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What is "FAITH"

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What is "FAITH"
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RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 4:06 am
(July 13, 2013 at 3:15 am)Consilius Wrote: Can you invent the lightbulb?

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#352
RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 4:08 am
Asking a question with an objective answer.
Can anyone on this forum invent the lightbulb?
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#353
RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 4:13 am
(July 13, 2013 at 4:08 am)Consilius Wrote: Asking a question with an objective answer.
Can anyone on this forum invent the lightbulb?

Sure. I'll first need to invent the time machine, though.
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RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 4:17 am (This post was last modified: July 13, 2013 at 4:20 am by Consilius.)
Why can't anyone invent a lightbulb this instant?
(This may seem obvious, but we are doing this exercise for pineapplebunnybounce's sake).
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#355
RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 6:23 am
(July 13, 2013 at 4:17 am)Consilius Wrote: Why can't anyone invent a lightbulb this instant?
(This may seem obvious, but we are doing this exercise for pineapplebunnybounce's sake).

I think it is possible. Thinking
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#356
RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 6:28 am
Would such person receive a patent for the creation of the lightbulb?
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RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 8:29 am
(July 13, 2013 at 6:28 am)Consilius Wrote: Would such person receive a patent for the creation of the lightbulb?

Well they should if they invent a light bulb. But ultimately it would be up to the patent office I would assume.
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#358
RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 8:46 am (This post was last modified: July 13, 2013 at 8:49 am by Consilius.)
What I am trying to say is that if I made a lightbulb right now, I could not claim to have invented the lightbulb.
The creator of the lightbulb is and can only be a man who did not have access to the lightbulb. A man who came before the lightbulb. He would have done his work by lamplight.
That's an objective, provable fact. I can build a table and take it to a patent office with similar results.
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RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 9:40 am
(July 13, 2013 at 8:46 am)Consilius Wrote: What I am trying to say is that if I made a lightbulb right now, I could not claim to have invented the lightbulb.
The creator of the lightbulb is and can only be a man who did not have access to the lightbulb. A man who came before the lightbulb. He would have done his work by lamplight.
That's an objective, provable fact. I can build a table and take it to a patent office with similar results.

What does a table have to do with this? Confused Fall

Who invented the light bulb? Thinking

I think the light bulb is a poor choice to convey your message since I believe two people actually invented it separately.
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RE: What is "FAITH"
July 13, 2013 at 9:58 am (This post was last modified: July 13, 2013 at 9:58 am by little_monkey.)
(July 13, 2013 at 12:36 am)Consilius Wrote: My theory about the origin of the universe says that an infinite, immaterial being is responsible for it.

If it's a theory then it's not a scientific theory. In fact from the POV of science, it qualifies more like a speculation than a theory.
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