What's Your Area Of Expertise?

[AV1611VET]

Domestic cats;, of course! I have forgotten some information I read about them, but can guarantee I know more about feline nutrition than most veterinarians.

Well, I am not exactly a cat expert in the sense of the thread title, but for decades I have wanted to start a cat rescue organization.

Can you tell if a cat is sick by feeling it's nose? or is that just an old wives tale?

 

[apollosdtr]

Mine is Ancient History accompanied by Research and Reason.

Nice to meet you!

That's weird... and doubtful.

 

[AV1611VET]

That's weird... and doubtful.

What is?

 

[apollosdtr]

Nice to meet you!

That's weird... and doubtful.

What is?

That it's "nice to meet" me, said by someone who believes in miracles. I'm guessing you were just being polite? and didn't really mean it.

I'm sorry that your other thread got locked...

 

[apollosdtr]

Can you tell if a cat is sick by feeling it's nose? or is that just an old wives tale?

Cat's who have warm dry noses aren't being tested in a cool room... in my experience, anyway. My cat has a cool wet nose when he's feeling chilly and wants to cuddle to get warm.

I think that "old wives tale" might actually apply to dogs... but I haven't had a dog in ages, so I don't remember if it's true of them.

 

[apollosdtr]

Domestic cats;, of course! I have forgotten some information I read about them, but can guarantee I know more about feline nutrition than most veterinarians.

Well, I am not exactly a cat expert in the sense of the thread title, but for decades I have wanted to start a cat rescue organization.

I'd start a Horse and Cat rescue home... with a Pet Cemetery on-site to fund it.

 

[apollosdtr]

My areas of expertise are Creationism and the Flood.

[...] I like to emphasize miracles as interruptions to nature.

I actually have a question for you about that... how can "nature" be "interrupted" when it follows its own laws which define its characteristics? For "nature" to be thought of as something approaching the "nature of the thing" it must conform to its own definition... or its own definition of itself is faulty or misunderstood.

Granted the fact that, in the natural universe, things happen in cycles, there must be some variation allowed that would encompass the expanding and contraction according to a given cycle... but not enough to be called a "miracle". For something to be miraculous, it would have to step outside the bounds of definition in such a way that the even the most broadly defined ideas of "variation" and "cycle" cannot contain it. And if "nature" does the miraculous often enough, then a new definition would have to be created... wouldn't it?

 

[AV1611VET]

I actually have a question for you about that... how can "nature" be "interrupted" when it follows its own laws which define its characteristics? For "nature" to be thought of as something approaching the "nature of the thing" it must conform to its own definition... or its own definition of itself is faulty or misunderstood.

Granted the fact that, in the natural universe, things happen in cycles, there must be some variation allowed that would encompass the expanding and contraction according to a given cycle... but not enough to be called a "miracle". For something to be miraculous, it would have to step outside the bounds of definition in such a way that the even the most broadly defined ideas of "variation" and "cycle" cannot contain it. And if "nature" does the miraculous often enough, then a new definition would have to be created... wouldn't it?

If I read your post correctly, it looks to me like you figured it out on your own, my friend.

God is outside of nature.

In fact, He is outside of the universe itself.

We say that God is "transcendent" -- outside of His creation.

He "breaks in" at times and performs miracles by ordering nature to do this or do that, and nature obeys.

This implies, of course, that nature has some kind of sentient relationship with its Creator.

 

[apollosdtr]

If I read your post correctly, it looks to me like you figured it out on your own, my friend.

God is outside of nature.

In fact, He is outside of the universe itself.

We say that God is "transcendent" -- outside of His creation.

He "breaks in" at times and performs miracles by ordering nature to do this or do that, and nature obeys.

This implies, of course, that nature has some kind of sentient relationship with its Creator.

If a creator created nature, then nature was made according to the dictates of the law by which creation was made.
Breaking ones own rules would seem to be the nature of miracles. Broken often enough and they become the definition of nature. That would seem to mean that natural law is in fact chaos.

 

[returntosender]

This is an interesting thread.
Any home insurance agents in here?
I used to be mechanically inclined but lost most of it to a stroke. I'm told i am very opinionated which is close to being critical. I am both but working on it. Right now I'm working on surviving. Trying hard to know Jesus.

 

[AV1611VET]

If a creator created nature, then nature was made according to the dictates of the law by which creation was made.

Okay.

Breaking ones own rules would seem to be the nature of miracles.

They aren't permanent breaks though.

They are more like interruptions.

Broken often enough and they become the definition of nature.

Nope.

If a man gives a speech at a podium, and he is interrupted periodically, are the interruptions then incorporated into;- and considered as part of his speech?

That would seem to mean that natural law is in fact chaos.

Nope.

 

[AV1611VET]

This is an interesting thread.
Any home insurance agents in here?
I used to be mechanically inclined but lost most of it to a stroke. I'm told i am very opinionated which is close to being critical. I am both but working on it. Right now I'm working on surviving. Trying hard to know Jesus.

God bless you, my friend.

 

[AV1611VET]

Keep 'em coming!

 

[The Barbarian]

why don't they use the same symbol as in the Physical Sciences?

In Shannon entropy, H(X) is the uncertainty of the message X. That is, how much more you will know, once you receive X and decode it. It's a bit different than thermodynamics.

 

[Astrophile]

Just for kicks, I'd like to create a thread where we can explain our areas of expertise and maybe lighten things up a bit.

This thread can also serve as a reference tool.

I'll start:

My areas of expertise are Creationism and the Flood.

I also enjoy talking about the dispensations and basic doctrine.

I like to salt my posts with Scripture whenever possible, and I like to emphasize miracles as interruptions to nature.

Your turn.

Astronomy and astrophysics.

 

[Tuur]

What is defined as expertise?

 

[BCP1928]

If a creator created nature, then nature was made according to the dictates of the law by which creation was made.
Breaking ones own rules would seem to be the nature of miracles. Broken often enough and they become the definition of nature. That would seem to mean that natural law is in fact chaos.

Does a miracle have to be outside the laws of nature? There are relatively few in Christian tradition which must be.

 

[AV1611VET]

What is defined as expertise?

Root word: "expert."

But in this case, I'll accept "area of high interest that you're good at."

 

[Tuur]

Root word: "expert."

But in this case, I'll accept "area of high interest that you're good at."

I can go with "expert," but what is defined as an "expert?" I have a college degree I never used, and some of what I know is obsolete.

 

[AV1611VET]

I can go with "expert," but what is defined as an "expert?" I have a college degree I never used, and some of what I know is obsolete.

Humor me.