Re: slightly OT, but still connected

Oddly, the Bible itself makes a veiled reference to the relativity of time
with "a day to the Lord is a thousand years"...does that HAVE to mean
EXACTLY one thousand years? I think not. i think it refers to God not
being bound by time as we are.

Doink

"Pierre Vandevennne" <pierre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mij Adyaw" <mijadyaw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> This post is VERY OT
>
> I agree with slightly, but certainly not very.
>
>> and is one of the prime examples of what is wrong
>> with this newsgroup.
>
> Why would that be a "prime example"? This is a "sci" newsgroup, and the
> trend this news article shows affects not only evolution, but cosmology,
> astronomy and geology as well.
>
>> It is totally off-topic and has nothing to do with amateur astronomy.
>
> I beg to disagree. Amateur astronomy isn't limited to talks about lenses,
> cheap or expensive telescopes and the latest Celestron adventures.
> Amateur astronomy regroups amateurs interested in the science called
> astronomy.
>
>> All that this post accomplishes is to add fuel to the fire that exists
>> between that Christians and Atheists that read this newsgroup.
>
> Why would it? I am posting a link to an article by one of the major
> scientific journal. That article doesn't shock any of the Christians I
> know. It isn't because some parts of America are engaged in an
> intellectual war that the article isn't interesting in the trend it
> depicts.
>
>> Let's stick to the topic of amateur astronomy and ignore
>> these trolling posts rather then replying to them.
>
> Let me restate that: as far as I am concerned, amateur astronomy isn't
> limited to discussions of the latest plywood used in a dobsonian
> telescopes. I do include my (and apparently others) amateur interest for
> cosmology, signal processing, the possibility life in the universe, the
> exploration of the solar system, etc...
>
> Anything wrong with that?
>
>> Also, please thinks before you post to determine if your post is going
> to > offend anyone's religion or political convictions.
>
> This is a sci newsgroup. I am afraid to say that I don't care - at least
> here - about other people's religious or political beliefs. Frankly, it
> wasn't my intention to start a flame war. I couldn't imagine the type of
> reactions my post would generate.
>
> In Europe, anyone seriously positing the universe is 6000 years old would
> be perceived as idiotic, crazy or both. Basically, my interest is the
> evolution (sorry) we are seeing in the way science is perceived and
> taught. Again, this group being a sci newsgroups, people who oppose the
> "sci" concept don't really belong here and should expect to be shocked.
>
> I hope this clarifies things.
>
>


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