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#917947
CT
Astrophysics Fail!
3/1/2009 1:04:37 AM
#917954
Pule Thamex
Relax, don't strain it. Go on, have a cake, you know you want to.
3/1/2009 1:30:49 AM
#917968
szaleniec
"If the earth moved at all out of it's orbit it would explode (or something like that)"
Or... actually nothing like that.
"if you want to go on thinking that the earth's position is random"
Nobody believes that the Earth's position is random. It's ~150 million kilometres from the Sun at all times, give or take a small amount, and varies predictably with its position on its elliptical orbit. That's almost as far from random as it's possible to get.
3/1/2009 2:17:37 AM
#917970
Oy Vey!
"Look! this hole fits me perfectly!" said the puddle.
The Earth would explode? Please explain how you came by this hypothesis...er assertion.
3/1/2009 2:32:31 AM
#918038
DarkfireTaimatsu
Funny, all the other planets don't seem to have exploded.
3/1/2009 3:43:04 AM
#918040
Alien Acid
Why the hell are these people OBSESSED with the end of the world? It's almost like they... don't... like it!
*IDEA!* Sent the fundies to colonize Mars. Solved.
No wait, they'd probably all just sit around and die praying for Gawd to provide an atmosphere. Oh well.
ps. Did anybody miss me? ...No? Well too bad, I'm back. >:3
3/1/2009 3:45:36 AM
#918104
Ajax
"If the earth moved at all out of it's orbit it would explode (or something like that)."
The Earth's orbit is elliptical so fail.
3/1/2009 4:54:23 AM
#918136
moose
Ok. So let us assume he is correct. Gawd did it. And that gawd would be .....Vishnu? Zeus? Reminds me of the "first cause" argument. After they convince themselves that gawd exists, they just blinding assume that gawd is their gawd, without any proof.
3/1/2009 5:34:35 AM
#918148
a mind far far away
If the earth moved at all out of it's orbit it would explode (or something like that)
You really don't know, do you?
That right there is incredible proof that this world did not come by CHANCE.
Since you made up the first part, that means the second part can't be true. Would that count as a non sequitur?
Come on, you have to agree
Do we?
What are the odds of the earth just popping into the PERFECT spot in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE?(that's a lot of space to pop up in)
I suggest you take a look at cosmology and astrophysics. The earth did not just "pop" into place.
I think its because God did it, but if you want to go on thinking that the earth's position is random than I feel very sorry for you.
You do that, and we will continue to make fun of you. Thanks.
3/1/2009 5:45:03 AM
#918197
Um no if it moved out of orbit depending on which direction it was going it would either burn up, or freeze over.
3/1/2009 7:12:22 AM
#918713
Chi
Killface here. Please stop stealing ideas from Frisky Dingo, Barnaby.
3/3/2009 5:55:29 PM
#918868
I wish you'd explode?
3/4/2009 3:57:21 AM
#918954
rw23
Puddle, puddle, puddle, puddle... Oh hell, why bother.
3/4/2009 12:23:15 PM
#919013
Moondog
Yeah, that's right. The entire universe, r=15*10^9 LY, was made just for YOU.
3/4/2009 6:36:44 PM
#933856
The earth's position DOES have a bit of randomness. It's not a perfect ellipse; it wobbles a bit. It moves out of its orbit ALL THE TIME.
4/3/2009 11:36:47 PM
#1165890
Regicidal
"Vectors" is an important word.
6/9/2010 1:32:49 AM
#1165905
justanotheratheist
It is I who should feel sorry for you, but I just can't be bothered.
The earth is in the perfect spot - goddidit. Frogs are green - goddidit. My mobile phone charger broke yesterday - goddidit. Etc. etc.
So much proof for the existence of god, my heart hurts.
6/9/2010 2:28:44 AM
#1165932
Swede
If the Earth was anywhere else it would not have formed this kind of life, hence we would not exist to discuss this at all.
There's no use discussing "what would have happened if x", as "x" did not happen anyway.
Employ your time thinking about how to make the best of what we actually HAVE, for all of us who are actually HERE, instead of useless what-ifs.
Oh, and please learn the difference between then and than, they are NOT synonyms.
6/9/2010 4:32:15 AM
#1165971
Anon-e-moose
"If the earth moved at all out of it's orbit it would explode"
PROTIP: The Gerry Anderson series "Space: 1999" is not a documentary.
6/9/2010 6:40:11 AM
#1165976
Philbert McAdamia
That right there is incredible proof
Incredible, indeed. Look it up, JDumbo.
6/9/2010 6:47:19 AM
#1165977
Quantum Mechanic
What's the chance of someone as stupid as Jumbofatcakes learning to type? It must be the work of da debbil.
6/9/2010 6:49:11 AM
#1166159
Allegory for Jesus
What are the chances that I am on the ground right now, considering all of the points in space that I could be? Truly, the fact that if I were moved upward I would go right back down to the ground can only be explained by Jesus.
6/9/2010 1:23:23 PM
#1197828
From the frozen north, Death cometh
"What are the odds of the earth just popping into the PERFECT spot in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE?"
Chance has nothing to do with events that have taken place... Probability mathematics are tools used to try and predict future events (some times accurately some times not so much), they are useless concerning past events, since the probability of a past event is 1 out of 1... However where probability calculations are useful is determining how likely it is to have a planet capable of sustaining life other than our earth. There are literally millions of galaxies that we can see right now, each have billions of stars and most of those stars have planetoids of some kind.
As for the perfect spot in the entire universe. There are many spots that would be suitable for a planet to support life. Most suns have a "green zone" so to speak, that isn't too hot or too cold to support life. We don't yet have the technology to really see other planets in other solar systems accurately enough to determine do they have planets orbiting the star within this "green zone".
8/26/2010 3:01:23 AM
#1197891
Moondog
The other arguments re: astrophysics have been made. The earth's orbit is elliptical, and the other planets don't seem to have exploded. But it's extreme arrogance to think that the ENTIRE UNIVERSE was made just so the earth would have this one place in it to never budge out of, on pain of destruction.
8/26/2010 6:43:20 AM
#1268230
EggyMayo
RULE OF THE INTERNET #10007852361:
If you use the phrases 'or whatever', 'or something', 'or something like that', 'and stuff', or anything similar to those- you generally have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.
3/17/2011 5:43:45 PM
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