Christianity does not require people to disregard their reason, or to be credulous
[A book that claims the earth was made in 6 days. Treats the sun and moon as separate sources of light.]
If during the creation the earth was close to a black hole then scientificly it would work. Technically there is one source, realisticly they are two different sources, the light reflected by the moon would forever be lost to the earth if the moon did not reflect the light.
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>It doesn't make people disregard reason!
Welp, gotta get a new irony meter.
"Technically there is one source, realisticly they are two different sources... "
So, if you shine a light into a mirror, the mirror is now a separate light source?
Interesting "reasoning."
"Christianity does not require people to disregard their reason, or to be credulous"
Then 'Godschild', like a gazillion fundies like him/her, contradicts that very point (a point that's valid when applied to normal, non-fundie Christians) by saying something totaly loony.
"Christianity does not require people to disregard their reason, or to be credulous "
Fair enough, but you at least sure seem hellbent on doing so.
"Christianity does not require people to disregard their reason, or to be credulous"
So far you're proving that it does require such things. In other words, what was already known.
Christianity does not require people to disregard their reason, or to be credulous
If you sincerely believe that the universe is only a few thousand years old, then you are disregarding your reason.
If during the creation the earth was close to a black hole then scientificly it would work.
How? Please explain.
Technically there is one source, realisticly they are two different sources,
Since the moon is no more than reflector, there is only one light source--realistically or technically.
the light reflected by the moon would forever be lost to the earth if the moon did not reflect the light.
The moon is a piss-poor reflector, being roughly about as reflective as a chunk of charcoal. Most of the light of the sun IS forever lost to Earth.
If during its creation the Earth were close to a black hole, then 'realisticly' and 'scientificly' (sic) there'd be no Earth. You have clearly, despite your assertions, disregarded reason in favour of a truly feeble attempt to reconcile reality with your unsupportable biblical hooey.
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"If during the creation the earth was close to a black hole then scientificly it would work. Technically there is one source, realisticly they are two different sources, the light reflected by the moon would forever be lost to the earth if the moon did not reflect the light."
Someone please find us a picture of Carl Sagan or Neil Degrasse Tyson facepalming.
Technically there is one source, realisticly they are two different sources, the light reflected by the moon would forever be lost to the earth if the moon did not reflect the light.
Wrong. Fail.
First off, thechnically there are billions of sources. See all those stars out there? They give us light too, Not very much, not enough to read a newspaper, but enough so you can see them.
Secondly, the sun reflects its light off the Moon, but also the off planets, not to mention the [modern day] satellites and other man-made vehicles. So there are many more than just the one as far as reflections are concerned.
The Bible got it all wrong, many times over.
Next please.
*dies from laughing too hard*
Your ideas are not only unreasonable, they're ludicrous.
Why would god make anything close to a black hole? I thought that earth was made first any way according to your book.
Either way, this is a bunch of ridiculous nonsense.
Didn't God look upon his creation and see that it was good ?
C'mon fundies, keep up!
If the earth was "close" to a black hole, I don't think any of us would be here and since when does a reflecting object become a seperate light source?
You're right about one thing, Christianity can't make you disregard what you obviously never had to begin with.
If a black hole were to impact Earth then yes, it would be destroyed, but otherwise it would merely exert a gravitational attraction equivalent to its mass. Which may still have some very detrimental effects. Don't know where the black hole would come from though...
@DA: not necessarily.
In the unlikely, never-gonna-happen event that our sun transformed itself into a black hole, the object would be only a few miles in diameter--and our solar system's planets would continue to orbit in their customary orbits, with the only real change being that it would soon become rather dark and cold, since that object would still have the sun's mass and exert the sun's gravity.
Christianity does not require people to disregard their reason...
So then the bat-shit craziness that Christians typically spout is really their own fucked up thinking?!?!
Now I'm even more depressed for the fate of humanity.
But what about the third light which we never saw because the emitted light fell into the black hole? Where is that mentioned in the bible?
@DA:
No, because later it was washed away by Noahs flood. But it sucked up the flood waters, explaining where all that water went after the flood.
"If during the creation the earth was close to a black hole then scientificly it would work."
{Edit: Well, I don't know how to embed)
My kingdom for the gif of a Despicable Me minion saying "WHAAAAAAAT?"
I assume the poster's intended point was that the Earth-under-construction was so close to a black hole that time appears to pass more slowly on Earth than in an outside frame of reference (I think, it's been a while since I looked this up). So we're not talking "in a stable orbit around a black hole", we're talking "dipping cleanly into it".
I mean, I guess god could prevent the Earth from being destroyed, but then it's all a bit of a farce, isn't it? Not to mention, where'd this hypothetical black hole go?
OK, Godschild, since is is not Christianity, what does require you to disregard reason and be credulous?
As there are quite a few Christians who use their reason and are not credulous, apparently it’s possible to be both Christian and knowledgeable. If you take the religion with a hearty pinch of salt, that is. If you insist on taking each and every word as written in stone, then no, you have to disregard your reason and be credulous. But as very few had access to the actual Bible through the millennia, it was never meant to be taken this literal. Only since ordinary people could read and had access to the Bible, has it been taken literally by the least knowledgeable.
If the Bible was written or dictated by God, and if he created the Universe, oughtn't he to know that the moon is not a light-source, only a reflector? If, on the other hand, the Bible was written by ignorant stone-age goat-herders, they would not know that the moon is not a light-source, as it is de facto shining.
Realisticly[sic], the moon is still not the source for the light, silly.
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