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Is Intelligence By Association Possible?
The Looking Spoon ^
| 9-3-10
| Jared H. McAndersen
Posted on 09/04/2010 12:19:19 PM PDT by The Looking Spoon
God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics.
Hawking says in his book "The Grand Design" that, given the existence of gravity, "the universe can and will create itself from nothing," according to an excerpt published Thursday in The Times of London.
"Spontaneous creation is the reason why there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," he writes in the excerpt.
"It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper [fuse] and set the universe going," he writes.
read the rest via CNN here
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I know hes supposed to be a genius and stuff so I'm afraid of saying something that might make me sound like I'm trying to act more intelligent than THE Steven Hawking...and stuff...but....
Where did the gravity come from? (The black hole in his theory...)
How did absolutely nothing become something?
Did God create gravity? Is there some sort of cosmic loophole that Hawking is desperately trying to find so he can preclude God from eclipsing his own brilliance? What gives?
I didn't come up with this, but even in the bygone (thank God) days when I was less religious (Christian) I lived by the credo "I don't have enough faith to be atheist." As each day passes I do my best to strive toward a life worthy of His glory, and my belief in that line has become inexorably bound to my soul.
I mean no disrespect to Hawking. He is, after all, a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a position once held by Sir Issac Newton himself. So nothing about his apparent atheism should actually be questioned since he's so freakin' brilliant...
Why do I suddenly feel my blog has been way too hard on Obama?
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TOPICS: Religion
KEYWORDS: atheism; god; stephenhawking; universe
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To: calex59
To: James C. Bennett
No way will I apologize for something so obvious even an idiot could see. Thanks anyway.
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posted on
09/04/2010 1:20:34 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: calex59
“You are full of shit.” Wow, what are you sitting on that makes your butt so sensitive? BTW, if matter were not an energy condensate you could not convert matter into energy.
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posted on
09/04/2010 1:43:32 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
To: calex59
—PS, the next time you see energy turned to matter let me know, I would be interested as would most scientist on earth.—
Pair Production
Spontaneous production of electron and positron from photon of energy >1.02 MEV
Many similar examples...
To: calex59
—PS, the next time you see energy turned to matter let me know, I would be interested as would most scientist on earth.—
Pair Production
Spontaneous production of electron and positron from photon of energy >1.02 MEV
Many similar examples...
To: HangnJudge
That is just horseshit. Show me real matter converted from pure energy.
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posted on
09/04/2010 2:33:37 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: calex59
It is real enough if you work with radiation detection equipment. Any field with a photon flux including photons >1.02 MeV will have secondary photons of 0.511 mev from positron/electron annihilation events
I guess it just depends on your definition of "real". (masters science -Applied Nuclear Science -1978 - Ga. Tech)
To: The Looking Spoon
There are loads of people who have fantastic intelligence in some areas and are complete idiots about other matters.
Ever read any of Einstein’s musings about God? He writes like a second-grader.
Hawking simply has no clue when it comes to metaphysical thinking. Considering that he’s English, this is no surprise at all. The English have traditionally dismissed metaphysics as something for fanatical Frenchmen, Spaniards, and Irishmen.
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posted on
09/04/2010 4:57:54 PM PDT
by
Arthur McGowan
(In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
in the year 2525 duplicates are still gonna ba alive. Additional:
some totally irrelevant sidebars:
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posted on
09/06/2010 6:13:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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