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Coyote
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Message 202 of 357 (604903)
02-15-2011 8:18 PM


I haven't read the previous posts, but just in case:
Maybe we are so well adapted to the universe and more local parts of our environment because, well, we adapted to them.
And don't make the mistake of thinking the conditions we experience now are those that we have experienced in the past. We are only 15,000 or so years from the last ice age.
For a look at those conditions google "last glacial maximum" or some such.

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Message 206 of 357 (604979)
02-16-2011 1:12 PM
Reply to: Message 204 by John 10:10
02-16-2011 1:02 PM


Re: A "just right" universe is our universe.
Please don't show us the recent studies that are finding potential alien planets that are orbiting stars. Finding potential alien planets and actually showing life exists on these planets are two different things.
So your religion tells you that there is no life elsewhere?
I'd be cautious, as the history of religious pronouncements shown to be incorrect by advances in science is not a one on which to bet the rent money.

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Message 207 of 357 (604980)
02-16-2011 1:15 PM


A Man Said to the Universe
Stephen Crane
A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."

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Message 213 of 357 (605151)
02-17-2011 10:12 AM
Reply to: Message 212 by John 10:10
02-17-2011 9:57 AM


Re: A "just right" universe is our universe.
Our government is spending millions/billions searching the heavens to just find these planets that may be orbiting right size stars at the right distance, but then explain that much much more sophisticated instruments are needed to actually determine if there may be a sufficient environment there for potential life on board.
And for what purpose?
To desperately convince more and more unbelievers, as if you needed more convincing, that we are possibly not unique in a Tailor-made universe.
So you think the space exploration efforts are being done to thwart your religious beliefs? You can't think of any other reasons to explore space?
What a joke! You need to get out more.

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Message 287 of 357 (606590)
02-26-2011 7:12 PM
Reply to: Message 286 by John 10:10
02-26-2011 6:33 PM


Re: Both orbit around the sun and tilt combined produce the earth's seasons
Yes, the earth's tilt is responsible for the earth's seasons. But if the earth did not orbit around the sun at a not too cold or hot distance, with slight changes in the position of the earth's tilt as it relates to the sun, tilt alone would not cause the seasons.
You are aware that the earth is closest to the sun on January 3, right?
Yes, tilt alone is sufficient to cause the seasons.
http://daphne.palomar.edu/jthorngren/tutorial.htm
I may not know as much about science as you know, but I do know the Divine Tailor is the author of the details you seem to be so knowledgable about. For Him I do speak.
Then you should be sure you speak accurately. Basic errors in 7th grade science do not impress us, especially if you claim to be speaking for a deity.
(See tagline.)

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