There is an ultimate frame of reference. Ultimate does not refer to "best," it means "final" or "greatest." The conclusion Eric and I arrived at is not only a correct answer, it is the only correct answer, with no room for debate, theological or scientific. Space and time was created in the big bang, the universe is constantly expanding, by extrapolating backwards, we can fix its germination to a fixed point. This is the ultimate frame of reference for Life, the Universe, and Everything. The universe is. It isn't like some great empty void lies out beyond it, there is no space, there is no time outside our universe. If you imagine an ant traveling along the surface of a constantly expanding basketball, even if the ant could beat the rate of expansion and reach the "end" of the ball, he would simply arrive back at his starting location. There is one single point against which all motion and position can be measured. No other frame of reference can claim this. To my knowledge and from my studies of monotheistic religions, there is no ultimate frame of reference. God is defined as omniscient and or omnipresent and omnipotent, and therefore because He (or She) would perceive objects from all frame of references, it has neither the ultimate, nor even a single frame of reference. Buddhism holds as a tenant that all life is an illusion, hypothetically, therefore if you want to make the logical silliness that there exists something entirely beyond the realm of observation, it could be an ultimate frame. But, because it is out of the realm of observation, it by definition cannot be a frame of reference. Lastly, Brad, the definition of "silly" from the most recent Random House dictionary is, "irrational." Because my argument was founded on logic and reason, all viewpoints varying from it not utilizing superior logic, and the people I was referencing most certainly were not, are definitively silly. But, I would like to use a synonym because it appears more relevant in this case: Ignoramus.
Q.E.D.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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