[Fyron]

Hhhmm. You also referred to a book (a physics book) as and i quote: "It was in my physics book Last year, which is generally accepted as the best physics text book out there. "
So if it's ok for you to refer to a book, why can't Ragnarok do it. Just because your book is a scientific book and his the bible doesn't mean that your book is more inclined to be true.
History is full of scientific books that years later (or centuries later) proved to be utter crap.
And it's always easy to question a book:
"why do you think that physics book is any evidence? Why is it better than other physics book? What makes it right, and everything else wrong?"
Don't get me wrong i love science and i do believe that what you are saying about the speed of light is true, it just don't agree with the way you are trying to show there is no evidence that the bible is true (or wrong for that matter).
Any book can be full of crap.

First off, there is a huge difference between subjective truths and objective truths. Objective truths are verifiable outside of the context of the beliefs and reactions of a single person. Subjective truths are not, and completely depend on the beliefs of the person in question.

The formulae and such in my Physics book have valid mathematical proofs that show that they are correct. Examining the proofs for error turned up nothing, so the forumulae and then the theorems and statements based on those formulae have a valid basis. So, I can conclude that they are more or less accurate, and are objective instead of subjective. The Bible lacks anything like this. It is based off of subjective opinion used as fact and evidence, which simply does not work.

The physics book could be full of crap, but at least it is not based off of crap, it is based of of logical reasoning. Frankly, the basis of the Bible is (to use your words ) crap. A book based off of flawed subjective truths can not be right. A book based off of valid objective reasoning (such as my physics book) at least has a valid basis. It is very unlikely that we are completley wrong about the basic principles on which the information in the physics book is founded. If we were, we would not have these nice computers to be used to post on this forum. The information presented in my physics book was used to design them, and the internet, so it looks to me as if it is not crap. However, the Bible does lack these objective facts that the physics book is based off of. It's basis is entirely subjective. So, it can not be taken as true, because it's claims have no logical proof. You have to take a huge leap of faith to believe the Bible. You do not have to take such a leap to believe my physics book.

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Originally posted by minipol:
i forgot: as for aliens, i do believe they are out there but i don't think we will see one very soon. I once saw a program on that string theory you guys where talking about earlier and it was amazing. 10 dimensions. go figure. to much for my brain to handle. I have trouble with 3 dimensions after a few beers.

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I think it is supposed to be 11, actually. Of course, it is an extreme theory, and has little chance of ever being proven satisfactorily.

[ February 26, 2003, 23:54: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]