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| View Poll Results: Who or what best explains the orgins of earth and life on earth? | |||
| Science | | 18 | 75.00% |
| Biblical Religion. | | 2 | 8.33% |
| Metaphyics. | | 2 | 8.33% |
| Philosophy. | | 0 | 0% |
| Tao. | | 2 | 8.33% |
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![]() Jacta Alea Est! Location: Canada Posts: 65 | Quote:
True science is very far from absolute at this stage, and progress is slow, but if we didnt have science, we would be making no progress at all. Better to eventually learn than not learn at all. So what if science makes a few glarring errors. -Starstruck | |
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| Hot Lava Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 2,347 | No such thing as absolutes, sorry. Only a fool looks for perfection. We go with what we find and what we see and if we're wrong, we correct that with later observations. It's unfortunate that some people simply cannot handle not having the whole picture right this second, but that's reality. |
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| Volcanic Erupter Posts: 8,936 | The Big Bang theory as a mathematical concept is correct, and the invention of the Atom Bomb is supportive evidence. However the Big Bang theory discribes a re-organization of pre-exisisting substances or causes, such as gas and/or gravity. You cannot explode nothing with nothing and get something. And mathematics (physics) would depend on some things upon which to apoint the symbols used to do the math. And what about the micro life, viggie life, animal and human life? |
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| Kuldeep Location: Bhopa, M.P, India Posts: 1,721 | @Technosoul Scientists challenge BB based on increasing trend of acceleration in the speed with which the universe expands over last few million of years!. # 14 may be reffered! Quote:
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![]() Homo sapiens Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,160 | How would you know. In previous discussions that tended towards math you have admited that you can't do it. Nope. Quote:
Except for two facts. As mentioned the physics at the time of the big bang is unknown (so how do you know), and the big bang is not an explosion but an expansion of space/time. Oh, yeah. You might look into zero point energy which refers to the ground state energy of the vacuum of empty space. A consequence of zero point energy is the Casimir effect in which particles have been observed to arise from nothing. Quote:
What's a viggie? Besides the question was about the origin of the earth. Likely it formed in a solar nebula or planetary nebula around the sun. The remnants of such nebula have been observed around relatively new stars. Some of the matter in that nebula came together by gravity to form planets. The source of all that matter was a cloud of mostly hydrogen and helium. Most of the elements heavier than those are the product of super novas, huge stars that have enough gravity to continue fusion until iron is formed. When those stars go super nova, the outer layers are blown off into space. The shock wave generates enough energy to create elements heavier than iron. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;... --From Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli passed unanimously by the Senate 1797 | ||
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| Volcanic Erupter Posts: 3,836 | I fail to see the necessity of bringing religion into every discussion of the universe and it's origins. Why does the concept that the universe and life as we know it was created by some means that we don't yet understand require that creation to be a god or some mystical supernatural force? It could just as easily be that some entity started life on earth when they dumped their garbage here on their way to someplace really interesting. My idea of ID is simply that life here was created by some means we don't yet have an understanding of. It's simply the beginnings of an hypothesis that is awaiting the development of the necessary processes and procedures to make some rational, logical, scientific tests. "Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows that the captain lied." - Leonard Cohen |
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| Principled Observer Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 13,922 | Science, without a doubt for me the best answer and still being refined. Petition of Redress of Grievances: http://www.givemeliberty.org/default.htm Canadian Lawsuit Against Their National Banks: http://www.freewebs.com/classaction/ Osborn F. Enready |
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| BANNED Location: New York Posts: 4,217 | Exactly, Kuldeep. I had a quote from Isherwood in my signature that science admitted when it didn't have answers. That some point to science and say that the lack of the answer is proof of a negative is just... well f**ktarded. My choice is "science" because I believe one day science will render the supernatural to be natural, and somehow be able to really find God. |
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| Truthfully Sarcastic Location: Montana Posts: 194 | Yes. No one ever witnessed it, therefore we will never know with 100% accuracy the origins of the earth. Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have. Quote by Davy Crockett |
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| Sedimentary Rock Posts: 11 | Believers or not believers? And who is crititcal to his or her own thinking?. No one can know all. The matimatician Kurt Gödel proved already mathematically each theory (formalized) is incomplete. And I say a non formalized theory is even more incomplete. It lacks axioms, You can google for that. One answer for mathematics and also exact. Not to escape there. Science says never it knows all. We see theories always change in history and now there is also a new physical theory for the whole physics. This has beem called the Einstein theory. From quantum physics to astro-physics. One encompassing theory. So the whole scientific community says: None knows all and with reasons. Beleivers can't give reasons. It's only a believe. They state only. For me people may believe everthing. Only about believes we can't discuss. That is inherent to believes. Not discussible Believers can you foretell me what weather will it be at 10 April 2007? When some one has all knowledge I am only interested in an answer to that question. And otherwise you can't convince me. And then you can't know all. |
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| Comfortably Dumb Location: England Posts: 57 | When will people try to understand science is not trying to disprove God or the ID but just trying to make sense of what they see and observe. No scientist is sat twindling a pencil flicking through the bible saying "ahh how can i disprove that" Scientists notice things like the universe expanding, and say what caused that? Then they come up with ideas and try and find evidence for those ideas, if it doesn't fit then they reject those ideas. Why do people think Darwin hates Jesus and God, or that scientist have no faith in God? Fear? God doesn't have to have had anything to do with anything. I think science makes sense but it depends on what you want to find out. The origins of the universe? If science says it was the BB that doesn't disprove God it just explains how the universe started, why is that hard for religions to accept. It's like saying how a car starts. yeah |
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| Sedimentary Rock Posts: 11 | Quote:
The Big Bang was right but from a black hole that grew too big to keep all in itself. With only an edge. And with many iregularities. So alas for you. You aren't completely up to date. | |
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| Kuldeep Location: Bhopa, M.P, India Posts: 1,721 | @aebe Never mind dear, and there is no need to be sorry about my insufficient knowledge! I would love to know more about the new Einstein theory from you. But, presently your lesson seems to be incomplete!!! You have provided only results without a reference of any proof or the full text. |
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