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Lonely Rogue Worlds Surprisingly Outnumber Planets with Suns
Space.com ^
| 05/18/2011
| Mike Wall
Posted on 05/18/2011 8:47:19 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: UCANSEE2
Imagine what scientists will 'believe' 90 years from now, and how ignorant they will believe we 'were'. That's a strength of science, not a weakness. As new knowledge is gained, theories are refined or rejected as the evidence warrants. There is nothing 'holy' in science...which is as it should be.
To: Abin Sur
So you’d go out and say “these iron ore deposits were put here by no one for my purpose”. Now THAT’S silly.
There is a definable creator of the word processor, and indeed, he created it with the purpose of being useful for the writer.
What’s silly is denying the Creator and His purpose for creation, in fact, it’s by biblical definition “foolish”.
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posted on
05/20/2011 5:46:32 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
To: MrB
So youd go out and say these iron ore deposits were put here by no one for my purpose. Now THATS silly. They weren't "put there", they just are there...and once you start mining them you have a purpose for them. Once we start using anything we have a purpose for it. Look, this really isn't that hard.
Whats silly is denying the Creator and His purpose for creation, in fact, its by biblical definition foolish.
If the Bible is the word of God, that's quite true. Big if, though. As far as I can tell, it's a bunch of mythology with some history thrown in. I see no reason to believe the mythology of any scripture, be it Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, etc.
Your mileage may (well...does) vary.
To: Abin Sur
I see no reason to believe the mythology of any scripture Your choice to be ignorant. The evidence is abundant for both the efficacy of the Judaeo-Christian scriptures and against others. If you choose not to pursue that knowledge, so be it. You mileage will not vary.
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05/20/2011 7:07:02 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
To: hinckley buzzard
One would think that after billions of years they would have been captured by the gravity of some great star as they passed by. Someone just did the math: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/19/are-we-in-danger-from-a-rogue-planet/
It seems the chance of one of these rogue planets wandering close enough to us to be a danger is almost zero.
To: GeronL; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
Somehow I managed to post in this topic, not thank GeronL, and not ping the list. This topic is from May. :'(
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07/22/2011 7:53:53 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/22/2011 11:50:13 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: Redcitizen
Off on a Comet, One of my favorite Classic comic book stories. They are up in a balloon when the comet strikes and are carried aloft with it when it passes. kewl one.
And by Jules Verne too.
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posted on
07/23/2011 12:01:11 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Rogue worlds! And they all thought Palin was from
Alaska...
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07/23/2011 11:02:56 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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