I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind of religion that posits a Creator. To my way of thinking, an omnipotent being who sets up a universe in which thinking beings proliferate, grow old, and die (usually in agony, alone, and in fear) is a cosmic sadist.
Category Archives: [pseudo]Science
Adam and Eve: A Slight Problem of Chronology
How is it that human civilization is known to have existed at least 2000 years before Adam and Eve? By carefully calculating actual Biblical references, Adam and Eve were created 4,000 BC (plus or minus 50 years or so*). And yet the Sumerian … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Account, James Ussher, Johannes Kepler
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Religion vs. Science: Will There Ever Be a Compromise?
Will religion and science ever be compatible? Religion accepts authority as truth while science accepts truth as authority. While religion and science may sometimes agree isn’t this just a matter of mere coincidence? If science contradicts some of the specific “facts” … Continue reading
Is God Supernatural?
If God is supernatural, wouldn’t scientific proof of God’s existence also prove that He doesn’t exist? Consider that anything which can be proven scientifically is automatically relegated to to the realm of natural phenomenon. Is a god which is not … Continue reading
Does Perfect Order Exist?
It is true that randomness exists at a quantum level. But as all things in the universe react to one another doesn’t this make all things random to some degree? To say that “perfect” or “absolute” order exists in any … Continue reading
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Noah’s Ark and the Great Flood
Clearly, from a purely scientific point of view, a worldwide flood did not and could not have occurred in 2348 BC. There is absolutely zero credible scientific evidence whatsoever to support this flood scenario. Not withstanding, sixty percent of American’s believe the flood occurred … Continue reading
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Tagged BC, Bible, Christians, God
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Ant Man
I was watching the movie, Ant Man, the other day and it got me to thinking about some simple physics. Ants are said to be extremely strong – able to lift 10 times their own weight or more. What you … Continue reading
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Back to the Future
Suppose you could go back in time to relive last week. Winning the lottery would be a cinch, right? Wrong. Even if you memorized the winning numbers from last week’s lottery, chances are, they would be different this time around. … Continue reading
Granular Spacetime Means Limited Possibilities
The universe is not homogenous. It is “grainy”. In other words, there is a maximum number of divisions that one can make on an imaginary clock or an imaginary ruler. The smallest possible unit of time is about about 10 to the minus 43 … Continue reading
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One-way Ticket To Anywhere In the Universe
I was just ruminating on Einstein’s Theory of Relativity today and realized that you could theoretically travel anywhere in the universe in less than a year (your time). Let’s suppose you hopped aboard a rocket ship, destination 14 billion light years away. This … Continue reading
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Is Time Consistent?
How do we know time travels in one direction at a consistent pace? If time went backwards we would forget the future and all evidence of it would be undone. If it sped up or slowed down our awareness would … Continue reading
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