Said in a Carl Sagan voice of course.

I'd wager to say there's more stars in our galaxy than in all the beaches on Earth. Don't forget it's estimated the Andromeda itself has close to or over 1 trillion stars.

It's also estimated that the Milky Way isn't as large as Andromeda.

who cares?

I do.

I do too I bet all those that seek knowlege do as well.

Andromeda is 2.5 million light years away. Maybe you are thinking of the closes star system, Alpha Centuri system, at under 5 light years? To reach another gallaxy, we will need a very fast FTL drive!

If there's a candidate for another galaxy to visit first I'd say our first option would be either the SMC or the LMC. There's quite a bit about both that would warrant closer inspection.

And yet people deny the existence of a Creator. I find the Darwin theory of evolution wanting here. We all belong to someone. No person or animal is from nowhere, we all know of our mothers and fathers. I had a nice discussion with one of Jehohah's witnesses, and said to myself, I used to look at these people with a negative attitude, but the way my questions were answered, i would give my pastor one tenth. i was pretty impressed by the fact that God's Kingdom is a real kingdom to rid of all human political governments on earth in future. And that the subjects of that Kingdom should still obey the human rulership on earth but not take part in political affairs and not cause chaos. That Christ is going to lead this war himself, will not use human subjects to fight for him and has never encouraged his members to carry weapons to fight against the injustices of this world. to me this is really logical. Here are the scriptures read to me from the Bible: Daniel 2:44; Math 6:9,10; John 16:15-17.

i think this is the truth I always wanted to hear. Never in my life has I ever enjoyed talking to a religious person like this. No pretention, you could see from his face that he is genuine. And I do not see any other logical solution to mankind's problems. Governments have failed, religions have failed and commerce has failed.

I don't think there will be a solution on Global warming by mere humans. It makes me believe that we are now living in the last days of this horrible and wicked world.

Well the theory would be wanting here, these are stars not living creatures ;).

Yes, I agree Krestov, but my point was that when we admire something, we forget about someone behind the curtains, the producer. In this case i am admiring both the stars as well as the hands that mastered those stars. A beautiful house is admired but someone behind the beauty of that house is someone! And also it is Allan Boyle, a living creature who tells us about non-living creatures attracting the attention of living creatures!

@Flame, FTL will do us no good other then exploring our own solar system and possibly near by stars. We will need something completly different that will enable us to create wormholes and fold space in order to travel to other galaxies. According to Einstein it is impossible to go faster then the speed of light. We need to be able to manipulate the fabric of space to get anywhere in a reasonable amt of time.

FTL travel has its own problems associated with it as well.

@Justice, glad for your faith and your personal belief, Myself personally I am exactly the opposite. I am agnostic. Faith and ones religion is a personal choice, as long as it doesnt harm others do what you will. I look at the Universe with wonder and awe, I am a firm believer in evolution. and just to make a point (not to you but to those that make the following statement) no we didnt evolve from monkeys or apes, people that make that statement need to actually study the theory of evolution once they do and understand it they will realize how unintelligent such a comment is.

I dont discount the possability of a God existing (which is why I am agnostic) but I read the bible, I studied it I was raised in a Christian household and I could not follow it. I asked to many questions, common sense ones that could never be answered other then have faith or you dont know Gods plan. In my opinion I believe that all mankind has God (if he does exist) wrong. Death will be the time we will all learn the truth. I believe we all will be surprised with How he really is if he should exist and we meet him.

In all its all about spiritual growth and when I say spiritual I am not referring to religion.

Wow...Broad topics for a "Flocculent" galaxy: @Pirate... I (of course) realize the limitation of a Linear FTL but it is within our ability to make a NEAR FTL than to create wormholes or fold space. Near light is just elementary propulsion were as Folding space take energy far exceeding any think produced on earth and quantum math not only hinted at now. (super colider?) I actually envision some leaps and bounds in communication that will give us a "blue print" for exploration.

@justice.... I thier is much I'd like to say but this forum is not the place... please fill free to ivite if possible ...I'd like to discuss your new found faith at length and listen fully to your "testimony"

I believe that God created all for His pleasure and our enjoyment.... The wonders of the galaxy cannot be measured Ergo...neither can our Creator.

Although as the stars evolve so do creatures it does not exclude religion at all.

Also don't confuse theory with some how making something less true. A theory describes a possible process attributed to a factual observation for example we know Gravity is a fact, the way it works is not entirely clear and is known as the "Theory of Gravity", ditto for evolution.

Flame I agree with you on that although I think we are a few hundred years or more from anything approaching NFTL travel. Actually with the way We the USA is handling space exploration it could be much longer then that. If anything Near FTL travel would enable us humans to harvest the solar systems resources. That in itself could be a big factor in FTL advancments.

What a Flocculent statement....MissScarlet