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To: donh
The Law of Gravity is that gravitation works universally throughout the Universe. So no, that test did not violate the Law of Gravity.-me-

Excuse me? Newton's laws of gravity were applied to predict the perihilion of Mercury, and they were proved innacurate when Mercury failed to appear where predicted, yes or no?

No, and I already explained to you why they did not. What the test showed was that the math of Newton's theory of Gravity was not good enough to predict the perihillion of Mercury but that Einstein's theory of relativity did predict it accurately. Einstein's theory of relativity did not deny the LAW of Gravity. It just modified the application of the THEORY of Gravity.

As I said when this discussion started, scientific laws have never been proven false because when (if) they are proven false they are no longer called Laws of science. The LAW OF BIOGENESIS has never been disproven. I asked you for an example of it and that is why you are trying to confuse the issue with unrelated stuff. Your task, which I know you will not even attempt, is to show ONE (1) example of the law of biogenesis (life only comes from life) having been violated.

1,697 posted on 05/29/2003 7:16:35 PM PDT by gore3000
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To: gore3000
No, and I already explained to you why they did not.

You did not. You mumbled something about "square of the distance" which is irrelevent to this explanation.

What the test showed was that the math of Newton's theory of Gravity was not good enough to predict the perihillion of Mercury but that Einstein's theory of relativity did predict it accurately. Einstein's theory of relativity did not deny the LAW of Gravity.

So, I presume you maintain that there is "theory of gravity" which is something else other than Einstein's or Newton's law of gravity, since, plain as the nose on your face, Einstein's law replaced Newton's law as a correct explanation of the behavior of the universe subsequent to the perihilion of Mercury experiment, and in turn, is now being threatened by dark matter problems and several proposed notions of quantum gravity.

It just modified the application of the THEORY of Gravity.

Lots of luck selling that one at the next physics conference, Mr. Science. Newton's law of gravity does not contain within it the seeds of a relativistic universe. Newton's laws presume a fixed time-space frame.

1,801 posted on 05/30/2003 12:20:52 PM PDT by donh (/)
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To: gore3000
As I said when this discussion started, scientific laws have never been proven false because when (if) they are proven false they are no longer called Laws of science.

And what bearing does this have on anything?

The LAW OF BIOGENESIS has never been disproven.

That's correct, in that the so called "law of biogenesis" is merely a generalization of Darwinian theory, and does not apply to origins problems. So, casting your statement in another way--no definitive refutation of the theory of evolution has ever been found.

Which is, indeed so.

I asked you for an example of it and that is why you are trying to confuse the issue with unrelated stuff. Your task, which I know you will not even attempt, is to show ONE (1) example of the law of biogenesis (life only comes from life) having been violated.

Sure, as soon as you show me an irrefutable newphoto of God creating life from nothing.

1,802 posted on 05/30/2003 12:27:29 PM PDT by donh (/)
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