Is Obama the worst president ever?
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Is this the same Galileo who was so viciously persecuted by the Church and forced to recant his science (that earth goes around the sun) under the threat of burning at the stake?
And the same Newton who obviously became senile in his declining years and claimed that he could scientifically prove that earth was created in 4004 B.C.? Toward the end he became the laughing stock of scientific community. Religions worked out quite well for both of them, didn't it?
Are you comparing me with Galileo and Newton? Why, thank you, I am honoured. To be compared to these worthies (even to one's disadvantage) is a great honour.
I am just finishing Never at Rest, A Biography of Sir Isaac Newton by Richard S. Westfall. This is the definitive work on the man.
Now, first let me point out that this is the individual that advanced mathematics by leaps and bounds past the standard of the ancient philosophers, the man that invented calculus, the man that first put forth the idea of natural gravitation, and
calculated how that attraction ruled the mechanics of motion in our solar system, the man that gave us the Laws of Motion, the man that first delved into the character of light and optics........and on and on and on.......
He could easily have been the most intelligent man that ever lived.
Not only all that, Newton was fiercely religious.....not in the conventional Anglican sense, as he was an Arian (one who does NOT believe the equality of the Trinity), a fact he kept secret most of his life. He spent decades in theological study.......and believed that science, the mechanics of the universe, the laws of physics....proved there was a God.
He NEVER claimed he could "scientifically prove" the age of the earth.
Far from senility, he presided over a meeting of the Royal Society days before his death.
This is the man you dare call a "laughing stock". Sometimes it is embarassing to be on the same planet with you.
Could someone quote this for SJP.....just to save him from making a damned fool of himself again......still?
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Don't you know that in this forum, for some strange reason, not blaming anybody in particular, fundamentalist Christians get the blame for everything.....so......the thread must have somehow been derailed by a Fundamentalist Christian......
They elected Bush to office, they are all tea party supporters, they elected Harper....so....They must have derailed this thread....or at least It's their fault.......according to the all knowing "Wise One" :roll::roll::roll:
N discussion about Obama is complete without a mention of Fundamentalist Christians or teabaggers (which is another morph of fundamentalist Christians).
No.
and what does THAT have to do with anything??
Talk about a red herring born of desperation!!!
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"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
(Albert Einstein)
"I need a freakin' job." That's the message President Obama saw as he arrived in Buffalo, N.Y., this afternoon for an event talking up the administration's success in creating new jobs. He also pitched Congress on approving a $30 billion credit for small-business growth.
Buffalo billboard petitions president for "a freakin' job" - Yahoo! News
"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
(Albert Einstein)
Yep, it's a looooooooooooooooooooong thread, considering there is no possible way to have a correct answer until at least 2012 or likely 2016 or even more likely about 2050.
That's an issue i have with a literal interpretation of the Bible. When god created the earth in six days, since a day is defined by the rotation of the planet on its axis, which planetary day was he referring to if we take the Bible literally?