[LomanBill]

[Dark energy and dark matter supposedly do not interact w/ normal matter and energy except as a gravitational effect.]

 

"except as a gravitational effect"?  LOL "except"?

 

Pigs could fly up the temple steps too, "except" for the gravitational effect; but why let reality and the fundamental Laws of nature interfere with the dogmatic fleecing...

 

 

[GourmetDan]

"Pigs could fly up the temple steps too, "except" for the gravitational effect; but why let reality and the fundamental Laws of nature interfere with the dogmatic fleecing..."

Actually, that is the "assumed graviational effect" which is required because of the gravity-only model. And pigs don't fly up temple steps because they obey the laws of gravity as they apply to observable matter.

What the dark matter claim does is say that we observe pigs flying up temple steps and that there is an invisible dark matter mass over the pig that lifted it up the temple steps in contradiction to the mass of observable matter.

I was afraid you were going to become very confused before too long.