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cahult:
Even an agnostic believes in something.

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Faust:

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BTW Einstien married his own cousin.

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I... did... not... know that.  thats like *wrong* texas style      

 
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he MADE UP the Lambda
(greek letter looks like an "L" kinda)

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We've all played half life / done lots of maths / physics we know what Lambda is.    

 
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Einstien did have an emotional crutch, he believed in God and it hindered him,  He was not willing to believe that the universe was finite, because that would mean GOD was finite so he MADE UP the Lambda

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You think the universe is finite???     holy hell how do you know?  if you get to the edge do you hit a brick wall or do you just stop?  Can you *see* the edge or is it invisible?  Maybe once you cross the edge you like "loop back" to the other side?  Thats an....  interesting.... theory you have there.    

 
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I thought every one did    .........honestly

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Theres a difference between "believe" which implies fervent faith and "think is the most likely explanation."  When asked whether he believes in life on other planets Carl Sagan (physics dude I "believe") says : I don't know.   There just isnt enough judgement at this time.
When asked what his "gut feeling" was he replied:"I have no gut feeling - as a scientist gut feelings are for other people, really its ok to reserve judgement until all the evidence is in."  See dude even really really smart guys arent afraid to say "i dont know" even when talking about their chosen field.    ;)  

edit: judgement in the above "just isnt enough judgement at this time."  should read "evidence."  Gods putting words in my head again...  Kill the unbelievers!  Smite the heathen!  Eh he he.

[ July 29, 2003: Message edited by: Faust ]

Faust:
Cahult, "rock on."  ;)

 
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Belief is good, organised religion is bad

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You can distinguish between the two?  SHOCK!  HORROR!   ;)

 
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god works in mysterious ways.........
web page

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Nice, good example of scientific theory iteration.     God is with me i see.  (cue shaft of light from heavens...)

suselinux:
I believe that there was a man named Jesus who lived
along time ago, and so the story goes...ever seen the life of Brian?  ;)  

this an agnostic/athiest group, their international
if yer interested.....

Take a look here

Canadian link

Faust:
Cold dark matter (a current theory) is very similar to phlogiston btw.  Doesn't mean it's wrong, but it also doesn't mean it's likely to be right.
Scientists observed "too much" gravitational effect on a space probe - they knew it wasnt gas leaking or anything that was slowing the probe down so what was it?  Well they looked pretty stupid with lots of "i dont knows" for a while, and then proposed cold dark matter - obviosuly something with a mass was affecting the probe.  Since they couldnt see it it had to be cold and dark.  So, the theory of "cold dark" matter holds that there is a lot of crap in the universe that we just cant see.  Kinda like God no?  Eh he he...
If anyone thinks im cynical about a sudden proposal of a new kind of matter to "explain the unexplained" (and thus save face) they're right - but to scientists credit they are trying to find other unexplained gravitational effects they can attribute to it.  Heh heh, CD matter sounds like a "catch all for unexplained crap" at the moment for me.     Also for anyone who thinks science can explain all I would like you to describe particle motion at a quantum level - AAMOF, tell me where that meson near my left ear is going - and then tell me how much it weighs.   :D

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