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Lunar Polar Ice Not Present
pclark999 writes "The New Scientist reports that radar probes of the lunar polar region has disproved earlier theories regarding large sheets of polar ice in craters permanently in the shade. "
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There goes my skiing trip to Luna.
> It's not like the christian myth
It's not a myth little dude... it's not a myth. Believe me, I know.
All mythologies have disaster as a warning (tenet?) to keep the masses under control. Greek mythology, Roman mythology, Christian mythology, etc.
Are you so naive as to believe that the entire earth was flooded for 40 days and then the water just went away in one day? Where did it go? Where did it come from? Where is the Ark? How could we all be inbred from Adam and Eve, and then Noah and his incestous family and still all be fucntional?
Your myths don't interest me.
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Note: UHIE stands for Urban Heat Island Effect. I'm not going to bother explaining, cause if you don't know, you're exactly the kind of person that propogates FUD while having no clue what you're talking about.
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Seriously, calling currently-held religous beliefs "myths" is incredibly rude and disrespectful to slashdot christians. Of course, I don't think that anyone with half of a brain takes someone seriously when they go welll out of their way to make a snipe at christianity simply to shore up their own insecure weirdness. Bleah.
A secure atheist wouldn't have felt the need to make a *gratiuitous* [sp?], while realising that if they made such a swipe, they'd have no right to expect any kind of respect for thier viewpoint. (this is, of course, ignoring that you can no more have an "secure atheist" any more than you can have a "jumbo shrimp").
Or, to put it more succinctly: back under your bridge!!!
cult: a small, unpopular religion.
religion:a group of fanatics so devoted to their cause they abandon all science, reason, and logic. See also: Global Warming.
Come on man, there was no call for that comment. You dont believe, fine...its your decision. But, taking pot shots...not cool.
I wont shove my Christianity down your throat, if you dont shove your atheism down mine.
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> Are you so naive as to believe that the entire earth was
> flooded for 40 days and then the water just went away in
> one day?
You must have one of those new-fangled Bibles. Mine says that Noah was on water for a great deal of time after the flood and had to send out birds to try and find land. It even says that they eventually landed on a mountain peak and had to wait for God's signal to leave.
> Where did it go?
You know, there's these BIG, BIG, BIG, BIIIIGGGG bodies of water that we call our "Oceans". These "oceans" loose a great deal of their water to polar ice caps. There's also this thing called "drainage". If you flood a given piece of land, water will seek out the lowest point and eventually settle there. The lowest points on Earth are those things we call "Oceans".
> Where did it come from?
Good question. Answer: Just like no one really knows where we or our universe came from, we don't know exactly. The most commonly held theory is that there used to be a shell of water in our outer atmosphere that collapsed. This shell would have been a natural radiation shield that combined with the greater electromagnetic field of the Earth, probably allowed humans to live much longer.
> Where is the Ark?
Long buried somewhere between Iraq and Iran (or so current geologists believe). The constant dispute over these areas has made searching a very difficult proposition. There's also the theory that the ark was disassembled to provide materials for Noah and his family to rebuild.
> How could we all be inbred from Adam and Eve, and then
> Noah and his incestous family and still all be fucntional?
Stronger genetics. The genetics of a species slowly degrades over time as more and more errors are introduced into the genome. It probably didn't help anything that many cultures once encouraged inbreeding as a way of "keeping the bloodlines strong". We're doing the same thing with livestock today, and are beginning to run into problems.
> Your myths don't interest me.
Then why mention them? Hmmm?
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Somebody please mod this idiot down! No mention of the moon prior to 1950? What the hell is wrong with you? I suppose that Galileo and Tycho Brahe were looking up their own asses with their telescopes then? Or was that the satelite sent it to orbit by the Illuminati or the Catholic Church? Get your head out of your ass, dipshit.
Show me a "geologist" who believes that Noahs Ark is burried between Iraq and Iran and I'll show you a washed-up hack.
to tolerate capitalism.
Individuality is far, far too important to be lost working to death in someone else's sugar mines.
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Ummm....the Bible only says Mt. Nebo which, btw isn't between Iran and Iraq. (You're not helping yourself here) and there is plenty of geological evidence for the flood. Not the least of which is polystrait trees. These are fossilized trees that are welded into strata that cross (supposedly) millions of years of rock and deposits. Either the tree lived for millions of years, or a catastrophy mixed up the strata. Geologists believe, this may be the result of flooding or a large catastrophic flood.
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if only all christians were like you (honestly). the large majority of christians i meet everyday never hesitate to attempt to force their christianity down my throat and up my ass. no offence, but sometimes the hostility a lot of atheist display towards people of faith is largely due to the actions of the religious fanatics (of any religion).
I prefer to call it "Spiritual Pollution".
> So I've been reading your replies in this thread
:-)
As the nice yellow "enemy" icon informs me. I happily made you a friend just for the hell of it.
> You are basically saying that a book A) that was thrown
> together by humans a couple thousand years ago B) in a
> time when most still thought the world was flat was the
> center of the universe is C) just as good as any theories
> that modern man has come up with today? That is just
> asinine!
How do you know that they believed the world was flat? The Bible certainly doesn't state it. The "flat" world model was an invention of the middle ages. Many things had to be rediscovered due to the impact that the fall of Rome had on science and philosophy. Before that, the Egyptians were building pyramids, the Greeks were figuring out how to use a lever on the earth, and the Romans were building aqueducts and computational devices.
Perhaps the original Atlas image was a large flat surface on his back, but I've always seen it as a globe. Interestingly A quick google search for "was atlas holding a globe or a flat earth?" comes up with this Biblical opinion.
> You say the big bang theory is completely random
Eh? I did? Where?
> I say these verifiable historical records are recorded
> plain as day in the rocks surrounding all of us!
I agree. Do you know how to interpret them correctly? I'm glad you do, because there are a LOT of geologists fighting over that very point.
> And, don't even get me started on the age of the Earth.
I have not and will not state that the Earth is 6000 years old. However, if we interpret the Genesis account correctly, human beings are probably about that age.
> Basically what I'm saying is what ever happened to
> rational thought based on factual data?
Good question. I'm game if you're ready to act rationally.
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