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Shawnee123

09-12-2006 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I believe in :fsm:!!! :::storms out of thread:::

What IS that?

Flint

09-12-2006 03:18 PM

The Flying Spaghetti Monster! May you be touched by his noodly appendage...

mrnoodle

09-12-2006 04:07 PM

Help! I'm being proselytized!

xoxoxoBruce

09-12-2006 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kwfinley

I'd like to share three operative definitions -
Faith - basic tenants of your belief that govern your actions and interactions.
Religion - when you start insisting that others live by your faith.
Fanaticism - when you start killing people for not living by your beliefs.
The people in Waco haven't yet reached fanaticism and we pray they never will. As for science and faith coexisting, I don't have any problem. In fact, if you read Stephen Hawking's writing you find that he definitely believes in a supreme architect. It's only when people rely on ignorance and what other people tell them, instead of engaging in intelligent inquiry that we get incidents like Waco. But you already know that - I just thought you would find the definitions useful.

Welcome to the Cellar, kwfinley. :D
I think you've got it pretty close on the definitions, but I'd say Waco was the result of attracting the attention of the government.

wolf	09-13-2006 01:57 AM

Welcome and thanks for the insight, KW.

The Branch Davidians would probably have never attracted the interest of the government if someone hadn't blabbed about the firearms.

xoxoxoBruce

09-15-2006 08:34 AM

I think the taxman may have been involved too, but your right. When you piss off all your neighbors, they bitch to the local authorities who immediately look for a way to pass the buck to a higher authority. Guns are a perfect way to get the feds attention, even better than drugs or child porn. Of course today, terrorism is top dog. :apistola:

Pie	09-15-2006 09:58 AM

Okay, I hate to be pedagogic, but the moon does emit light. Just like any object that's not at absolute zero temperature, it's a black body, and thus radiates according to the Stefan-Boltzmann law http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/6/5...f6b6228c24.png It does not emit visible light, but that's a detail. :rolleyes:

Incidentally, this implies that the earth and the moon are at roughly the same temperature (when averaged over the surface of the body). There are effects from greenhouse gases, albedo and self-heating, but solar radiation does dominate the equations. Neat!

xoxoxoBruce

09-16-2006 04:27 AM

I used to know a black body, but it was hot....radiating like crazy. :redface:

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