GALAXIES OF GOD

Factual Questions
1

I saw in an astronomy article a picture of the universe that showed galaxies lined up in the shape of a man. Is this just a fortuity of where they made the slice, or is there a strange coincidence going on and this huge figure is a divine being or some cosmic giant beckoning to us in the remote regions of outer space?

2

I’d be willing to bet that it is nothing, but if you could post a link…

3

It’s gotta be nothing. Pictures of groups of objects in space appear to form a pattern only from a specific point in space. Were you to move even a short distance (astronomically speaking, of course) the pattern would disappear. This is a really silly question.

4

To play Devil’s Advocate, UncleBeer (and bear in mind I’m an atheist, so I don’t actually believe this),

One could argue that they look like a man from our vantage point alone because God intended for only us to see it.

5

The Stick Man!

And that’s all I knows about that, except that it’s on the size order of the Great Wall. Maybe it’s Qinxihuangdi.

Still, something, to cram in your fav search engine.

6

I’ve never seen a picture of that… Is it any more impressive than, say, the ET Cluster?

And if this is some sort of message from God, what’s He trying to tell us?

7

I cut open an eggplant and saw a … sliced vegetable. Coincidence?

8

Looking at the image, all I see is a random grouping of stars with a debatable X-figure a little below and to the left of center. If you can see a human in that figure, you have a good chance of seeing ‘sex’ in a Ritz cracker. Still doesn’t mean anything.

9

First off, here’s a pic from a creation scientist site:

http://www.creation.on.ca/cdp/Lsu10.html

Now then. “Stick Man” is smaller than the “Great Wall,” according to their discoverer, Dr Margaret Geller. Here she downplays the relevance of each:

http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/5.16.96/geller.html

This site also mentions “Stick Man,” but places no special relevance on it except as an example of a large scale pattern in galaxies:
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970614b.html

I might add, don Willard, that I’d consider the Stick Man a fortuity and a strange coincidence, since they’re the same thing. Don’t lose any sleep over it. He probably is just Qinxihuangdi. :wink:

10

There’s a section of the Horsehead Nebula which, when viewed through a powerful enough telescope, looks remarkably like a horse’s head. (Which was how the nebula got its name.)

Does this mean God is a horse?