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Some Einstein sh..tuff, science discussion

MeganC said:
Seriously, I pointed out that washing your hands was once very controversial and now it is accepted. And you're saying that a Real Scientist™ would never say that.
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I was making the Real Point about what "science" actually is (as opposed to, "is not," as the WSM paints it.) "Accepted" is NOT the same as "proven."

And a Real Scientist probably wouldn't lick an icy metal pole in midwinter, or stick his tongue in a light socket...which proves nothing.
 
MeganC said:
I never underestimate the potential stupidity of educated people. ;)
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Hey, if you are going to say that Moses struck the rock because he forgot what God told him to do, you are kind of living in a glass house! You ought not be throwing stones in this forum!
 
Daniel DeLuca said:
Hey, if you are going to say that Moses struck the rock because he forgot what God told him to do, you are kind of living in a glass house! You ought not be throwing stones in this forum!
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Straw man. I did not say that Moses forgot what God told him to do.
 
Hmmm, this was your response
MeganC said:
Yes, human minds are unreliable. I forget things all the time. I also understand things through the context of my own limited understanding.

Humans also take in words from God and then promptly ignore them. God told Moses to strike the rock once and he hit it twice.

Since we're speaking of Moses how do you think he would have described the computer you're using right now?
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to this:
Daniel DeLuca said:

Filtered by the mind = unreliable. Got it!
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In a discussion about Brown on another forum this fiction novel was mentioned as being loosely based on Brown's ideas.

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Flood by Stephen Baxter

In an engrossing, daring and occasionally overambitious novel, Baxter (Weaver ) narrates the final 42 years of dry land on earth...
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So either he forgot, or he violated this command here:
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Deuteronomy 4:2 - An Exhortation to Obedience

You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
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....or else the fact is, he wrote as God directed him.
 
Daniel, thank you for reminding me that I had posed this question to you:

Since we're speaking of Moses how do you think he would have described the computer you're using right now?
 
MeganC said:
In a discussion about Brown on another forum this fiction novel was mentioned as being loosely based on Brown's ideas.

www.publishersweekly.com

Flood by Stephen Baxter

In an engrossing, daring and occasionally overambitious novel, Baxter (Weaver ) narrates the final 42 years of dry land on earth...
www.publishersweekly.com www.publishersweekly.com
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Interesting concept, but Dr. Walt Brown's book never asserts that the flood waters would have been high enough to cover Mt. Everest at its current elevation.
 
And my response was:
Daniel DeLuca said:
Moses ignored God, but it wasn't because he forgot what God said. He knew what God had told him, but he acted in anger and ultimately disobedience. If God had wanted Moses to describe a computer, Moses would have used a word that in our modern language, would be translated "computer". God would have given him the proper word to use, if He had desired for Moses to describe such a device.
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"If God had wanted Moses to describe a computer"

That wasn't my question.
 
@Daniel DeLuca

Pardon me for leaving this here. I will be away through the 19th or so and I have things to go do. ;)
 
MeganC said:
Not my opinion but God's opinion. Which is why God barred Moses from entering the Promised Land.
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No it wasn't! God never said that Moses added to or removed anything that He had spoken to him!
 
MeganC said:
"If God had wanted Moses to describe a computer"

That wasn't my question.
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OK, so the one I am using right now; first this is complete conjecture, which is something I personally loathe to do, but again, he would most likely described it in the most generic form, UNLESS God had wanted him to be specific about the computer's processing speed, make model, etc., in which case, he would have described it accordingly.
 
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MeganC said:
@Daniel DeLuca

Pardon me for leaving this here. I will be away through the 19th or so and I have things to go do. ;)
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Good luck! I hope you find time to watch that Grand Canyon video. Nickels speaks in monotanous tones, but the graphical presentation is second to none. Also, I recommend you check out some Real Science Radio. Bob Enyart has gone on to be with the Lord, and he had his share of flaws, including his opposition to polygyny, but he had a lot of great content, and Denver Bible Church has carried on his legacy.
 
Mark C said:
And a Real Scientist probably wouldn't lick an icy metal pole in midwinter, or stick his tongue in a light socket...which proves nothing.
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Scientists I have met often demonstrate a "curiosity killed the cat" mentality.
Daniel DeLuca said:
If God had wanted Moses to describe a computer, Moses would have used a word that in our modern language, would be translated "computer". God would have given him the proper word to use, if He had desired for Moses to describe such a device.
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The word computer comes from an ancient language. Latin computo, to calculate, to reckon with. There will be a Hebrew equivalent.
 
The launch of Europa Clipper today was very inspiring. I know the best possible outcome would be that it finds the building blocks of life, still I hope they find space whales in the oceans of Europa.:p I mean, twice the volume of Earth's oceans, should be something interesting there.

In any case, should be some interesting pictures.

A part of me would love to do space science. I am not sure I have the patience though. They spent 10 years building the thing, and now it takes 5 years to travel to Europa... Well it has 1.8 billion miles to cover.
 
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