Eh, well not really. What I meant is that at any time a new discovery could be made which would completely change our understanding about something in the Universe.
But you enjoy that cocktail! ~;)
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Eh, well not really. What I meant is that at any time a new discovery could be made which would completely change our understanding about something in the Universe.
But you enjoy that cocktail! ~;)
Lol, thank you.
Lol, I once had a science teacher that said that absolutely nothing was absolute, so I used that exact line (about Australia and the cocktail), and he couldn't answer me. Some people are just morons...
-ZainDustin
Well, its not totally impossible that you are not infact in Texas at the moment and that you are for some reason tripping out in Sydney imagining all of this, but it is extremely unlikely. The probability would be aproaching zero and so still be something infintesimally tiny (Think 1/10^1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000) that someone using logical deduction would discount it.
:book:
Nothing is impossible, only improbable
It is impossible for a human being to fly (Like Neo, or Superman).
Nuh uh...just improbable...
Based on our understanding of aerodynamics, gravity and the current state of technology, yes. That however, leaves room for any of the above to advance/change.
No doubt further technology could make some kind of something to make this happen, but it's humanly impossible.
-ZainDustin
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by _Martyr_
Nothing is absolutely certain is something we can be pretty certain about. Your example of humans not being able to fly appeals to common sense. Common sens is often very, very wrong. people with common sense used to think the world was flat, or that rocket propulsion wasn't possbile in space (this was true in the early 20th century).
Recently scientist have build a (quantum) computer that works by not working:
This is about as far away from common sens as you can get. :dizzy2:Quote:
Even for the crazy world of quantum mechanics, this one is twisted. A quantum computer program has produced an answer without actually running.
The idea behind the feat, first proposed in 1998, is to put a quantum computer into a “superposition”, a state in which it is both running and not running. It is as if you asked Schrödinger's cat to hit "Run".
With the right set-up, the theory suggested, the computer would sometimes get an answer out of the computer even though the program did not run. And now researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have improved on the original design and built a non-running quantum computer that really works.
They send a photon into a system of mirrors and other optical devices, which included a set of components that run a simple database search by changing the properties of the photon.
The new design includes a quantum trick called the Zeno effect. Repeated measurements stop the photon from entering the actual program, but allow its quantum nature to flirt with the program's components - so it can become gradually altered even though it never actually passes through.
"It is very bizarre that you know your computer has not run but you also know what the answer is," says team member Onur Hosten.
This scheme could have an advantage over straightforward quantum computing. "A non-running computer produces fewer errors," says Hosten. That sentiment should have technophobes nodding enthusiastically.
BTW: if humans can't fly: how did Jesus ascend to heaven ?
..Based on our current understanding of the Universe. But had you told the average Joe in 1900 about the unthinkably large amounts of energy available inside a lump of Uranium, he would have said it was impossible. Not so.
Because He is God.Quote:
Originally Posted by doc_bean
I think humanity needs a few more hundred years before getting a clue on how the universe was created...so lets leave that to the "nerdy guys in white robes and plastic glasses".
...and in the mean time, we normal people could try and figure out a way to live side by side without blowing each other apart, pushing beliefes down others throuts and just in general hurt people. :2thumbsup:
and the Bible.... so boring, tried to read it once...trust me, Wheel of Time is way more fun to read! :book:
Read the book of Daniel. You like war stories?
-ZainDustin
But He was made human, just like the rest of us. If he was cheating his way through life there wouldn't be much to his sacrifice would there ? I mean, if flying is allowed, surely turning off a few pain receptors is no big deal...Quote:
Originally Posted by ZainDustin
He walked on water, he ascended into the sky, and he healed the hurt and sick because God was within him. He was human, yes, but he also was a very powerful vessel used by God.
AND he turned water into wine :2thumbsup:
Some late nights Jesus? (only kidding)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant...3014_q_06.html
this is the solution, no doubt. never question it. ever.
So, according to the Bible flying is humanly possible...
just to return to one of the early issues in the thread, Zain, i was just wondering if you still hold the position that the bible is a word for word as-it-happened book?
And if so, why? I know a large number of christians who have studied scriptures and don't feel the way you do.
And though you criticise science's explanation, isn't your own explanation just as open to those same criticisms?
But improbable ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by _Martyr_
I believe that the bible is the real Word, but it's not word for word. Just look at Revelations and you will see, there's no way it's word for word. It uses many metaphors and parables.Quote:
Originally Posted by mystic brew
I do not believe it's word for word. But it is true, all of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by mystic brew
Yes, they are definently open to criticisms. But, if you think about it. If you compare the bible to scientific studies, the Bible was composed by a divine God. Scientific studies were composed by humans, who will never be perfect, and are hardly correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by mystic brew
-ZainDustin
Then, maybe, just maybe, the sory of the Creation is one of those parables/metaphores and not an historic account? Call me crazy and all... :dizzy2:Quote:
I believe that the bible is the real Word, but it's not word for word. Just look at Revelations and you will see, there's no way it's word for word. It uses many metaphors and parables.
You see, things don't fall because of gravity. God pushes them down (Intelligent Falling). He chose not to push Jesus down.Quote:
Originally Posted by _Martyr_
you're crazy... :smile: :laugh2: Just kidding.
I think that How he created the universe wasn't explained, but he Did create it.
But it is explained in the Bible... The story of the Creation gives a pretty detailed explanation of how Jewish Bronze age priests believed that God created the universe... do you believe this account literally, or have you come round, as it were, to believing that the story of the Creation is a mere allegory or metaphore to a process which God started which created the universe...
I personally believe that he just simply created the Universe.
-ZainDustin
As described in the Bible?:dizzy2:
Yes. He SPOKE the Universe into existance.