R: Re: No gravity / no dark matter

2016-12-13 Thread 'scerir' via Everything List
Brent: >That depends on what you mean by "God". As I've pointed out at length, >language is defined by usage and usage says that "God" means an immortal >person with supernatural power who wants, and deserves, to be >worshipped. You want to hijack the word and justify it by referring to >a

Re: No gravity / no dark matter

2016-12-13 Thread Russell Standish
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 12:28:17PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 12 Dec 2016, at 19:31, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > > > >On 12/12/2016 3:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > >> > >>>it's just like seeing the storm as anger of the sky-god. > >>>People experience anger, so they think they have

Re: No gravity / no dark matter

2016-12-13 Thread Brent Meeker
On 12/13/2016 3:46 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 12 Dec 2016, at 19:36, Brent Meeker wrote: On 12/12/2016 3:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: And the religionist, trying to keep their comfort and influence, keep fuzzing up the target and spreading it out because it's center keeps getting hit by

Re: No gravity / no dark matter

2016-12-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Dec 2016, at 19:36, Brent Meeker wrote: On 12/12/2016 3:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: And the religionist, trying to keep their comfort and influence, keep fuzzing up the target and spreading it out because it's center keeps getting hit by facts. Atheism is either agnostic, or is a

Re: No gravity / no dark matter

2016-12-13 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 12 Dec 2016, at 19:31, Brent Meeker wrote: On 12/12/2016 3:24 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: it's just like seeing the storm as anger of the sky-god. People experience anger, so they think they have understood the storm. They don't understand fluid dynamics (at least until very