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If it does turn back, it would presumably take too long to do so for us to measure it.

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Well that explains why when I flicked my new hi-power LED flashlight at the sky and then waited all night to see it come back and - nuttin'.

Spiritual significance is obvious: if the light comes back and we are beings made of light, then we will come back as well.

OrgoneConclusion said:

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if the light comes back and we are beings made of light, then we will come back as well.

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The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, which means that energy is eternal. It has no beginning and no end. We aren't made of light but light is reflecting off us. We are however made of energy which is the raw material for everything in existence. So the energy that we're made of will remain forever but it will break down into other forms of energy. Who's to say that our consciousness energy doesn't remain forever? Life/consciousness/soul w/e is a form of energy that very likely exists on an eternal level. When we die, our bodies' energy gets converted into other forms of energy but what happens to the consciousness energy? Maybe it doesn't break down when we die but rather exits into another realm. Scientists have basically unknowingly demonstrated that there are other dimensions. The Big Bang is basically proof. All this energy that our universe is constructed of didn't just come from nowhere because that violates the Law of Conservation of Energy. Therefore, it could be nothing other than the product of another dimension. You can't create an entire universe from nothing, obviously. Black holes which were once theory but now fact are also evidence of other dimensions. Super massive black holes in the centers of galaxies have been pulling countless stars and energy into their depths which appear to be infinite. That energy must be going somewhere. Unless it's exiting into another part of our dimension, like some scientists believe, it has to be going into another universe. Sorry I'm getting way off topic here.

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You've got stuff about "Who's to say that this isn't...." is just appealing it ignorance. I could just as easily say "Who's to say it is"

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Sounds like you have the makings of a 15 pager there. Go for it!

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Law of conservation of energy only applies to our universe, anything outside/before the universe it doesn't apply.

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OrgoneConclusion said:

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Law of conservation of energy only applies to our universe, anything outside/before the universe it doesn't apply.

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If I take one step outside the universe *boing* no law of conservation and anarchy reigns supreme; then I step back in the universe *boing* and once again all forces are under martial law.

Hmmm, I wonder how many times I could do that in under a minute...

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OrgoneConclusion said:

If I take one step outside the universe *boing* no law of conservation and anarchy reigns supreme; then I step back in the universe *boing* and once again all forces are under martial law.

Hmmm, I wonder how many times I could do that in under a minute...

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Hey, thats a part of quantum theory.  Did you know that, or independently invent it?