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Omnivorous
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Message 46 of 54 (246555)
09-26-2005 1:26 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Nuggin
09-10-2005 10:54 PM


God R Us
My "God R Us" theory is supported by both science and religion, though only in fragmentary ways because both remain so primitive.
Please accept my airy dismissal of your objections in advance.
We (home sapiens deus) are destined to evolve into God(s)--we have done it before, explaining (1) why Adam and Eve were created in "Our" image, (2) why we pre-Gods should avoid provoking jealousy by worshipping no other Gods (i.e., the last cycle's losers, Republicans), (3) why the Kingdom of Heaven is "within" us, and (4)why the universe seems precisely tuned for our emergence and survival.
Furthermore, there is no logical limit to evolution:
mutation + selection + a-very-long-time-indeed = God R Us.
Many religions describe a Creator God who in some future time will return. In reality, this refers both to our former status as our own Creator as well as the future in which we have again fully evolved our God-Nature.
In the face of the Big Rip, Big Crunch, or Big Freeze, etc. (hey, We can change it each time, who's to know?), We, at long last fully Gods again, will look around and say, "Whoa! Nice ride! Over already!?" [Note that the evangelicals are the back-seat kids constantly asking, "Are We there yet? Are We there yet?" They will be selected out somewhere in the demigod state for the Unforgivable Sin of Tedium...]
Out of boredom, We will gloriously expend Our God energies in one Organismasmic burst to again birth the universe (yes, God is Omnisexual): note the primitive religions where the "God" is slain to engender new growth and harvests--like the afterglow of Creation, this is a faint echo of the truth. Again, our primitive religious texts have it a bit wrong--God (in the evolved phase) gets the Rapture, we (in the evolving phase) get the genes.
Then We roll out the Whole Enchilada again just for fun.

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Nighttrain
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Message 47 of 54 (246660)
09-26-2005 8:30 PM
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09-26-2005 1:26 PM


Re: God R Us
That was refuted by Croizat`s take on Gladyshev`s explanation of Gould`s polygod ploy at Cornell------
Airy dismissal accepted.

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Omnivorous
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Message 48 of 54 (246687)
09-27-2005 9:05 AM
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09-26-2005 8:30 PM


Re: God R Us
Nighttrain writes:
That was refuted by Croizat`s take on Gladyshev`s explanation of Gould`s polygod ploy at Cornell------
Airy dismissal accepted.
Don't make me show you the math. Or the drawings. Both have driven strong men mad.

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Phat
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Message 49 of 54 (246694)
09-27-2005 9:55 AM
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09-11-2005 2:47 AM


Re: POP goes the weasel?
Perhaps you'd like to make a donation?
I've spent money on worse things! Sure..here is a twenty. Now when do I get to meet the weasel that goes with the Pop?

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Nuggin
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Message 50 of 54 (246729)
09-27-2005 12:24 PM
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09-27-2005 9:55 AM


Re: POP goes the weasel?
Because the government has not yet spent the money necessary for me to prove my theory, you'll have to make due with what I have.
I have no Pop Weasel.
I have a Snap Weasel and I have a Crackle Otter.
The rest can be infered

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Phat
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Message 51 of 54 (246732)
09-27-2005 12:33 PM
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09-27-2005 12:24 PM


Re: POP goes the weasel?
No wonder they call it Battle Creek! No intelligent beaver designed THAT one! And you thought that all they made was cereal!

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strickjh2005
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Message 52 of 54 (258834)
11-11-2005 12:00 PM


Uniformity?
"{2) Upside Down Evaporation - Many of the features of the Great Flood don't stand up against modern geology, however, this is because geologists are assuming that the waters of the Flood behave like water we see today on Earth. My assertion is that these waters actually evaporated from the bottom up - thus salt deposits could form underneith other layers, erosion could happen backwards, etc."
The book The Elegant Universe describes universal symetry (from what post-posters have stated it seems very similar to uniformity). This basically refutes the Greek idea that terrestrial and extrateretrial matter behaves differently.

  
Christian7
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Message 53 of 54 (263856)
11-28-2005 5:31 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Nuggin
09-10-2005 10:54 PM


I'm thinking this should slide on into "Is this science?"
I've recently, and repeatedly, had a few of my ideas flat out ridiculed by people who called them "ridiculous" and "idiotic". Perhaps these ideas aren't "scientific" but I personally feel that they stand up perfectly well by certain standards of YEC science.
I'd like to present a few of them here to see if anyone can disprove them. Also, if you have any ideas, I'll try to knock those down if you like.
1) Downward Pusher - Gravity is not a law. What we "believe" is gravity "attracting two objects with mass" is simply the downward force exherted upon us by the Intelligent Pusher. It is through his devine providence that we don't go spinning out into space.
2) Upside Down Evaporation - Many of the features of the Great Flood don't stand up against modern geology, however, this is because geologists are assuming that the waters of the Flood behave like water we see today on Earth. My assertion is that these waters actually evaporated from the bottom up - thus salt deposits could form underneith other layers, erosion could happen backwards, etc.
3) Random Species POP-ulation. New species randomly POP into existance. (usually with the audible sound). This accounts for why so many species that exist today don't exist in the past. It also allows for different species without macro-evolution.
Anyone wanna take a stab at these.
By the way, I know some of you think I'm being silly here, but I honestly KNOW these to be true, so good luck proving me wrong.
Also, I read these in a book.
1) If this were true than the divine presence would have to be a mathematical geenious or aumniciant. I personally believe that God created the world and then let it run. However, I do also believe that God can violate physical laws at any time he wishes.
2) The laws of physics don't change. They remained the same since they were created. It is possible though that maybe through more fundamental mechanisms the constants changed.
3) Cross-Breeding and Natural Selection, but NOT evolution.

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Nighttrain
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Message 54 of 54 (263862)
11-28-2005 5:55 PM
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11-28-2005 5:31 PM


zap!
2) The laws of physics don't change. They remained the same since they were created. It is possible though that maybe through more fundamental mechanisms the constants changed.
Unconstant constants? What a novel idea.

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