Re: slightly OT, but still connected

[Regarding perfect/imperfect orbits]
>Ok, you got me since there is none of these are truly perfect.


But that's where you're wrong. All orbits ARE perfect because they perfectly
follow the "laws" of nature. There can be no other way. The universe HAS to be
the way it is otherwise it would not be this universe. And you sort of
sidestepped the point i was going to make. Many theists will point out
something like the "perfect" orbits of the planets as proof of a creator.
But when you ask them to explain what an imperfect orbit would look like
they never can.

-Florian


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