Inerrancy of the Bible 2

I sure hope not! But I did have a few dillies in my early years.

Well if it was a jet doing 1,000 mph (about twice normal airliners) you can guess about how long would be "gentle" enough. 10 mins or so?Since we want to stop the earth and there are some big things to slow down and not shake loose then we need to be more gentle. an hour?It depends on what maximum acceleration you are willing to except (deceleration of course).Middle east latitue has us at something like say 700 kmh. We want say, 1/10th g
so we want to lose about 1 m/sec/sec.700 kmh is about 200 m / sec. That means 3 or 4 minutes should do it.That would generate some damm fine earthquakes here and there I'm sure but it isn't going to kill everyone outright. I think that a lot of ppl would fall over is all.A couple of hours gives us a 1/100 of a g. I don't know what that feels like but it should leave most temples standing is my guess.Now we still have to grab hold of it somehow. The mountains are not going to work as handles. Then we need to get rid of the rotational energy. Spreading that over an hour doesn't really help much.Ya see, it seems it always ends up with a miracle somewhere.

So?If you want to say that God created the big bang or even life then fine. If you want to say how you might do well to specify it.If you want to say that God doesn't exist if we do have an explanation for abiogenesis or the origin of the big bang then go ahead. That is the corrollory of what you are saying.You are safe for now but what if we do learn more?It is up to you.(btw were you ever going to join into the Lucy discussion that was started just for you? Or are you going to make it clear that you had no idea what you are talking about there? )

Actually, the big bang originates over 50 years ago, long before string theory. It is rather firmly established. If you wish to interpret Genesis as supporting the big bang I don't see a problem with that.String theory is attempting to, perhaps, explain why the big bang occured and/or why the laws of physics are as they are. It has decades of work to go as you suggest.This message has been edited by NosyNed, 01-22-2005 11:03 AM