Posted on 11/18/2005 11:38:26 PM PST by neverdem
Rades, neat pics!
cre·ate (kr-t)
tr.v. cre·at·ed, cre·at·ing, cre·ates
1. To cause to exist; bring into being
As much as you would like, the word "create" means something out of nothing. In your opinion there is always something to start with.
As much as you would like, the word "create" means something out of nothing.
No, it doesn't, and not even the definition which you yourself posted says so. Learn to read. Michaelangelo created the "David" statue, but he didn't do it out of nothing, he did it out of a large chunk of rock.
Hailstones are created in thunderclouds, but not out of nothing, out of moisture that's already present in the cloud.
In both cases, the items were "caused to exist" by a sculptor and weather conditions, they were "brought into being" where they had not before (the statue wasn't there ntil it was carved, there was no hail until it coalesced and froze), but in neither case was it "out of nothing".
In your opinion there is always something to start with.
You miss my point entirely. But I've gotten used to that from you.
Just because the term "created" is used does not mean it was used correctly. In this case the word "made" should have been used since the statute was made out of something. It reminds me of the way the word "hero" is used. Talk about missing the point, it went "swoooosh" over you.
" In this case the word "made" should have been used since the statute was made out of something."
And the form the stone took was a creation of Michaelangelo, expressing his profound admiration for the beauty of the form of Man. The David didn't exist until Michaelangelo created it.
Is that related to dark matter? It isn't entirely dark, but only because there are energy sources nearby and within.
What if the Big Bang is an illusion and the universe is infinitely old. That would cast us adrift with no anchors at all. What if the Hubble volume is such a small portion of the universe that we can't even begin to imagine the fulluniverse, or what if the universe really goes on forever in the spatial dimension so we aren't anchored that way either. Got anxiety yet? Want the old Big Bang beginning and finite universe back?
I don't know why astronomy pictures bring out the creator myth almost every time. That piece of modern mythology is not any better than the old myths it displaced. The same feeling can be had by viewing dewdrops on a spiderweb, and without the expense.
Kool. Looks like a Klingon Bird of Prey materializing out of it's cloaking device.
Wrong. It was a rock before it was shaped into a statute. Like I said, creation is something out of nothing and that is where the line gets drawn between creation and evolution. Man would like to think that they create things. Makes them feel like a god.
He created it long before that. The flip side of genius is communicating the creation to others. We all do considerable creating, but not many manage to communicate the creation with enough technical excellence to get others to feel the same exhilaration. We admire this piece of rock because it was made to communicate the feeling and apparently with some success. We don't admire the artist, though, because we can't know the artist and if we knew him personally we might not like him at all. We do admire the skill, but in all honesty, we probably do not feel the same exhilaration the artist intended to communicate.
We do, though. Plenty of what we create has no material basis at all. Just look at what the House did last night.
That's what THEY would have you believe. It just LOOKS like one! ;)
No. In cosmology, dark matter consists of matter particles that cannot be detected by their emitted radiation but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter such as stars and galaxies. Estimates of the amount of matter in the galaxies, based on gravitational effects, consistently suggest that there is far more matter than is directly observable. In addition, the existence of dark matter resolves a number of inconsistencies in the Big Bang theory, and is crucial for structure formation.
The Spitzer Space Telescope makes an infrared(electromagnetic) image from emitted radiation.
LOL
Sagar,
Sorry, science can't explain the beginning of the universe - starting with nothing. Nor can they replicate the creation of life.
best,
ampu
Unlike you I have no problem admitting my inability to do what only God can and has done. And yes, I feel real good about that.
Suit yourself. I am sure that your feeling of superiority builds up your ego and others may just be thriving on your creative abilities.
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