Einstein was one of the greatest scientists in history. He believed there is an order to the universe that proved an intelligence beyond anything man knew. Your mistake is assuming God is religious. Man is religious, not God. God is the ultimate scientist.
Two totally unrelated statements.
Not totally "like us"."
Life outside our solar system may be found within just a few years, thanks to the discovery of a new class of super hot, Earth-like planets, according to astronomers from the University of Cambridge.
The Cambridge researchers identified a new class of exoplanet, called Hycean planets, that, much like Earth, are covered in oceans and have atmospheres rich with hydrogen, an element that is essential for life. Many of the planets are "bigger and hotter than Earth"— up to 2.6 times larger than our planet and reaching atmospheric temperatures up to nearly 200 degrees Celsius, or 392 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hyceans are further categorized as either "dark" or "cold," with dark worlds only having habitable conditions on their permanent night sides and cold worlds receiving just a little radiation from the stars they orbit. But researchers believe that they could support microbial lifeforms that are similar to those found in the extreme aquatic environments on Earth, and that Hycean planets are likely common throughout space. ..."
Scientists may find life on Earth-like planets covered in oceans within the next few years
The super hot planets, up to 2.6 times larger than Earth, could be "a whole new avenue in our search for life."www.cbsnews.com
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It is going to be a interesting few years in the field. Finding and classifying/understanding the "biosignatures" is a field of science just now being born.
That is an AWESOME analogy. It fits trying to find evidence for abiogenesis or aliens perfectly. It fits those trying to see how electromagnetism started spacetime and the universe. It fits those who keep blabbering about a flat Earth like it exists somewhere.
I don't assume anything about God except that he is a metaphor for pre-big bang, if pre-big bang has any meaning at all.
Why did you edit my post?
I have no idea.
I think we would be ecstatic if we found mini civilizations such as an ant hill. Fat chance in our solar system.
Supposedly "God"(Gawd~YHWH~Allah~Etc.) being "Eternal" by definition has "No Beginning, and No End".
God.
Maybe! Maybe not. Our universe does not seem to be on track to collapse. Could it? Something would have to slow its acceleration first.
Then what caused God?
I agree Einstein was one of the greatest scientists in history.
It appears the Cosmos/Universe is polar;
Lol. It was God and his singularity. No one could create his singularity except he.
God is infinite. He always was and is. He does not need a cause. In fact, he doesn't fit into the category of needing a cause or beginning. He is the only exception.
It doesn't matter how many "habitable" planets they discover. It could be 1,000 or 1,000,000 and the problem remains....WE CAN'T GET TO THEM!"
Life outside our solar system may be found within just a few years, thanks to the discovery of a new class of super hot, Earth-like planets, according to astronomers from the University of Cambridge.
The Cambridge researchers identified a new class of exoplanet, called Hycean planets, that, much like Earth, are covered in oceans and have atmospheres rich with hydrogen, an element that is essential for life. Many of the planets are "bigger and hotter than Earth"— up to 2.6 times larger than our planet and reaching atmospheric temperatures up to nearly 200 degrees Celsius, or 392 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hyceans are further categorized as either "dark" or "cold," with dark worlds only having habitable conditions on their permanent night sides and cold worlds receiving just a little radiation from the stars they orbit. But researchers believe that they could support microbial lifeforms that are similar to those found in the extreme aquatic environments on Earth, and that Hycean planets are likely common throughout space. ..."
Scientists may find life on Earth-like planets covered in oceans within the next few years
The super hot planets, up to 2.6 times larger than Earth, could be "a whole new avenue in our search for life."
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It is going to be a interesting few years in the field. Finding and classifying/understanding the "biosignatures" is a field of science just now being born.
"God" is another way of saying "I have no idea".
The first half of you post was about Einstein being a deist. I agree with Einstein. I was responding to the second part of your post.
That was a popular scenario a few decades ago, but is disfavored because the expansion rate is not slowing. A current scenario is that each galaxy may adhere and die an entropy death. But the other galaxies that we now see will disappear beyond the event horizon due to the continuing expansion of space. That would happen in trillions of years -- a dismal future.
