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The Abiogenesis/Atheism Fallacy
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<blockquote data-quote="Blayz" data-source="post: 57083812" data-attributes="member: 197917"><p>Except your clock is not 5 minutes off, it is running 5 minutes fast. Each and every day it gains an extra 5 minutes. There is no "once off" correction to this problem. You need to change it on a regular basis. And the fact that your clock runs 5 minutes fast in no way impacts how long an actual day is, it is just a comment on your clock.</p><p></p><p>Some time ago, it was decided how long a second is. Unfortunately, these do not fit precisely into the rotation of the earth, in much the same way our planet has the temerity to rate 365.25 days each year, instead of a nice round 365, so we have leap years.... or do you think leap years are some evidence of the Earth slowing down?</p><p></p><p>We need to correct every 18 months because there is not an exact whole number of seconds in 18 months.</p><p></p><p>Now the correct solution is to change the definition of one second on a global level. Personally, if we were to go to that trouble I'd rather they moved to a decimal time measurement with 10 hours in the day each comprised of 100 minutes each of 100 seconds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blayz, post: 57083812, member: 197917"] Except your clock is not 5 minutes off, it is running 5 minutes fast. Each and every day it gains an extra 5 minutes. There is no "once off" correction to this problem. You need to change it on a regular basis. And the fact that your clock runs 5 minutes fast in no way impacts how long an actual day is, it is just a comment on your clock. Some time ago, it was decided how long a second is. Unfortunately, these do not fit precisely into the rotation of the earth, in much the same way our planet has the temerity to rate 365.25 days each year, instead of a nice round 365, so we have leap years.... or do you think leap years are some evidence of the Earth slowing down? We need to correct every 18 months because there is not an exact whole number of seconds in 18 months. Now the correct solution is to change the definition of one second on a global level. Personally, if we were to go to that trouble I'd rather they moved to a decimal time measurement with 10 hours in the day each comprised of 100 minutes each of 100 seconds. [/QUOTE]
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