Bible-beater pilots

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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God created everything that we do not yet understand.

Electricity used to be "God's will" -- now it's commonplace. A generation
ago showing a live image of someone world-wide would have been considered
a
miracle -- now you can see Britney Spears on a stupid awards show,
anywhere
in the world.

Why, flight itself would have been considered the work of God 101 years
ago -- now we recreate it at will, daily.

So has God created everything that we do not yet understand, or is it just
a
matter of time before we understand *everything*?


You answered your question with your examples. At some point we will
understand everything. Genetic engineering will soon allow us to "create
man in his own image." And that is just the start.

Of course, even when something is understood and explainable, the
"fanatics" will not accept
it. They would rather live in a fantasy world.

What is this "it" the "fanatics" will not accept?
--

I guess the answer to that depends on what religion the fanatics belong to.
Off the top of my head we have evolution for the Christians and equality of
the sexes for the Moslems.

Earl G.

Earl,

At some point we will
understand everything. Genetic engineering will soon allow us to "create
man in his own image." And that is just the start.


Well, putting man in a central role like that lead to the belief of the sun
circling the earth, too. Why would we soon understand anything? Nothing is
even remotely supporting that statement. And why should we, too?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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God created everything that we do not yet understand.

Electricity used to be "God's will" -- now it's commonplace. A
generation
ago showing a live image of someone world-wide would have been
considered
a
miracle -- now you can see Britney Spears on a stupid awards show,
anywhere
in the world.

Why, flight itself would have been considered the work of God 101 years
ago -- now we recreate it at will, daily.

So has God created everything that we do not yet understand, or is it
just
a
matter of time before we understand *everything*?


You answered your question with your examples. At some point we will
understand everything.

Genetic engineering will soon allow us to "create
man in his own image." And that is just the start.

Might big assumption :-)



Of course, even when something is understood and explainable, the
"fanatics" will not accept
it. They would rather live in a fantasy world.

What is this "it" the "fanatics" will not accept?
--

I guess the answer to that depends on what religion the fanatics belong
to.
Off the top of my head we have evolution for the Christians and equality
of
the sexes for the Moslems.

Earl G.

Earl Grieda wrote:

I guess the answer to that depends on what religion the fanatics belong to.
Off the top of my head we have evolution for the Christians

I am continually amazed at how wrong both the religious and secularist are on
evolution. I like the the way a biology teacher I once had put it. He said
something like this, evolution is a proven fact, it happens every day. If your
going to get all caught up on the issue of whether or not men evolved from apes
you are missing the point. Every living thing evolves to adapt to it's
surroundings as they change. Just because evolution is a fact, it doesn't mean
that men evolved from apes. Although Darwin put that forth as a possibility,
through further study he eventually came to the conclusion that men did NOT
evolve from apes.


--
Chris W

"They that can give up essential liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania

Chris W wrote:

I am continually amazed at how wrong both the religious and secularist
are on

evolution. I like the the way a biology teacher I once had put it. He said
something like this, evolution is a proven fact, it happens every day. If your
going to get all caught up on the issue of whether or not men evolved from apes
you are missing the point. Every living thing evolves to adapt to it's
surroundings as they change. Just because evolution is a fact, it doesn't mean
that men evolved from apes. Although Darwin put that forth as a possibility,
through further study he eventually came to the conclusion that men did NOT
evolve from apes.

A few years ago, Discover magazine had a column in which the author
was relating an
experience he once had teaching biology. He had two skeletons in his
classroom, and
he asked his students to study them to determine which one was from a
male and which
was from a female. One student immediately came up and said he didn't
have to examine
the skeletons, because he would be able to tell just by counting the
ribs. The instructor
told the student to go back anyway and check that hypothesis.

A few minutes later, the student was back with a very distressed look
on his face. He
asked the instructor if he was _sure_ that the skeletons were male and
female. The
instructor said that yes, he was sure. They had come from a reputable
scientific supply
house that advertised them as such, and even if he didn't trust them
there were several
characteristics that lead him to that conclusion anyway.

Then he asked the student why the student was so confused. The
response, as he expected,
was "because they both have the same number of ribs."

The instructor was finally able to convince the student that this was
a flawed argument
regardless of whether or not you interpreted the story of Adam and Eve
literally.

To me, the sad part of the whole exchange was the fact that the
student was unwilling
to challenge what he already "knew" was true.

Rich Lemert