To: RightWingAtheist
"...We have a "theory of gravity" that predicts the speed at which two objects.."
Sorry, gravity is a law. It's proven to exist. Besides a proper statement would describe acceleration of two objects towards one another in a gravitational field. You need a time variant with a known acceleration to "predict speed".
If you're going to slam alternative theories, such as ID, get your facts straight, first.
33 posted on
12/30/2005 10:59:23 AM PST by
b359
To: b359
"Sorry, gravity is a law."
Sorry, the theory of gravity is just that, a theory. No theories are ever proven in science. If you're going to make statements about science, know what you're talking about first.
34 posted on
12/30/2005 11:02:49 AM PST by
CarolinaGuitarman
("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
To: b359
Sorry, gravity is a law. It's proven to exist. Sorry, but you're absolutely wrong. The "law" of gravity show that objects attract one another. The "theory" of gravity (actually, "theories" as there is more than one) attempt to explain why the objects attract.
36 posted on
12/30/2005 11:07:09 AM PST by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
To: b359
The law of gravity is simply wrong (Newton's). The theory of gravity (Einstein's) is closer to reality.
You might be thinking of the fact that things fall down. But facts are less reliable in science than theories. There are things that don't fall down. There are things, like the moon, that are getting further away.
37 posted on
12/30/2005 11:12:17 AM PST by
js1138
(Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
To: b359
Sorry, gravity is a law.
No, the "law of gravity" is a (inaccurate but mostly useful) mathematical relationship defining the resulting gravitational force between two masses. The cause of that force and the exact nature of the force itself is theory.
It's proven to exist.
No, there's no "proof" that the force is actually a direct result of the distortion of space-time between two masses. There's a lot of evidence in that regard, but no "proof".
48 posted on
12/30/2005 12:15:27 PM PST by
Dimensio
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