Trolls gotta troll.

(June 29, 2014 at 3:43 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: So are you saying that since we are all traveling faster than the speed of light it seems that we are basically standing still unless we are looking at distant objects?

No, nowhere did I say anything that might even hint at that. Pretend to read my posts and I'll pretend that I'm not secretly relishing the thought of wielding my modly powers for mischief.

Quote:I'm still confused about the space expansion process. If space is expanding why don't we see its effects in our local area?

We do, so, clearly you -are- confused. You shouldn't be though, it's been explained to you.

Quote:We are colliding with galaxies for some reason when they should all be moving farther apart from each other.

Can you clarify this?

You clarified it fairly well yourself (thanks again). So what, do you reckon, might keep two galaxies that ought to be moving farther apart (like everything else) from doing so? What is the thing, in our experience, that could do this?

This outta be up your alley, it's "immaterial" and starts with a "g".

(June 29, 2014 at 9:10 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You clarified it fairly well yourself (thanks again). So what, do you reckon, might keep two galaxies that ought to be moving farther apart (like everything else) from doing so? What is the thing, in our experience, that could do this? This outta be up your alley, it's "immaterial" and starts with a "g".

GOD!!!!!!!

(June 29, 2014 at 9:14 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:

(June 29, 2014 at 9:10 pm)Rhythm Wrote: You clarified it fairly well yourself (thanks again). So what, do you reckon, might keep two galaxies that ought to be moving farther apart (like everything else) from doing so? What is the thing, in our experience, that could do this? This outta be up your alley, it's "immaterial" and starts with a "g".

GOD!!!!!!!

Both of you guys are on the ball I see. (Sarcasm intended for one).
Stupid me was going to say "gravity" !

(June 29, 2014 at 6:45 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:

(June 29, 2014 at 6:02 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Who knew that self-professed atheists would defend the ethnocentric Jewish religious fairy tale in the Bible with such vigor?

His favorite line when people expose his stupidity. Hey, look guys, "the Bible" has more scientific knowledge!!!

"In this way, land animals were changed into underwater creatures, while animals that swam in the waters now moved onto the land. 20 Fire was able to burn on the open water, while water forgot that it was supposed to put fire out. 21 Flames no longer burned the exposed flesh of living beings, who were able to walk through the flames. Flames didn’t even melt the frostlike crystals that were a kind of food of everlasting life."

So now you're denying evolution. Fire burns on water if the source of the fuel is petroleum-based. It happens all the time. And we know that people can walk through fire if they are properly protected. The frostlike crystals are an unknown material to me.

You went off the rails when you started believing in the Big Bang Theory.

:Waves shiny object:

Happens all the time? Where, in the vicinity of bronze age oil rigs? You're going to have to do better to troll the text out of this one. The author took great pain to stress the fundamental upheavel of what he understood as otherwise immutable natural forces. Fire burning on water has nothing to do with petroleum, and everything to do with a call and response system common to this sort of literature. He's just taking the reader out of his own time and place - putting him in an unfamiliar world where up is down, black is white. He does this because in the very next verse (already quoted here) he plans on attempting to sell the audience a fucking whopper. It's good to punch em in the gut before you hit them in the face, if nothing else, their face is easier to reach.

Glad to see you're still thinking about the big bang. Is there anything else I can help you untie or have we reached the limits of your knowledge on the subject?

(June 30, 2014 at 12:32 am)Rhythm Wrote: :Waves shiny object:

Happens all the time? Where, in the vicinity of bronze age oil rigs? You're going to have to do better to troll the text out of this one. The author took great pain to stress the fundamental upheavel of what he understood as otherwise immutable natural forces. Fire burning on water has nothing to do with petroleum, and everything to do with a call and response system common to this sort of literature. He's just taking the reader out of his own time and place - putting him in an unfamiliar world where up is down, black is white. He does this because in the very next verse (already quoted here) he plans on attempting to sell the audience a fucking whopper. It's good to punch em in the gut before you hit them in the face, if nothing else, their face is easier to reach.

Glad to see you're still thinking about the big bang. Is there anything else I can help you untie or have we reached the limits of your knowledge on the subject?

I suppose you've never heard of Greek fire? The ancients used oil to set fire to their enemy's ships so I'm sure that they saw the residue burning on the water.

Your problem is that you are incapable of critical thinking.

Again you ignore the narrator of the text. But thats okay. You want to imagine the narrator as a 7th (the "ancients"....lulz, too much stargate and ancient aliens for you sir) century byzantian sailor I'm okay with that. It's your fairy tale. butcher it as you see fit.

(June 30, 2014 at 12:26 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The frostlike crystals are an unknown material to me.

You went off the rails when you started believing in the Big Bang Theory.

The "kind of food" for everlasting life confounds even the greatest mind!

They could be corn flakes.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/32042/cor...on-crusade