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To: GourmetDan
"...consequently there is no evidence for local (~1AU) scale expansion of the solar system."

You are correct. However, you don't realize that the theory applies on an intergalactic scale, not a local scale.

If you hold a basketball, there is actually a gravitational attraction between you and the basketball. But you cannot feel it. Does that mean that gravity does not exist? Of course not.

Wikipedia actually does a good job of explaining expansion and the overwhelming evidence for it. If you want something a little more technical, there are plenty of peer-reviewed, published papers on the internet.

272 posted on 02/02/2009 8:09:02 AM PST by DallasMike
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To: DallasMike
"You are correct. However, you don't realize that the theory applies on an intergalactic scale, not a local scale."

Yes, I am correct. And what you don't realize is that I understand that the theory is *assumed* to apply on an intergalactic scale even though it is *invisible* on a local one. It's those hidden assumptions that are the problem with your position and with most 'Christian' attempts to compromise the Word of God with the word of man. People must do a lot of work to understand where those hidden assumptions are and their impact on the 'theory'.

Expansion is invisible where it can be measured yet assumed where it cannot. It's that 'little' difference between observation and the interpretation of those observations that you, Wiki and most scientists don't understand that causes you to completely -- perhaps unknowingly -- distort things.

"If you want something a little more technical, there are plenty of peer-reviewed, published papers on the internet."

I just gave you about as technical an article as you can get on the lack of observational evidence for expansion, but you insist on believing in it anyway. Probably because you fail to understand the difference between actual observation and the interpretation of those observations.

274 posted on 02/02/2009 8:25:26 AM PST by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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