(May 3, 2016 at 12:01 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:
We don't have an atheist cosmology.
(May 3, 2016 at 12:21 pm)Wryetui Wrote:(May 3, 2016 at 12:09 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:
Look at what explanation gives St. Basil the Great in his famous "Hexaemeron" (Homily 5.1) to exactly the question you asked: "Let the earth bring forth green grass. Let the earth bring forth by itself without having any need of help from without. Some consider the sun as the source of all productiveness on the earth. It is, they say, the action of the sun's heat which attracts the vital force from the centre of the earth to the surface. The reason why the adornment of the earth was before the sun is the following; that those who worship the sun, as the source of life, may renounce their error.
I was also puzzled by the term "cosmology". Here is the definition: "the science of the origin and development of the universe. Modern astronomy is dominated by the Big Bang theory, which brings together observational astronomy and particle physics." But apparently, there is a metaphysical definition of cosmology that includes all of the imaginary deities that we don't believe exist.
St. Basil the Great. So, you're copy pasting from the Hexaemeron to discuss the creation of the earth? From a guy who still thought the earth was flat? From a guy whose point is obviously to tell Sun-god worshipers "YOU'RE WRONG and I'M RIGHT and my imaginary friend can make plants without the sun? From a guy who had no knowledge of the workings of chlorophyll, and of just HOW LONG plants had to exist on the earth to make enough oxygen to create a breathable atmosphere for the planet? (one billion years, give or take a few thousand) http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...tmosphere/
You started off like you might actually want to debate, even though your first post in my thread was extremely insulting. Then you moved from "maybe truly curious" to pompous, egotistical, and offensive. Now you're just a whiny and ignorant infant, and you have my pity.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein