tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680047712059587184.post972864293753353978..comments2023-07-21T04:53:17.493-05:00Comments on The Next Christian Generation: Lesson 17: Friendship in the book of RuthAilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778690707580603910noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680047712059587184.post-58805443423002019782007-02-05T17:52:00.000-05:002007-02-05T17:52:00.000-05:00While I'm sad to admit it, many other self-proclai...While I'm sad to admit it, many other self-proclaimed "Christians" do tend to disregard the importance of the scientific discoveries man has made. However, very few of the people who have made those discoveries can disregard the importance of a creator-being. The universal laws we believe we have proven have to have some origination. There complexities are greater than coincidence could possibly explain. <br />Thus, the majority of scientists in the world, while they may reject organized religion (since much of organized religion has rejected them in the past) come at some point in their careers to admit that there *must* be some form of intelligence guiding the developement of the universe. Even the "Christian-hated" originator of the Theory of Evolution, Charles Darwin, was a Christian himself, and a strong believer in God's creation.Brandon Lighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02502256395819389281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680047712059587184.post-29287342004359838892007-02-05T17:42:00.000-05:002007-02-05T17:42:00.000-05:00Rather, not that gravity has nothing to do with ro...Rather, not that gravity has nothing to do with rotation, but rather rotation does not produce or determine gravity. The opposite however, can be argued for. Gravity tends to cause masses within a body to sink and mass deficits to rise, thus allowing changing masses within the body to minutely alter its momentum. Creating enough momentum to initiate rotation of a body the size of planet requires an outside gravitational force however (such as the convieniently located star and satelites found within our solar system).<br />A property of solid planets or natural satellites that are in synchronous rotation with the rotation of the central body is that they often exhibit librations due to the ellipticity of the orbital motion and their nonsphericity. This librational motion is generally very small but it can be used as a diagnostic for the body's internal structure (i.e., core size and physical state) because fluid material present in the planet's core responds differently to the irregular rotational motion than the solid mantle surrounding it. This libration can also be detected in the gravity field and the topography as variations in the rotation rate of static models of these two fields.Brandon Lighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02502256395819389281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680047712059587184.post-4654048722608917212007-02-05T17:29:00.000-05:002007-02-05T17:29:00.000-05:00When did this become a blog about physics? I'm pre...When did this become a blog about physics? I'm pretty sure the general theme of discussion here is educating children about religion. Specifically educating children that choose to study the subject.<br />However, if we are discussing physics, I should make a few corrections, as you are both wrong on a few points about gravity. First, certain aspects of the Theory of Gravitation are proven, both by observation and mathematics, as summed up by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_universal_gravitation">Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation</a>. Secondly, gravity has NOTHING to do with rotation, forces produced by the rotation of an object are refered to as Centrifugal (pushing objects away from the center of rotation) and Centripidal (pulling objects towards the center of rotation) forces. Gravitational force is entirely a function of the mass of the objects involved and the distance between.Brandon Lighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02502256395819389281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680047712059587184.post-46826750296655080112007-02-04T18:29:00.000-05:002007-02-04T18:29:00.000-05:00ok, you've got me on the spelling and grammar and ...ok, you've got me on the spelling and grammar and you're right about me being puppy dog, but for the record, gravity is a force created by the rate of the earths rotation through space. this is why we are able to measure the gravity on other planets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680047712059587184.post-74374808290152573972007-02-03T20:39:00.000-05:002007-02-03T20:39:00.000-05:001. Science and religion each have their place in h...1. Science and religion each have their place in helping us understand God's universe. I became a Christian because of a chemistry class I took in high school. Before I saw the incredible, and unnecessary, beauty in the structures of very small things, I had no reason to believe in a creator. I have a hard time seeing science and religion as mutually exclusive ways of dealing with reality. Religion is not about the things that science can prove to us. Religion is about everything else. Sometimes science and religion support each other, but that corroboration is not the point of either of them. <br />2. Kids don’t believe in science either. In our lesson about the Trinity, when we pointed out that the water was turning into gas, one kid said, “So you mean if I inhaled that, it would kill me?” He’s a fourth grader, and he thought the third state of matter was … gasoline. That’s right, these kids are joining the 21st century with a push for solid, provable, knowledge.<br />3. Lots of scientists come to religion through studying science, particularly those who study things, like particle physics, that take some faith anyway.<br />4. The kids in our class believe in God. They have a relationship with God. They just haven’t yet learned that part of a relationship has to do with getting to understand someone’s back story—in this case, the Bible.<br />5. Science is faith-based. Why does gravity work? Here’s a wild one for you. No one knows. Gravity is actually talked about, in scientific circles, as a “theory.” But you believe it will continue to work, don’t you? You’re probably right. But because we don’t know why it works, it might some day stop or change, and we could never predict that. Our architecture, our way of walking, our cars, are all based on a belief in something that no one can prove is any more than a collective construct. It might dissolve tomorrow. <br />6. Abraham and Moses may never have existed. Ok. And on the internet, no one knows you’re a dog. What’s your point? It’s not about Abraham and Moses, it’s about God. It’s about some instruction about faith, submission, or courage that God intends us to get. It’s another thread in the rich story of God’s relationship to His people. And if the individuals never existed? Fine. That doesn’t hurt my faith. I don’t worship those individuals.<br />7. Just for the record, I believe in evolution. Because I think that God can think ahead well enough to set the right conditions in place to make whatever he wanted to happen, happen, on whatever time frame he felt like using. I don’t believe that my faith is helped or damaged by believing one way or another.<br />8. You can write off Christ’s resurrection as much as you want to. That doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. He was seen by many witnesses after the fact. I recommend Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christ, or, if you’re up to a more scholarly and independent approach, a Bible with good footnotes. The whole fulfilling just about every messianic prophecy ever thing is pretty mind-boggling when you think about it. Or you could just write the whole thing off without doing any research into the subject. Because I don’t know who you are, I have not the slightest idea whether you have or not.<br />9. Welcome to the 21st century. Scientists have invented this amazing thing called “spell check.” For the truly old-fashioned, there are also many excellent guides to proper English grammar.<br />10. If you’d like to email me to continue this discussion, please feel free to do so. I’m adding an “email to me” link on the blog. Thanks for stopping by.Ailihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15778690707580603910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680047712059587184.post-83005832982376992582007-02-03T16:52:00.000-05:002007-02-03T16:52:00.000-05:00perhaps the reason modern christian education isn'...perhaps the reason modern christian education isn't working is because children today have a hard time believing in hokey out-dated religions based off of a man that was crusified and never really resurected and moses and abraham who may have never existed. come on, this is the 21st century. science dominates over blind faith and rightly so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com