This is an article in the Mormon Times. I was surprised about way, the vision that Joseph Smith was the matter. That means not born of it, but something that God taught and we have evidence as mentioned in the article, that the Prophet Joseph Stmih can be consdierado as a man who already had an idea or know about the universe, but that people of his time. What is surprising is not what you said, but that Joseph Smith was a man without any scientific knowledge, nor in 1830, not sure anyone would dare to say what Joseph Smith said in D & C 131:7 and that it is found that true.
The translation was done my best, the annexes do not correspond to the article, placed to enter a little familiar with the problems of cosmology, which are amazing.
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By Aaron Shill Mormon Times
The translation was done my best, the annexes do not correspond to the article, placed to enter a little familiar with the problems of cosmology, which are amazing.
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By Aaron Shill Mormon Times
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009
SANDY, Utah - When the theory of "Big Bang" took boom around 1930, the views of the universe of Joseph Smith were not good from a scientific perspective, according to a former physicist at NASA.
But times, and the climate of cosmology has changed.
Ron Hellings, a modern saint who earned a doctorate in physics and has spent 25 years as a research scientist at NASA, is aware of the contradictions and uncertainty.
"Over the past 20 years, we learned a little about the universe and what are now "Hellings" bewildered and deeply troubled, "he said." This is not that anyone's turn to criticize the beliefs of any other based on what they cosmologists.
This applies to the prophet Mormon, who has been Hellings convinced that he knew something about the cosmos and did the best I can with the language that was available.
"There's something there that we learn about the cosmos, looking at the statements of Joseph Smith," Hellings said.
During a presentation at the "Mormon Apologetics Conference" conferred the title "Modern cosmologist Joseph Smith," explored the teachings of the Prophet Hellings have "cosmic implications" and discussed them with the background of science. Using ln anguage complex and complicated equations, Hellings was careful in understanding the evolution of the universe and how we arrived at an exciting time but "very confused" in the world of cosmology. Hellings
put special emphasis on Doctrine and Covenants 131:7, which states, "There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more refined and pure ..." He emphasized that the Prophet said his teaching in his words - not a scientist of the future.
"He said, 'There's nothing about it as immaterial matter. Every spirit is matter, but this is coupled to a different measurement, "Hellings said." I want him to have said that because he really understood what he meant. If he had said that, then it would be positive proof that he was a prophet of God. Not because it is right, but because he had no comparable profession in 1840.
"I think it is true that Joseph Smith knew something about the Cosmos, and he tried to explain to the Saints in the language he had dominion"
Translated into modern terminology, Hellings concluded that the Prophet and his vision of Cosmos includes the following propositions: Energy is a matter that remains, all is energy of matter and the universe is infinite and eternal.
Hellings said the Propet and his vision was relatively consistent with the science between 1840 and 1930. During this time, it was thought that the matter or could be created or destroyed, and that the universe was considered static, infinite and homogeneous.
"The church envisions pretty well," Hellings said. "The Mormons, as usual, had scientific opinion on their side."
The Big Bang, however, disrupted this harmony. The basis of the theory is that the universe is moving outward at a speed proportional to their distance, meaning that once everything was set. Hellings
admitted to feeling confused by the theory in his younger years, and suggested that for a while, the Prophet's views were not as compatible with science as had been previously.
These days, however, "there is a big problem with the conventional Big Bang Cosmology," Hellings said. He detailed some of these, including the "horizon problem" and the "flatness problem" that challenge the notion of a random and chaotic event.
some solutions and alternatives have been raised as "inflationary cosmology," which includes the ideas of "eternal inflation" and the universe became a multiverse.
"This is a great convention and a lot of cosmologists believe this," Hellings said. "?" Inflationary cosmology would say the energy material is preserved, it is all matter and energy of the multiverse can be infinite and eternal ""
But inflationary cosmology is not without its problems, and "there is just a lot of theories irreconcilable, and no way to make a distinction between them, "Hellings said.
He has learned the importance of humility in science and religion.
" Remember that scientists may misinterpret what they see, and that Mormons can misinterpret what they read "
Hellings, who is also a Gospel Doctrine teacher, believes that Joseph Smith was taught about the cosmos. He printed a five-word phrase found in one of his statements - "We must have confidence in God" "
" Joseph Smith was an intelligent, curious, "Hellings said." I am convinced that he wondered about these things, and he brought these questions to the Lord and the last five words tells me that he taught me some things that others of his contemporaries did not know. "
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According to the theory of Big Bang, the universe originated in a spacetime singularity of infinite density mathematically paradoxical. The space has expanded since then, so that astrophysical objects are isolated with respect to each other.
The horizon problem
The horizon problem is a difficult type cosmological models "Big Bang " consistent in explaining why our universe on a large scale seems uniform and homogeneous As the distribution of matter and energy. The
temperature of the universe is the same in any direction you look. How does that happen, knowing that not all points of the universe have interacted in some way to equalize the temperature?
temperature of the universe is the same in any direction you look. How does that happen, knowing that not all points of the universe have interacted in some way to equalize the temperature?
- THE PROBLEM OF THE GEOMETRY OF THE UNIVERSE
- The Big-Bang theory is based on the General Theory of Relativity of Albert Einstein , that the geometry of the universe can be flat (as understood Euclid) or spherical. The problem of geometry is that the universe we observe exhibits a flat geometry (or at least very close to being flat), which is unlikely as not to be exactly flat, with time quickly evolve into a highly spherical geometry.
- THE PROBLEM OF DARK MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE
- To solve the two problems above, has proposed a solution called the inflationary model and proposes a period of rapid growth of the universe in its early stages. To make this proposal work is necessary that the universe has a lot more stuff than directly observed. This matter is called dark and so far not found or is known well what is their nature.
- THE PROBLEM OF THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE
- As a historical note (because it has already solved this problem) is worth mentioning the dilemma of the age of the universe, when Edwin Hubble observed the movement of recession of galaxies, the first idea that came up was that if the universe is expanding is because at some point in the past all galaxies share the same place. If we could return in time, how long would the universe to reach that state?
The answer would give an estimated age of the universe. The calculations were made Originally yield results indicating ages 6 to 10 billion years. These results conflicted with ages of globular clusters, which knew were older than 10 billion years. Thanks to the stellar positions measured by the Hipparcos satellite, and measurements of galactic distances by the Hubble Space Telescope, this dilemma is resolved.
To further explore the topic should read the article What is the Age of the Universe?
