Posted by Ford [Prefect] on November 28, 1999 at 07:13:02 {hcnmikA.FkYIiNdpPK7.qjfP5TiVLk}:
In Reply to: *THE CARL SAGAN SAGA posted by OneGlove on November 27, 1999 at 17:09:46:
Careful! Don't evoke the theory of relativity! Bible-man says its not a viable way of understanding the universe. And from what I can tell "Scripture-Dude" is one well informed fellow.
Besides if what you (and most physists) say is true about relativity then we have a real problem. Because according to the dogma of the fundies, the Earth is only 6000 to 49,000 years old (depending on the sect). So looking at the future as an expanding cone of space time means that the Earth doesn't exist relative to heaven or for that matter outside of our galaxy. And even if the Earth is as old as geologists say, 4.5 billion years, that is still a far shorter distance in light years than the observable edge of the universe. And heaven is beyond that right? Besides humans are only 6000 years old anyway. So the Space/Time cone is kinda small for us as a spieces. Hey guess what! I just figured it out! God doesn't even know we exist yet! In fact, relatively speaking, to him we DON'T exist. No wonder he's been ignoring us! And here all along I thought he was just being anti-social.
So then if God created us, he just doesn't know it yet. In fact the only ones who are aware of it are the theists of the world. Of course that means they are smarter than.....OH MY GOD! THE IMPLICATIONS!
Reducto ad absurdium
Ford
PS If we don't exist to God, then he dosen't exist to us. Relativly speaking that is.