrealized.com/destiny.html
799758
This is not an either/or situation.  The Universe as seen by physics is a trend for ordered sub-systems to become more chaotic over time.  This is the Second Law of Thermodynamics which states "The entropy of an isolated system not at equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value."  However NO sub-system is ever really isolated.\n\nLiving systems tend to reverse the "normal flow" toward higher entropy.  One might say that life runs counter to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.  Living systems tend to induce order to random elements of the Universe over time.\n\nThe best answer to your question is that the Universe is both Ordered and Chaotic, depending upon what localized portion of the space-time continuum one is observing.
275800
Well, as far as we know, the universe is infinite. It seems a bit egotistical to assume that we are the only intelligent life in the entire universe.
955479
Maybe it was god. maybe it was the big bang, maybe god created the universe through the big bang...I dont know...but I just want to 'think - out - loud' in this forum....maybe the Universe alwasy existed? No beginning? no end? Because we experience life and death in every cycle on Earth doesnt mean the Universe is also controlled in the same manner. *sigh* I wish I knew it all :)
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If there was just nothing, we would never know what could happen because we wouldnt exist.\nI believe there is more out there in the universe than what we know of.\nWether we discover these things or not is hard to ever say.