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My surfing experience, which always seeks the biggest wave, reveals 3 waves. They are called “sets”. Sometimes the 2nd wave was larger.

Indeed, a geocentric model is more and more one of hubris. There are two lines of evidence form recent deep-space observations demonstrating that there is roughly about 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. Combine this with the estimate of about 1 planet on average per star, and...

Yep. The word "planet" is from the Greek planetai, which means "wandering star". These are mentioned in Jude 1: 13 (as a metaphor for those in darkness). Yes. Multiple epicycles and an equant were applied to each planet to better predict where they would be over time. This was very...

The geocentric model (Aristotle/Ptolemy/Thomist) worked well for about 2000 years, but since this model is a scientific model, it was one that was open to tests and falsification. When Galileo discovered how to make a telescope with enough resolution to see planets, he found that Venus went...

:) Yeah kinda, when the end is the back of our heads. ;) It's a long trip, however. The expansion puts the diameter of the universe (from any point) -- if we could freeze it to give us time to measure it -- at about 96 billion lightyears. 1 lightyear is about 6 trillion miles.

Right, and we know that the ancient Greeks knew all this. Erasthones measured the shadow lengths (angles) and calculated the circumference of our sphere to within about 80% of its true value. Aristarchus argued that the big Sun was the center of the "world", and Earth revolved around it...

You're far more right than they like to admit. The Mulitiverse Theory fails to meet the scientific requirement for "theory". Every theory must allow for tests (i.e. falsification). If the model cannot be tested, it is supposition at best, not a hypothesis or theory. I've noticed that many...

Indeed, the more recent discoveries of just how finely tuned our universe is, the more astonishing in how it looks orchestrated by a super intellect. There are only four forces, remarkably, that built and regulate our universe (gravity, electromagnetism, strong, weak). But their respective...

Please clarify what you find to be different between Newton's and Kepler's claims. I don't see a problem.

Thanks for those rules. :) Newton was very honest with science. He admitted he had no real idea what gravity is, only how to model it. This equation was the first universal law, meaning it seemed to fit all that is seen in the universe. Einstein dove into what gravity is, which makes it...

I know almost nothing of either of those. Charles Lyell was a lawyer but his geological work became famous. Darwin took his book with him, along with perhaps his favorite "Natural Theology" (Rev. Paley). Lyell was one of the first, I think, to argue the extreme age of the planet. He...

Yes, it is a devious way to afflict those of faith. Yes. But retrodictive science can be very powerful. BBT (Big Bang Theory) became mainstream because the retrodictive predictions were discovered, especially the CMBR (Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation). Yes, but I prefer to see...

I'm new around here. I won't be here long if this thread is required reading. *wink* Our wonderful, short church piano player (Boots), years ago, was pulled from the audience in Branson, MO., and asked to play the piano. She did wonderfully and the host asked if she played by ear. She...

Yes, that is plausible. There are estimated to be over 1 million asteroids that are between 30 meters and 140 meters in size. Some are NEOs - Near Earth Objects. About 1/3 of the known objects are NEOs. The average frequency of impact for a 30 m object is one every 100 years. These, if...

Hi, Shakey. Thanks for your response. I hope you won't mind me clarifying my view point of these difficult topics. I am open to change, of course. I tend to view addressing science in the general sense as "mainstream science". Some science is not mainstream and some is ATM (Against The...

I favor (not closed to more literal interpretations) the idea that God uses evolutionary processes, per His brilliant design, to bring forth life forms of incredible variety, including reasonably intelligent bi-peds. Making Adam's physical form similar, but likely perfect, form plus granting...

It also explains why we haven't encountered alien races - their information on us forces them to look only around yellow stars. ;)

Yes, the universe is about ~90% hydrogen and 10% helium by number; ~73% hydrogen and 25% helium by mass. The other elements are only trace elements, though oxygen is the next element in the list at ~ 1%. Yep. Science supports this as well, FWIW, since water allows far more chemical events...

Whether the fish evolved from flying fish to, over eons, birds, or God created them from ground material doesn't change the main point, IMO, of the claim that it wasn't Egyptian gods that are responsible for creation, but God. If the author was simply writing what God revealed to him, then the...

Although, yes, the Sun is too bright to not see white, this intensity can easily be reduced enough to avoid this problem. One way is by using a simple pinhole in thin material, say aluminum, which will allow a projected image of the Sun, and one that is just right in viewing its color. Of...