A serious theological/scientific conundrum?

The age of the universe is not "assumed". It is a measurement based on accurate data.

As opposed to the existence of God/s, which can only be "assumed" (by some) because there is not one shred of evidence to support God/s existence.

There is no conundrum in science about this.

Your question has a false premise.

Edit:

We accurately calculate the age of the universe by measuring radiation, temperature, expansion. Observation of the outer edges is not particularly relevant.

Personally I think- not believe, just THINK- that if we were to reach the edge of the known universe, we'd enter another universe, one where physical laws and such don't apply. That would be the universe of the paranormal, wherein there are wormholes, or 'star gates', that are directly linked back to the deepest reaches of our minds (and to the minds of any comparable beings, in whatever form, and wherever they may physically be.)

As such, I think all of existence exists in a sort of circle. (That's why we go round and round with all our questions, lol! How's THAT for witty?)

Take Care, Thinker(:

P.S. Can there really be anything too far fetched when we're talking about the universe and God?

No one knows if the Universe is finite or infinite. No one has ever found the "edge" of the Universe to say that it's finite. Anyone who makes the statement that the Universe is finite is making a theory sound like a fact.

I wouldn't be surprised if we found out that the Universe is round. Just like we used to think the Earth was flat and there was a beginning and end to it and then we found out that technically, there is no beginning or end to the Earth.

Since the whole Universe seems to have been created with a whole lot of ordered structure, it would only make sense that our Universe is round too.

Who knows what's outside our particular Universe...most likely other round Universes which if we were able to look at them far enough away, would look like planets. It could be like an outer, outer space...and who knows how far that could go.

As far as the Divine is concerned, I can't see how anyone can look at the beauty and complexity of our Universe and simply believe that it just sort of "happened" into existence and chaotically brought itself to such magnificent order...

I have a pendant and it is a rough ruby. If you look really close at it, you can see layers upon layers of hexagon shapes. That is the way a rough ruby grows.

On the north pole of Saturn, there is also a hexagon shape in the clouds:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimed...

How is it that this happens by accident? How is it that circles are prominent all throughout the Universe and all the way down to the very cells in our body?

Some people believe that those who believe in a creator are silly to think such a thing. I think it's more silly to believe that anything as awesomely structured as our Universe could happen by itself.

I think scientists should be the most spiritual people on Earth. The fact that many scientists are atheists is totally ironic to me. It's like they can't see the forest for the trees or something. Wow.

That's my witty and sarcastic response. ;)

The universe isn't infinite, it's 13.5 billion light years in radius. Sorry, 13.5billion years and 35 seconds. Sorry, 13.5billion years 1 minute 10 secs. Sorry, ... oh damn it, I don't know how big it is. So therefore, god exists.

That was clever, I see how you tricked me there into proving god exists. I am no longer an atheist, alone in a universe without a god. I think I'll call my new god Bill- One Dollar Bill, then I can trust in him.

A depressed horse walks into a bar - the barman asks "Why the long face?" ... witty enough for you?

P.S. Which came first - the proton or the atom that the proton was 'radiated' from? That's how you could potentially accurately measure the age of the universe - doesn't matter about the edges - but you know that, don't you.

Those who believe there is no creator have more faith than I can muster. In many ways, our world, our very lives are like a tapestry viewed from the back. We see knots and seemingly random blurs of color and dangling threads. Once in a great while, the tapestry is turned and we see how the mechanics of the creation work and are in fact brilliantly and beautifully designed. I find it beyond arrogant to presume we can know all there is to know, or understand all that the creator intends from our vantage point. There is not a conundrum between God and science, only gaps in our understanding of the two.

Yes I would like to live a witty or sarcastic response, but I don't have time. My fundamentalist neighbors have invited me to a book burning. Well I assume they have as they have just walked out with half my library. Hey let go

Perhaps the creator just gave a little cosmic squeeze that started the chain of events that led to the Universe as we know it, all programmed to the creators' design with no more input needed from said creator.

The age of the universe will never be known whether you want to look at it from a scientific or religious aspect. There are certin things in this world that we must just leave to faith

Unfortunately for you and your question the universe is finite, it had a beginning, and it will end. Infinity is a mathematical symbol/quantity and game-engine, there is nothing infinite in this universe. God/Yahweh only claims ownership/copyright, it is yet to be verified. I doubt it will...