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Originally posted by Sacrosanct
Hate to piss on your parade but theoretical physics is faith too... faith in mathematics, at least. Certainly you see this? I mean, come on - black holes (ain't really all that black), quantum physics... am I really supposed to believe that light is not only a wave, but a wave and a particle, or sometimes a wave and sometimes a particle? That takes a LOT of faith! And black holes with their infinite timewarps, and how about nothing travelling faster than light? All of modern theoretical physics MIGHT AS WELL be written in some bible (hey maybe "A Brief History of Time" can be our new bible?) because its about as hard to prove that stuff as it is to prove God.
You will never see a Christian as passionate, or upset, when he/she (for feminist reasons) finds out someone is an atheist, even if they learn they are Muslim or Hindus, they are more 'ok' but an 'Atheist!' No, this is to terrible!
Originally posted by Republican08
You will never see a Christian as passionate, or upset, when he/she (for feminist reasons) finds out someone is an atheist, even if they learn they are Muslim or Hindus, they are more 'ok' but an 'Atheist!' No, this is to terrible!
"Here is the natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. If you have one to the extreme, you will be very unscientific. If you have the other to the extreme, you become all of a sudden a mechanical man, no longer a human being. It is a successful combination of both."
Originally posted by Sacrosanct
Hate to piss on your parade but theoretical physics is faith too... faith in mathematics, at least. Certainly you see this? I mean, come on - black holes (ain't really all that black), quantum physics... am I really supposed to believe that light is not only a wave, but a wave and a particle, or sometimes a wave and sometimes a particle? That takes a LOT of faith! And black holes with their infinite timewarps, and how about nothing travelling faster than light? All of modern theoretical physics MIGHT AS WELL be written in some bible (hey maybe "A Brief History of Time" can be our new bible?) because its about as hard to prove that stuff as it is to prove God.
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
reply to post by Sacrosanct
No, because math is undeniable fact.
Pick up a rock. Now pick up another rock. Then smack them against your head - how many rocks just bonked your noggin?
Two! Two rocks, ah ah ah!
This is a universal constant, and is not a matter of belief. A matter of belief would be saying that sometimes 1 + 1 = 45. It's untrue, but you're free to believe it.
Proverbs 9
6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.