evangelicals refute gravity theory

[breakthesilenceca]

As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are now asserting that the long-held "theory of gravity" is flawed, and they have responded to it with a new theory of Intelligent Fallinghttp://www.breakthesilence.ca/downloads/culture/December%2005/IntelligentFalling.htm FULLSTORY

 

[monkey88]

ROFL!!!! that's all I can say LOL!!!!

 

[Portgus]

I admire their intent, I really do... but that is a little far fetched... even in the sense of the unexplainable.

 

[billwald]

Note the source - the onion. <G>

On the other hand, Einstein was the first to come up with a theory of gravity. Prior to that all we had was a description of gravity.

 

[JGL53]

...On the other hand, Einstein was the first to come up with a theory of gravity. Prior to that all we had was a description of gravity.

Yeah, Einstein's theory of gravity is that bits of matter warp space and curve it, and then the bits of matter roll down hill, as it were, toward each other. When one chuck of matter is MUCH larger than another, then the latter, in effect, basically falls toward the former.

This guy explains it well at this website - plus he adds some new theories of his own. It all sort of makes sense to me - but, then, I'm not a astrophysicist or cosmologist.

http://www.thecosmiccommode.com/

 

[mcsquared]

Wow you guys actually thought Einstien came up with the Law of Gravity?

Any of you ever wondered why things having to do with mass, gravity, and force is called Newtonian Physics?????

Just sayin.

 

[JGL53]

Wow you guys actually thought Einstien came up with the Law of Gravity?

Any of you ever wondered why things having to do with mass, gravity, and force is called Newtonian Physics?????

Just sayin.

Well, of course. But if Newton could somehow be brought back to life, I think he might have his mind blown by the new understanding and theory concerning what gravity really is (curved space and all that), not to mention relativity in general, quantum theory, and evolution by natural selection, etc.

Newton was a giant in the field of scientific understanding, but he wasn't a demigod or something.

 

[PopoSujo]

^ I concur. Newtonian Gravity was done away with after Einstein's Theories were proven to hold much more water, scientifically.

The "Intelligent Falling Theory", while a joke, is a funny poke at the Fundamentalists.

 

[NCStein]

Wow you guys actually thought Einstien came up with the Law of Gravity?

Any of you ever wondered why things having to do with mass, gravity, and force is called Newtonian Physics?????

Just sayin.

Huh? No, no one said that. If you're referring to the Law of Universal Gravitation, yes, that was proposed by Newton in 1687. Einstein's General Relativity (colloquially termed the "Theory of Gravity") replaced that in 1915.

 

[Locrian]

On the other hand, Einstein was the first to come up with a theory of gravity. Prior to that all we had was a description of gravity.

With Newton we had a mathematical model that predicted all known (at the time) observation and had some philosophical basis. With Einstein we have a mathematical model that predicts all known observation and has some philosophical basis. Why someone would call one a "description" and the other a "theory" is a bit of a mystery to me.

And to all the people talking about how Einstein replaced Newton's theory of gravity, you should be specific about what you mean, because Newton's theory is still used orders of magnitude more often than Einstein's. In at least one sense it hasn't really been much of a replacement.

 

[Apollonian]

*laugh* The Onion aside...

Has anyone ever read Brian Green's book Elegant Universe? Or heard of the concept of super-string theory?

I got a laugh out of thinking of the concept of God playing out the 'music' of the universe on the superstrings of which we are all made. It just seems to fit so well into a poets representation of God, juxtaposed with physics.

 

[billwald]

YECs don't live in a physical universe but one that only exists in the mind of God or is a holodeck.

 

[five]

Superstrings are interesting, but it seems kinda fruitless. Quantum Gravity might be more useful. Who the hell knows though, Dark Energy is the enemy now. Shelve grand unification for a bit, there might be another force to reckon with.

 

[Angel of God]

ROFL!!!! that's all I can say LOL!!!!

Double and triple ROFTL!!!!!!!!


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