Description
Thoughts taken from TV, Books and life experiences on various topics and given a Christian slant to stimulate thoughts. The topic here for Day 39 is 'The expanding Universe' and does the future change the way you live?
Bible reading: Luke 21:5-38
There 42 Meditations in the series - Day1 to Day42
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Extract:
‘Things can only get better’ were the words sung to celebrate New Labour’s election victory when
they first took power. Their political opponents will quickly say that is still the case many years
on.
In contrast to this song, science in the past few years has been singing, ‘Things can only get worse
– much worse.’ In fact, Private Frazer’s words in Dad’s Army wouldn’t be out of place – ‘We’re
doomed’.
First, the bad news. The Earth can be hit, potentially, by one of 2,000 asteroids, the orbits of
which intersect with ours, not to mention quite a few wandering comets. The impact of one of
these objects would be the equivalent of two million Hiroshima-sized nuclear bombs. This kind
of event, some 65 million years ago, may be the reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs. Of
course, Bruce Willis would be able to save us from such an Armageddon – that is, if we saw the
asteroid soon enough, were able to assemble the space technology to do something about it and
afford his contract.
Second, the even worse news....
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For Introduction and list of all 42 Meditations for Lent and Beyond - Click Here to Download
These Meditations are taken from the book 'Life, The Universe And Everything' by David Wilkinson - Click Here