Duh! "Intelligent Falling"!!!

[Quietus]

D'oh! There's no gravity according to the Evangelical Center for Faith-based Reasoning. It's all about God pushing objects 'down' called the Intelligent Falling Theory.

Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity with new "Intelligent Falling" Theory

"Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, 'God' if you will, is pushing them down,"

[Grey_Fox]

They've reached a new low...

[Ser Clegane]

You are both aware that this is satire, aren't you?

[Grey_Fox]

Meh, I didn't actually look at the link.

[Quietus]

You are both aware that this is satire, aren't you?

1) Uh, no. I didn't know it was a satirical site....
2) The idea is equally bunk as Intelligent Design, that's why it sounded genuine.

in any case, God still invented gravity therefore God still deserves full credit anytime anything falls down

First of all, nothing is really falling down. You are pulling Earth towards you and the Earth is pulling you towards it. And the force is dependent the masses of and the distance between the two objects.

Secondly, if "God" invented gravity, then who gets credit for inventing "God"?

[Navaros]

1)
First of all, nothing is really falling down. You are pulling Earth towards you and the Earth is pulling you towards it. And the force is dependent the masses of and the distance between the two objects.

Secondly, if "God" invented gravity, then who gets credit for inventing "God"?

um yeah, well you're just arguing semantics here. the point is still the same

as for your question: God invented God

[Lazul]

So God created himseld out of what?

Anyway, so where do you draw the line between God invented this, or "This human" invented it.
If God invented everything, then you could say that Alfred Nobel didnt invent the Dynamite!? Since god must have allready invented it. In some sick way, we human can then Never be original.

[Quietus]

um yeah, well you're just arguing semantics here. the point is still the same

Oh no. Pushing means the force is coming from one direction (i.e. pushing a car). Pulling means force from another direction (i.e pulling a car).

as for your question: God invented God

How ironic. You thought you were so superior for ridiculing a perceived Christian stupidity, yet you lacked the intelligence to perceive satire yourself. Showed you didn't it? Try harder next time before you start slagging others off.

Christianity 1
You 0

Intelligent Design and Intelligent Falling are both equally baseless. They are both as ridiculous as the other If Christians can claim one, then claiming the other is not far off.

[Soulforged]

Secondly, if "God" invented gravity, then who gets credit for inventing "God"?

Us of course... We invented God, don't you know that. I remember the last time i did that, oathing before the "body of Christ"... (this last face is for religions not for you )

[Samurai Waki]

I was never too keen on the body of christ, but on more than one occasion I had more than my share of his blood I was just thinking about the episode of family guy where peter drinks the wine and we was like "Holy Crap! Thats the blood of Christ?!? that guy must've been wasted all the time!"

[Navaros]

in any case, God still invented gravity therefore God still deserves full credit anytime anything falls down

[Idaho]

He might not have done. It might have been a strange side effect of something else. He might have thought - "lets create mass.. whoa! Check this out - gravity seems to be function of mass. Note to self: give it a few billion years and create a bloke called Einstein to tell everyone about it".

[The Stranger]

what is satire, i think those people really dont have a clue.

[English assassin]

To be fair, the internet is so mad its not always easy to spot satire.

in any case, God still invented gravity therefore God still deserves full credit anytime anything falls down

THIS certainly sent my satire-o-meter into the red zone, for instance. After all, everyone knows Newton invented gravity, just as Darwin invented evolution.

[RabidGibbon]

I can't belive any one would fall for such an obvious satire - It's obvious to anyone with sense that the noodly appendage of the Flying spaghetti monster is responsible for things falling to earth. .

[Kommodus]

Yes, as others have pointed out, The Onion is a well-known satirical news source, which I actually enjoy reading most of the time. I had read this article yesterday and found it mildly humorous, although many of their articles are much funnier. Of course, "Intelligent Falling" and "Intelligent Design" have nothing in common. It's reminiscent of when scientists say something to the effect of, "anyone who disputes [some point of Evolution] might as well belong to the flat-earth society." Sigh. The origins of life on earth have nothing to do with how it's shaped. I get tired of hearing such logical fallacies.

Check this out - gravity seems to be function of mass. Note to self: give it a few billion years and create a bloke called Einstein to tell everyone about it".

I think you mean Newton.

Beyond that, I'm not getting into this debate. It became clouded long ago by people on all sides who refuse to understand the other points of view, and are quick to believe the worst about them. Look at how quickly people believed that this article was legitimate, even though the satire of the article, and indeed the entire Onion site, is easy to spot. Please, if you want to comment on this subject at all, at least first try to understand both Evolution and Intelligent Design - and don't get all your research from sites that are friendly to your present point of view.

[Del Arroyo]

"Traditional scientists admit that they cannot explain how gravitation is supposed to work," Carson said. "What the gravity-agenda scientists need to realize is that 'gravity waves' and 'gravitons' are just secular words for 'God can do whatever He wants.'"

Actually, I thought the article was pretty funny.

DA

[Redleg]

D'oh! There's no gravity according to the Evangelical Center for Faith-based Reasoning. It's all about God pushing objects 'down' called the Intelligent Falling Theory.

Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity with new "Intelligent Falling" Theory

I have seen the other responses on this thread - but I still must ask this simple question.

Did you allow your baised views concerning Religion and Christianity in particular to lead you to a false conclusion about this article being real and not satire?

[Quietus]

I have seen the other responses on this thread - but I still must ask this simple question.

Did you allow your baised views concerning Religion and Christianity in particular to lead you to a false conclusion about this article being real and not satire?

Christians claim "Intelligent Design" which has no scientific basis.
Christians 'claim' "Intelligent Falling" which has no scientific basis.

There's no difference.

[sharrukin]

Duh! "Intelligence is Falling"!!!

Yes it would seem so!

[PanzerJaeger]

LoL-He still wont admit his anti-christian beliefs led him to take such stupidity as fact!

[Redleg]

Christians claim "Intelligent Design" which has no scientific basis.

Which is a theory by Christians

Christians 'claim' "Intelligent Falling" which has no scientific basis.

Which is a theory made up by the Onion Writers to mock the 'Intelligent Design" theory.

There's no difference.

Someone's idealogical views has have been fooled by the master writers of the Onion.

This is the real Rev. Gabriel Burdett

http://campnelson.kentuckyregiments....tt_gabriel.htm

Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning

Does not exist - try doing a google search - all it comes up with is articles from The Onion or bloggers who are just jumping all over the net concerning the article from The Onion.


You just got to love The Onion it makes fun of all sides of an issue.

[Samurai Waki]

hehe. I love satire. I can generally spot that kind of nonsense before it even happened. As soon as I clicked the link and it said theonion.com I instantly remembered a previous link to the same site (different story).

[Quietus]

Which is a theory by Christians



Which is a theory made up by the Onion Writers to mock the 'Intelligent Design" theory.



Someone's idealogical views has have been fooled by the master writers of the Onion.

This is the real Rev. Gabriel Burdett

http://campnelson.kentuckyregiments....tt_gabriel.htm

Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning

Does not exist - try doing a google search - all it comes up with is articles from The Onion.

Redleg,

What is the difference between Intelligent Design vs. Intelligent Falling?

If you read the Intelligent Falling Theory article in the New York Times (the real website), then according to your presumedly unbiased view, what is the difference between:

Intelligent Design as you understand it and
Intelligent Falling as presented by the article?

LoL-He still wont admit his anti-christian beliefs led him to take such stupidity as fact!

You guys have the luxury of inference via previous knowledge of the Onion site. Answer the questions, I've presented to Redleg (if you wish).

[Redleg]

Redleg,

What is the difference between Intelligent Design vs. Intelligent Falling?

Already given the answer see post #36.

If you read the Intelligent Falling Theory article in the New York Times (the real website), then according to your presumedly unbiased view, what is the difference between:

I don't subscribe to the New York Times - so lets see what is available. A search does not provide the article - to adequately answer your question - provide a link. A search of "Intelligent Falling" only brings up the Onion Satire.

Intelligent Design as you understand it and
Intelligent Falling as presented by the article?



You guys have the luxury of inference via previous knowledge of the Onion site. Answer the questions, I've presented to Redleg (if you wish).

Will have to await your link to see if the article in the New York Times is just a copy of The Onion Article or if it is a seperate article. I have tried various ways to find a scientific article from any newspaper - but every article links back to The Onion's article. I can not help but conclude that The Onion's Article has played on your anti-relgious viewspoint.