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To: allmendream
==Not at all. You are indeed correct that the black hole at the center of our galaxy is not a quasar. I thought quasar was the general term for any black hole at the center of a galaxy and I was mistaken.

You have already proven yourself head and shoulders above the DC-types on this board.

==However the black hole of our galaxy is obviously more central than either our planet or the star that our planet circles, as our star does indeed circle the central mass of our galaxy.

True. But you are arguing with Copernicus, not me. All I'm suggesting is that the universe may have a center and an edge, and that we may well be very near that center because the universe appears spatially homogeneous from our vantage point.

Also, you failed to answer one of my key questions, so I will ask it again...If Hawkings et al admit their Big Bang cosmology is based on an “admixture” of ideology (the assumption that our universe is spatially homogeneous/has no center) why do you insist that said ideology is warranted by empirical observation? Before you answer, let me remind you that we are talking about the UNIVERSE, not the Milky Way.

==Now can you answer my question? Does humanity need to be in a centralized location for God to see us or to love us and think we are important?

Of course not. But there is the sticky issue of the Bible repeatedly declaring that the earth is unique, that the heavens were created for OUR benefit, not to mention the Bible verses that imply the universe has both a center and an edge. So we may very well occupy a centralized location because God loves us, not because we have to for God to love us, but because it was part of God's loving plan. Science can test to see whether these verses are merely figures of speech, or literally true. And if they are true, why wouldn't God want us to discover that his love for us is built right into the cosmos?

280 posted on 05/09/2008 8:55:35 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts
The current theory is justified based upon empirical observation that neither our planet, our star, or our galaxy have a centralized or special location. It also goes with the ideology that we needn't have a central location, but that is a philosophical consideration not a Scientifically empirical one.
281 posted on 05/09/2008 9:13:12 AM PDT by allmendream (Life begins at the moment of contraception. ;))
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