To: Havoc
Yeah, everyone once thought for long periods due to deep science that the earth was flat. I just can't imagine how they could be wrong.
Yes, rational people once thought the world was flat, in large part due to the influence of religion, but also due to their limited scientific capabilities. Then they figured out that in truth the earth is a sphere.
Similarly, rational people once belived that God created the universe in just six days some 6,000 years ago, in large part due to the influence of religion, but also due to their limited scientific capabilities. Then they figured out that in truth the universe has taken billions of years to reach its present state, and it continues to change and evolve every second.
So, no, we don't know everything, but we know a lot more than people did 1,000 years ago when they thought the world was flat and even more than people did 3,000 years ago when Genesis was written.
49 posted on
02/17/2005 5:04:31 PM PST by
nyg4168
To: nyg4168
I was kinda trying to note that the argument you presented was
one of the standard fallacies of argumentation by example.. lol. A bazillion of them could have an opinion and all be wrong - which is continuously what history has shown us. It's rare that someone finds the truth and they're usually considered insane for opening their mouths and daring to dissent with the truth.. Majority opinion on such things is largely worthless.
55 posted on
02/17/2005 5:21:51 PM PST by
Havoc
(Reagan was right and so was McKinley. Down with free trade. Hang the traitors high)
To: nyg4168
Actually the Bible is very scietific and referenced science in many passages. There are numerous scientific references to things "discovered" thousands of years later
Such as Ocean Currents
Pslam 8:8 ...and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas
THe earth being suspended in space
Job 26:7 and hangeth the earth upon nothing
These are just a few examples
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