Space-Time, quantum mechanics and Christianity.

[Archie the Preacher]

God is a part of everything, but it's undetectable? How does that work?

You hadn't noticed?

How is a photon a particle and a wave function at the same time? How did the Universe derive from nothing? Mention the Bulk and win a prize.

 

[HitchSlap]

You hadn't noticed?

How is a photon a particle and a wave function at the same time? How did the Universe derive from nothing? Mention the Bulk and win a prize.

Ah, I see, you use the concept of "god" as a place holder for everything you don't understand.

 

[Michael]

Ah, I see, you use the concept of "god" as a place holder for everything you don't understand.

Er, how is that any different than the term "dark" as it relates to the field of astronomy?

 

[HitchSlap]

Er, how is that any different than the term "dark" as it relates to the field of astronomy?

I don't have to tithe %10 to dark matter.

 

[Archie the Preacher]

Ah, I see, you use the concept of "god" as a place holder for everything you don't understand.

And I see you divert attention anytime you cannot answer a question honestly. Hitch, you're a scientist, you should have more intellectual honesty.

Grow some integrity and we'll talk. But you didn't mention the Bulk. No prize.

 

[HitchSlap]

And I see you divert attention anytime you cannot answer a question honestly. Hitch, you're a scientist, you should have more intellectual honesty.

Grow some integrity and we'll talk. But you didn't mention the Bulk. No prize.

What's your question, then?

 

[Archie the Preacher]

What's your question, then?

No. Like I said, grow some integrity first.

Explain about what you asked me, thinking it was going to be past my ability. Explain why exactly you asked me. Then answer the question about the photon, AND explain why you ducked out on it.

Then we'll talk.

 

[HitchSlap]

No.

Ok.

Like I said, grow some integrity first.

I'll work on that.

Explain about what you asked me, thinking it was going to be past my ability. Explain why exactly you asked me.

You ok?

Then answer the question about the photon,

You'd like me to explain the properties of a particle wave?
Here, bone up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave–particle_duality
BTW, I checked the references, failed to see the#@goddidit study.

AND explain why you ducked out on it.

Sorry, didn't realize you were serious.

Then we'll talk.

Sure thing. I won't hold my breath though, as I'm not sure you can offer much in the way of a proper argument.

 

[Archie the Preacher]

Sure thing. I won't hold my breath though, as I'm not sure you can offer much in the way of a proper argument.

Since you have not responded with anything other than evasions and false feints, I'll take my chances.

 

[HitchSlap]

Since you have not responded with anything other than evasions and false feints, I'll take my chances.

Ok then, what's the best way to determine if we hold true beliefs?

 

[Archie the Preacher]

Ok then, what's the best way to determine if we hold true beliefs?

Have a nice day.

 

[HitchSlap]

Have a nice day.

Dumped your adrenaline, didn't you?

 

[Michael]

I don't have to tithe %10 to dark matter.

Meh. Tithing is optional, whereas our tax dollars support the dark thingy snipe hunts. The only things that are certain in life are death and taxes.

 

[HitchSlap]

Meh. Tithing is optional, whereas our tax dollars support the dark thingy snipe hunts. The only things that are certain in life are death and taxes.

Does dark matter know the number of hairs on your head?

 

[morse86]

This is very easy. Both space time and quantum mechanics are myths. Space time is nothing more than "mathematics" used to describe reality.....mathematics cannot describe reality ever.

The double slit experiment of "quantum mechanics" can be explained many other ways....that doesn't mean quantum mechanics is real.

 

[lesliedellow]

This is very easy. Both space time and quantum mechanics are myths. Space time is nothing more than "mathematics" used to describe reality.....mathematics cannot describe reality ever.

The double slit experiment of "quantum mechanics" can be explained many other ways....that doesn't mean quantum mechanics is real.

Like all the other Einsteins on here, perhaps you would like to write a paper, and submit it to a peer reviewed journal.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Like all the other Einsteins on here, perhaps you would like to write a paper, and submit it to a pear reviewed journal.

Getting a paper reviewed by a vegetable or fruit may be the antirelativist's best chance.

 

[lesliedellow]

Getting a paper reviewed by a vegetable or fruit may be the antirelativist's best chance.

I had a late night.

 

[bhsmte]

Hello all!
In not so recent news, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) found definite evidence of gravitational waves. This is pretty huge in cementing general relativity (GR) as a theory, oppose to a wishy washy idea with some bits that can be proved. Of course GR is, and potentially will always be, changing.

Now, the topic i would like to discuss, and potentially get a bit more understanding on, is how does a non-linear space-time and GR fit in with a Christian world view. As most of society and most Christians are taught, time is a constant that never changes and will always flow in one direction. Then science came a long and proved that it doesn't work that way. Now even if the effect has no change on our lives. It is still a thing we need to consider, even if it isn't in my life time, i want to be able to show or tell my future children how GR fits in with a Christian belief. Because space travel, i think, will become apart of our lives in the near future.

Is it something that we form our beliefs around? Is it something we need to find ways to fit it in to our beliefs? A partial in between?
(Now if you read this and have next to no clue what this means, don't look up GR and hope it explains itself. IT IS NOTHING SIMPLE. It is by far one of the most confusing theories, and it will take months of nonstop reading, and research to even to scratch the surface of it. I have spent nearly 2 years of my very short life researching into this topic, and i still learn new things. So if you know next to nothing on this topic, please don't attempt to guess from pieces of information that the media told you.)

All depends what brand of Christian one is.

For most Christians, science is no problem. For fundies, it is a big problem.

 

[Astrophile]

Now, in "short ranged" radio transmission, red shifting isn't much of a problem. It only becomes a problem when we look at communication from anywhere further than Neptune. At this point time dilation and partial red shifting become a problem.

I am sorry, but this is wrong. Time dilation, redshifts, and the expansion of the universe become important only on extragalactic scales of millions or even billions of light years. You don't have to worry about these phenomena for travel and communication within our own planetary system, or even within our Galaxy.