Will God Survive Science
November 8th, 2017 at 10:47:28 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I am under the impression that Newton thought that this book was his most significant work. Newton considered himself to be one of a select group of individuals who were specially chosen by God for the task of understanding Biblical scripture. Newton would spend much of his life seeking and revealing what could be considered a Bible Code. He placed a great deal of emphasis upon the interpretation of the Book of Revelation. Of course, his Principia is one of the most influential books in history. |
November 9th, 2017 at 11:38:29 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I think even devout Christians regard such things as mysticism. It's tempting to channel Sheldon Cooper and ponder what else Newton might have achieved had he not wasted his time on nonsense. But the plain fact is Newton accomplished a great deal more than even other giants in the field: gravitation, optics, calculus, dynamics (ie Newton's laws of motion), and astronomy, to name a few. He wouldn't be the only scientist who wasted time on a useless hobby, either. Linus Pauling devoted years to a weird fetish of vitamin C, for instance. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
November 9th, 2017 at 12:06:12 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
FrG thinks he's 'chosen by god' too. It goes with the egomanical territory. You first invent the god, then make yourself the special person in the gods eye. What's the point of inventing a god that notices everybody but you. You make yourself the center of his universe, of course.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 9th, 2017 at 12:24:46 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | He outlived his critics. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
November 10th, 2017 at 8:31:52 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Just like God. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
November 10th, 2017 at 10:31:53 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Myth's always survive, they still make movies about Hercules and Thor. Duh.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 10th, 2017 at 11:38:16 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Now, that's an unseemly boast. By definition, your god(s) is eternal. that means he's immortal. ergo he will survive everyone else. So it's like boasting that an adult is bigger and stronger and has more skills than a baby. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
November 10th, 2017 at 5:57:40 PM permalink | |
pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | correct! |
February 25th, 2018 at 5:06:04 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | The more I read about god and science, the thinner the case for god gets. It's thin to the point of being nonexistent. I was reading an article about the nature of reality, and they made the point that to advance into the future, the god myth has to treated for exactly what it is: A myth that has nothing to do with science. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
February 25th, 2018 at 7:08:46 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | I know this is simply bait and trying to get under my skin, but I feel obligated to respond. I can't just seem to let statements that have no supporting evidence or really any thought behind them at all to stand. You just fire off spontaneous atheistic baloney and think you are fooling anyone. You know that the history of science is intertwined with arguably its greatest supporter, the Church. The ground for doing science in the first place is that the universe and all creation is ordered and intelligible. It follows strict fine tuned laws that are universal (sounds like morality as well doesn't it). That is why so many of the greatest scientists then and now are men and women of faith. Religion did nothing but help us move into the future of new scientific discovers and it continues to do so. Without God our future is doomed. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |