Text 25260, 137 rader
Skriven 2006-02-10 19:26:53 av Frank Vest (1:124/6308.1)
  Kommentar till text 25225 av Roy Witt (1:1/22)
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On (10 Feb 06) Roy Witt wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello Roy,

 RW>  DC>>>>> Science has always been the bane of archane religions.
 RW>  FS>>>>> According to the Pope himself -- the Number ONE Christian --
 RW>  FS>>>>> there's nothing wrong with studying evolution as it's a
 RW>  FS>>>>> scientific theory/fact and the Church obviously doesn't
 RW>  FS>>>>> object
 RW>  RW>>>> to  FS>> science.  So that settles it.
 RW>  DC>>>> But, he also told Hawking not to look before the Big Bang.
 RW>  RW>>>> Not even the pope knows what was before the big bang. :o)
 RW>  FV>>> The Pope should know.
 RW>  RW>>> You're saying that he's all knowing, just like the God who
 RW>  RW>>> calls
 RW>  RW>> him  RW>> the beast with ten heads? The scarlet one who's name
 RW> is  RW>> 666?
 RW>  FV>> No. Just saying that it's simple. As I stated below: "It's
 RW> really  FV>> simple.". Since the Pope is educated, he should be able
 RW> to figure it  FV>> out. Don't read more into my post than is there. ;)
 RW>  RW>> It's not that simple. If this pope knows all this scientific
 RW> stuff,  RW>> what about those before him who persecuted any and all
 RW> who wondered  RW>> off the
 RW>  RW>> path of RCC teachings like; the world is not round, it's flat,
 RW> the  RW>> world is the center of the universe, the moon and the sun
 RW> revolve  RW>> around the earth! To make a claim otherwise is heresy!
 FV> Is the current Pope to blame for those before him?

 RW> He can't help what the RCC doctrine is, but he could make changes. Of
 RW> course, he must answer to the other bishops.

Eww. Politics.

 FV> Isn't the Bible supposed to be simple?
 RW> I've never found it to be.

:)

 FV> A child is supposed to be able to understand it. We adults make it
 FV> difficult.
 RW> You can blame the difficulty on those who translated it or the authors
 RW> of the books that constitute the Bible, or if you're looking for
 RW> someone to blame for it's difficulty in understanding, you can blame
 RW> God; as it is supposedly written with devine intervention.

Not looking to blame. Just stating that humans can make the simplest
of things complicated.

 RW>  FV>> Then again, if two heads are better than one... then ten...?
 RW> When I  FV>> was on dial-up ISP, I used to get the "connect of the
 RW> beast"
 RW>  FV>> (56,666). :)
 RW>  RW>> Yeah, well the biggest file on my HD is 666,666,666 gigs big.
 RW> Top  RW>> that!
 FV> Ya got me there, but I suppose I could create a file of that
 FV> character... but why??

 RW> I didn't. I was just pulling your chain. :o)

<ding> You rang? :)

 RW>  FV>>> It's really simple. God was before the big bang. As God walked
 RW>  RW>> along  FV>> carrying his pots and pans to do a little BBQ, He
 RW>  RW>> tripped and there  FV>> was this big bang and the rest is
 RW>  RW>> history.... depending on who tells  FV>> it, of course. :)
 RW>  RW>>> You forgot to say what was in that omnipotent pot.
 RW>  FV>> Since He was carrying His pots and pans to do a little BBQ, I'd
 RW> say  FV>> that, logically, the pot would be empty. Creation followed
 RW> the
 RW>  FV>> tripping accident (big bang).
 RW>  RW>> Since he's omnipotent and his universe has no bounds, where did
 RW> this  RW>> tripping incident take place?
 FV> In His universe, of course. :)

 RW> Ahhh, yes.

:)

 RW>  FV>> <God trips>
 RW>  FV>> "Damn!"
 RW>  FV>> "Let there be light!!"
 RW>  RW>> Or lightening with thunder so loud, his stereo speakers vibrated
 RW> the  RW>> dust off the shelf and, walla, our spectrum of the universe
 RW> is
 RW>  RW>> floating towards the almightie's toilet.
 FV> Maybe so. How are we to know? We might just be the dust that hasn't
 FV> settled yet. ;)

 RW> I think we'll know soon enough.

The Bible does promise that.

 RW>  FV>> See how simple?
 RW>  FV>> :-)
 RW>  RW>> I just threw in a giant monkey wrench.
 FV> You think a monkey wrench, even a giant one, is going to stop the
 FV> omnipotent? Wrench removed. :)
 RW> Ok, we'll just have to wait for him to twist the nut that makes all of
 RW> this irrelevant. Monkey wrench re-inserted.

Ya suppose He'll use it? :)

 RW>  FV>> I would, however, imagine that God was carrying some
 RW> ingredients.  FV>> Some meat and spices. Perhaps a rib and some
 RW> apples? :D
 RW>  RW>> And he tripped over that giant snake in the grass and threw it
 RW> in  RW>> the pot too!
 FV> I have been told that snake is a delicacy. :)

 RW> Tastes like Chicken, I'm told. I've killed a few ratter's in my day,
 RW> but havn't the intestinal fortitude to try it.

Yeah. :)

Well... This has been a rather nice and peaceful conversation. Thank
you. I'm sure that this will not help you in the maintenance of your
title, but might go a ways in your other effort to change. Do have a
nice day. :)

Regards,
Frank


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