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General relativity

shinbits

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General relativity (a theory of gravity).
No deity included.

Therefore ....

...Discuss.


I expect a lot of pigeons on this thread, but that's okay. Pigeons seem to be prevalent on this forum.
A diety doesn't need to be included in a theory to still be behind what the theory discusses.
 
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If God is omniscient, He knows everything, even things that are relative. You know, because He knows EVERYTHING. Therefore, God is omnicient.

Woop.
 
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A diety doesn't need to be included in a theory to still be behind what the theory discusses.
I'll keep that in mind.
And I might* quote you from time to time on that



*No, make that "will"

Hope your day is going relatively well ;)
 
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Everything [in this universe] is relative.
Within and without: EVERYthing's relative.

I even capitalised it.

If God is omniscient, He knows everything, even things that are relative. You know, because He knows EVERYTHING. Therefore, God is omnicient.

Woop.
But he can't, so he doesn't. It's like saying he can make a burrito so hot even he couldn't eat it.

And I don't even know what a burrito is.

This is what Wikipedia showed me:

180px-Papa_chevos_burrito.jpg


Therefore, my disproof of God's existence by way of General relativity is complete.
 
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A diety doesn't need to be included in a theory to still be behind what the theory discusses.
Yes, it does :). Otherwise, the theory is inaccurate (or incomplete), which means it's technically false, which means the deity wasn't behind it. A complete description of reality would necessarily include the deity who instigated it .

Even quantum mechanics has wave-vectors, and they don't even exist!
 
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Within and without: EVERYthing's relative.

I even capitalised it.

Yeah, I think I mispoke. You certainly could be right, and I think you are.

Therefore, my disproof of God's existence by way of General relativity is complete.

Slow down.

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Even I can know how fast something is going relative to something else, so what is this supposed to mean?
 
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Being on things that make you go faster is so much fun.

:thumbsup:

No, it's terrifying and makes you feel sick :sick: Unless of course, relatively speaking, it doesn't appear that youre going very fast, like on a large plane.

If I were in a car going at the speed of a plane I would be scared stiff
 
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General relativity (a theory of gravity).
No deity included.

Therefore ....

...Discuss.


I expect a lot of pigeons on this thread, but that's okay. Pigeons seem to be prevalent on this forum.

Assuming an object is not moving, and gravity isn't a force, what makes it fall?

According to the Big Bang theory, the space containing the universe expanded into an empty space which was already there, I'm assuming. But I'm thinking matter probably expanded into the fourth dimension - time - creating space-time. Anyways, the equations which describe gravity must have existed before the Big Bang. A Bang wouldn't create an equation. Equations are not material things. They belong to the mind. Perhaps this proves the mind of God existed before gravity.
 
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shinbits

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Within and without: EVERYthing's relative.

I even capitalised it.


But he can't, so he doesn't. It's like saying he can make a burrito so hot even he couldn't eat it.

And I don't even know what a burrito is.

This is what Wikipedia showed me:

180px-Papa_chevos_burrito.jpg


Therefore, my disproof of God's existence by way of General relativity is complete.
hmm. I see your point.

but how does this disprove God?
 
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