Recent content by McGinn77

How do we know any of that? Because someone said so? Someone you've never met and have no reason to trust because you can't gauge their trustworthiness on your own. As stated in the other thread, if people have free will they have the ability to lie, even in the bible. If they couldn't lie...

Now, if that computer argues: You didn't invent the computer chips I'm made of You didn't design the programming language that was used to create my software You didn't invent the power source that lets me turn on You didn't invent the internet I connect to I can't argue against...

Actually, since it's in the middle of our galaxy it's only about 40-50,000 light years away. I'm not talking about the existence of black holes, I'm setting up a hypothetical situation. The whole point is that they don't have a conscience but God and humans do. As such, the same...

You're right, that doesn't make any sense at all. So why, in the Bible, are there miricles and other instances where it seems God has violated this? And if he didn't, how can we trust the Bible at all since the people who wrote it had the choice of what to write? You can say the Bible is a...

But something that you can see happening doesn't require faith. Saying you know how it's happening would require a type of leap that would be similar to faith but of course I never claimed to know how black holes work, just that they are there. Let's get back on the topic of the thread...

oh, I dunno, your little smiley with the "I don't care" sign may have been a hint.:1bdz:

Not complaining about it. If I had a problem with it I'd just stop posting and do something else. Just warning Railroad so he/she knows if the thinks it's happening in this thread to be ready for it to happen in every thread. Especially with the 4 of us involved in this one (and a few...

I'm fully aware that I'm doing it. That would be why I did say "they like to do that" or "these other people".

It's standard operating practice on here.

One wonders why someone who doesn't care would take the time to chime in at all....

You do realize, by saying that god made black holes, you're still conceding that black holes do exist right? Pay attention to definition 4. First, my favorite excerpt: Now on to my other point. Apparently you forgot this: The only other thing was to seem to prove that Jesus was...

No, that IS what it is. What causes orbits. GRAVITY. If several bodies are orbiting what looks like blank space it is caused by GRAVITY. Something is causing that to happen, that something we call a black hole. And your counter would be wrong. There are thousands of amusement parks in...

No, a black hole is a region of space time where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light can escape. Gravitational collapse (what you're talking about with the star) is one of at least 4 theories on how they form. So now, ask me the question on how black holes form. The answer we...

No, it works with ANYTHING. Because Duck is a word, a name, and Black Hole is a word, a name. And WE decided what that words means. And the thing, at the center of our galaxy is a Black Hole. Just like the term "Planetary Nebula" that when first found they thought was a "ghost planet"...

Answering this one in your next response. Trying to keep the 2 different points separated so it's a bit easier to read. No, it is observable fact that the average global temperature of the planet is going up and has been for several decades. Not buy much but it doesn't take much to make a...