Question:
What is the age of Universe as per your religion?
anonymous
2010-12-28 15:22:16 UTC
What is age of Earth and Universe as per your religion?

You may cite exact references to the scripture.

In my religion, creation and destruction of Universe is depicted as constant cycle. and age of present Universe is described here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_cosmology

Thanks for answers!!
22 answers:
Leon
2010-12-28 15:24:02 UTC
14 billion-universe

4.6 billion-earth
scrubbag
2010-12-28 23:46:12 UTC
Everything is made of pure energy, and energy is indestructible. It can change, but not be destroyed. So, the universe as we know it, has changed, is changing and will always change.

there is no boundaries to it, so it has to have no beginning, and if no beginning, it also has no end.



It is hard for humans in their feeble little minds to see that there is no end to the vastness. What we see, with our tiny Earth made telescopes, we call the Universe, but in fact, this is only the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.

Ask yourself, if the Universe had a boundary, just what is on the other side of it? I mean, my yard has a boundary, and then there is a sidewalk, and the road, and more land, and so on. So, if the Universe did in fact have an end to it, just what is on the other side?

Suppose you were on a planet that was located right on the edge of the boundary of the universe, much like a fence is on your yard. Would that mean, that when you looked up at the heavens, nothing would be there? And just exactly, what would that nothing be?

A person I asked that question to, told me..... space. Well, isn't space part of the Universe?



The thing people do not realize is that time is instantaneous and doesn't exist as a thing in itself.

There is no past, no present, and no future. It is like a flash from flashbulb in a camera. It isn't there, then it is, and then it is gone, and you wait for the next one. But what we see is a flash of light, we remember the flash, that is the present. Our memory. The light is gone, that is the past. And the light won't come back until next flash, that is the future.

And like a movie film, we see many frames per second, we call it a movie and remember it, as now, the present. But the frames are gone even though we think of them. They no longer exist. What we call the present is just memories. Think about it.

If time, from the thing that is about to happen, to it happening, is one trillionth of a second, that is then past and gone. But we see it and trillions of other things happening right after that event, and we call it the present. They are only memories, though.

For instance, someone shoots a bullet. The bullet leave the area of the gun where is exploded, and then it leaves the barrel and then it travels across the yard and finally, hits the target. Just Milli seconds after it exploded, it is in the PAST. and after it leaves the barrel, it is in the past, and so on, all the way to the target, in the past. But we see it as boom, hitting the target, as all in the present.

There is no present, only memories of that bullet as it left the barrel on its trip



The point of all this, is that time is instantaneous, and so therefore, so is the Universe.



Ask your self, then, if this is the case.... does the Universe really exist then???



Does a thought in your head really exist, or is it just a instantaneous thing, and then gone, forever?



Perhaps, that is all we really are, is just "thoughts" by some super being, like a God. And we are here only during the instantaneous thought. and then gone.



Heavy...
Mr McKenzie- Tears of Joy
2010-12-29 02:18:23 UTC
According to scientific findings, the universe is about 13.73 billion years old.



What does the Bible tell us about the age of the Earth? I remember once opening a Bible that was on the pulpit of a church. I opened it to the first page because I was preaching from the first chapter of Genesis, and it said, "The Book of Genesis," and then underneath 'The Book of Genesis' in black boldface numbers was this: "4004 BC." Right there on the first page of Scripture. I laughed. I thought it was funny because there was a man by the name of Archbishop Usher a couple of hundred years ago who, in reading the genealogies in the Bible, calculated an average lifespan of all those mentioned in the genealogy and came up with a highly speculative figure of 4004 as the date of Creation and tried to make a case that the Bible actually called for the creation of the world in 4004 BC.



What disturbed me was to see that number actually printed on the page of Holy Scripture. Now if somebody who doesn't know the origin of that kind of speculation picks up the Bible and reads on the page of Scripture '4004 BC' and their mother or their Sunday teacher tells them that the world was created 4000 years before Christ but the scientific evidence indicates that the universe is billions of years old, then they get all upset and think that somebody is attacking the Bible. When the fact of the matter is, the Bible doesn't give the slightest indication of when Creation occurred. So we really shouldn't be concerned about it.
anonymous
2010-12-29 00:06:29 UTC
In Hindu cosmology and cosmogony, creation and dissolution go on in periodic cycles like the changes of seasons. According to Hinduism, the present universe began 15.5522 x 10^13 years ago and will end in 15.5518 x 10^13 years. Thus the Hindu model of the universe is 10^4 times older than that predicted by the Big Bang model. The visible universe is one of the innumerable universes and there are 8.4 x 10^6 species of life in this universe.



P.S.: 10^n means 10 raised to the power of n.



Also here is video on Age of Universe in English subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sHdJPOu9Ls
Rico Toasterman JPA
2010-12-28 23:24:53 UTC
14 billion, six months and three days for the universe. How do I know so precisely? Well, I was told the universe was 14 billion years old by a reliable source, and that was six months and three days ago.



Seriously, though, between 13 and 15 Billion for the universe, and 4 billion and change for the earth.



http://pantheism.net



Edit: At no chance, that's the word "Om". It's Sanskrit, not Islamic.
True Truthseeker
2010-12-28 23:53:43 UTC
The Bible does NOT give a specific age, BUT, the BEGINNING was from TIME LONG AGO.



Whilst "BEGINNING" is relative, we know that the Word was in the beginning. Also, heaven and earth [the universe], was created in the BEGINNING.





Micah 5:2 (New Living Translation)



A Ruler from Bethlehem

2 [a]But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,

are only a small village among all the people of Judah.

Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you,

one whose origins are from the distant past.





Footnotes:

a.Micah 5:2 Verses 5:2-15 are numbered 5:1-14 in Hebrew text







Genesis 1:1 (New International Version - UK)



Genesis 1

The Beginning

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.













Length of Creative Days

The Bible does not specify the length of each of the creative periods. Yet all six of them have ended, it being said with respect to the sixth day (as in the case of each of the preceding five days): “And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a sixth day.” (Ge 1:31) However, this statement is not made regarding the seventh day, on which God proceeded to rest, indicating that it continued. (Ge 2:1-3) Also, more than 4,000 years after the seventh day, or God’s rest day, commenced, Paul indicated that it was still in progress. At Hebrews 4:1-11 he referred to the earlier words of David (Ps 95:7,8,11) and to Genesis 2:2 and urged: “Let us therefore do our utmost to enter into that rest.” The Thousand Year of Jesus Christ, who is Scripturally identified as “Lord of the Sabbath” (Mt 12:8), is evidently part of the great Sabbath, God’s rest day. (Re 20:1-6) This would indicate the passing of thousands of years from the commencement of God’s rest day to its end.



That a day can be longer than 24 hours is indicated by Genesis 2:4, which speaks of all the creative periods as one “day.” Also indicative of this is Peter’s inspired observation that “one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.” (2Pe 3:8).
anonymous
2010-12-29 04:47:19 UTC
Good question friend. Only Hindu scriptures are correct on this subject. Actually present age of Lord Brahma (creator) is more than universe age. That is because Brahma was created himself first from the Brahman (Ultimate reality). After creating Brahma himself, this universe was created by him. So universe is younger than Brahma. And also there are possibilities of parallel universes (even scientists also believe it) and that may be older than our universe. Since Brahma is creator of all, he is older than everything.
anonymous
2010-12-29 00:04:14 UTC
My religion doesn't think the exact age of the universe is the point of the exercise. It has no problem with scientists trying to determine the answer.
iriam
2010-12-29 00:18:28 UTC
@No chance without Jesus: Err, that's not an Islamic symbol. The asker clearly stated a Hindu source. Can you not read?
Jerry Mouse
2010-12-28 23:26:28 UTC
14 billion years ago ~ universe was formes via rapid expansion of matter in an event known as the big bang. I don't think that my relgipn comes into thos because I founded ths on science
DaveD
2010-12-28 23:29:41 UTC
Well, scientists have estimated that the width of the known universe to be 14.5 billion light years..... so since it takes a year for light to travel a light-year, that would place the universe at approximately 14.5 billion years old.
RS
2010-12-29 05:25:17 UTC
HAVE YOU READ EVERYTHING ON WIKI ABOUT HINDU COSMOLOGY THEN WHATS THE QUESTION.



THE LIFE/AGE OF "CURRENT UNIVERSE/MULTIVERSE" CANNOT EXCEED THE LIFE OF CREATOR WHICH IS CURRENT BRAHMA HAVING LIFE OF 311trillion human years.



BRAHMAS CURRENT AGE IS 51BRAHMA YEAR AND FIRST BRAHMA DAY.



SO YOU CAN CALCULATE AGE OF CURRENT UNIVERSE.
CassandraofTroy Philosopher
2010-12-28 23:25:47 UTC
Oh, this is one to trip up the Christians and the Jews eh? You ain't winnin' honey. Interpretations of the Bible are varied in Christianity as I'm sure they are in you religion, which you carefully did not name. Some Christians are not as literal as others. Our "religion" does not teach us this, this is an interpretation of certain teachers. Bascially you are free to see is as you like. Burned any brides lately?
anonymous
2010-12-29 12:30:33 UTC
No one knows about it.

guru Nanak said in Japji sahib neither Pandits who wrote Puranas nor Qazis who wrote Quran can tell about it.
?
2010-12-28 23:24:52 UTC
Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that the universe is about 13.7 billion years old. I don't care what superstitions like religions say.
Frizby
2010-12-28 23:25:05 UTC
According to my religion Christianity the age of the earth is not given, but the age of man only dates back just over 6000 years..
PC User Mk II
2010-12-28 23:24:32 UTC
Infinite.
?
2010-12-29 09:09:39 UTC
a. Total age of universe is 311.04 trillion years (human years).

b. Current age is around 155.521972944 trillion years.



How it is calculated:

-> There are 4 ages on earth which keeps circulating:

Satya Yuga - 1.728 million years

Treta Yuga - 1.296 million years

Dwapara Yuga - 0.864 million years

Kali Yuga - 0.432 million years



Total: 4.32 million human years.



-> This yuga cycle is called maha (in english, it means great/big) or divya (divine) yuga. One thousand such cycles forms one day of Brahma (a demigod in hindu religion which governs the universe). So one day of Brahma is 4.32 million * 1000 = 4.32 billion human years. Each such day of Brahma is called a "kalpa". His night also constitutes 4.32 billion human years. During his day, life exists in universe. In nighttime, no form of life exists. So one complete day and night has 8.64 billion human years.



-> Age of Brahma is 100 years. Each year of Brahma has 360 days and same number of nights. Thus, total age of Brahma is 360 * 100 * 8.64 billion = 311,040 billion human years. i.e. 311.04 trillion years. This period is called "maha kalpa".

-> The life span of the universe is one "maha kalpa". i.e. 311.04 trillion human years. This time span is also the duration of one breath of "Vishnu" (the ultimate god in hindu religion). When he exhales, thousands of universes emerges and one "Brahma" is born in each universe. When "Vishnu" inhales, all universes get sucked and Brahma dies.

-> This cycle is non-ending and eternal. Thats why "Vishnu" is considered eternal in Vedic Science (or religion).

How much old is our universe:

-> Note that the period of Satya Yuga is 0.4x, Treta Yuga is 0.3x, Dwapara Yuga is 0.2x and Kali Yuga is 0.1x where x is the time-span of one maha-yuga cycle. I will use 'x' as 1 maha-yuga cycle subsequently.

-> In 1 day of Brahma, there are 14 "manvantara". Each "manvantara" is divided into 71 "maha-yuga" cycles. So total make 14*71 = 994x (mahayuga cycles).

-> Remaining cycles (1 day of Brahma contains 1000 maha-yuga cycles) are used to fill gaps between manvantara. Before and after each manvantara (called as "sandhya" and "sandhyamsa" respectively), there is a junction of 1.728 million (age of Satya Yuga, or 0.4x) human years. Total number of junctions are 15 (since there are 14 manvantaras). So total gap period is = 0.4 * 15 = 6x. Hence total makes 1000 maha-yuga cycles or 1 brahma day.

-> According to the Vedic texts, current age of Brahma is 50 Brahma years and 1 brahma day (we are in the 1st day of 2nd half of brahma)and we are in the seventh "manvantara", in the 28th turnover of its 71 yuga cycles. In this cycle, we are in the start Kali Yuga. Age of kali yuga is not known perfectly but it is around 5000-10000 years. For calculation, lets assume 8000 human years.

-> So current age of our universe (in terms of maha-yuga cycles) =

(50 * 720 * 1000) -- 50 years * (360 days + 360 nights) * total no. of cycles in one day/night

+ (6 * 71) -- 6 manvantara each of 71 maha-yuga cycle

+ (7 * 0.4) -- 7 junctions or gaps for 6 manvantara

+ (27 * 1) -- we are in 28th cycle of 71

+ (0.4+0.3+0.2) -- In this cycle, we are in Kali Yuga. Satya Yuga, Treat Yuga and Dwapara yuga are 0.4x, 0.3x and 0.2x respectively.

+ around 8000 human years -- very small, so ignoring it.



Thus total age = (36,000,000 + 456.7)x = 36,000,456.7 * 4.32 million = 155,521,972.944 million years = 155.521972944 trillion human years. Now add the age of kaliyuga. i.e. around 8000 human years. One we calculate the exact age of kaliyuga, we can know the exact age of universe.
anonymous
2010-12-28 23:25:26 UTC
According to the Bible, the world/universe is 13,022 years old...we will only make it to 13,023...Judgment Day is May 21st, 2011.
?
2010-12-28 23:25:36 UTC
As old as God says it is. If He doesn't say, then that's how much it matters.
anonymous
2010-12-28 23:24:29 UTC
above me:

it is not islamic symbol, it is Pallawa alphabet not arabic
anonymous
2010-12-28 23:23:48 UTC
Spinning islamic symbols....how disturbing


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