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Lets have an open discussion on Heaven.
- By RandyPNW
- General Theology
- 23 Replies
I do have a lot of respect for the Church Fathers, and for you, as well. However, I take the Premillennial road, unashamedly, since the times in history in which there is input matter to me. Early in the Church the Chiliast view was close, in time, to John the Revelator. And those who followed him several centuries later began to question Chiliast beliefs primarily because it didn't appear the Kingdom would literally come to Israel and to "hardened" Jews.
I find it telling that now, late in history, when Israel could conceivably be restored, that there is renewed interest in the Premillennial position. Though this doesn't make the Jewish People "good" overall, I do see evidence that Israel has tried to act in a more civilized "Christian" way with respect to the Middle East conflicts. I think it likely that Israel will return as a "nation of God" at Christ's coming. But no matter....
I do think the statement about martyrs being "under the altar" is obviously metaphorical. So, I don't think it figures into any technical placement, whether in "Heaven" or in "Abraham's Bosom" or in "Paradise," or whatever. I don't always follow tradition, and so reject a preliminary place called "Purgatory." For me, the departed saints are "in Heaven with God." The heavenly Jerusalem, or the City of God, will at some point descend from Heaven to take its rightful place on the New Earth.
Thankyou, by the way, for your shared learning on the various historical beliefs in the church denominations. Your brain must be twice my size!
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Hubble Constant (Ho) fixed to light speed, C and calculated as 71 k/s/Mpc. God did it!!
- By sjastro
- Physical & Life Sciences
- 108 Replies
Do you have a problem in using the quote function?
What is evident in your response you do not understand dimensional analysis or even simple arithmetic.
Here is a primer on dimensional analysis.
A physical property can be broken down into more fundamental units such as L (length), T (time) and M (mass).
Velocity which is distance divided by time is defined as LT⁻¹, acceleration LT⁻², force MLT⁻², pressure (force/area) MLT⁻²L⁻² = ML⁻¹T⁻² etc.
Since Hₒ is in km/s/Mpc it has the units LT⁻¹L⁻¹ = T⁻¹, hence 1/ Hₒ = T which is units of time.
Simple isn’t it and there is nothing nefarious about it.
So where do the units of Hₒ come from in the first place?
Astronomers are able to calculate recession velocities using the cosmological redshifts obtained from the spectra of distant galaxies and their distances when type 1a supernovae occur.
When plotting recession velocities in km/s against distance in Mpc they obtain this.
The line of best of fit is defined by the equation Velocity = Hₒ x Distance which is Hubble's law where Hₒ is the gradient or rate of change defined as km/s/Mpc.
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