The un-subscribe button was dutifully clicked seconds ago. Dissapointing really, I thought it was going to be a good think.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi y'all - please don't post tomorrow's submission and advise Perry > that I have a solution to his/her email that involves a spray bottle, > a hydraulic ram, a sphincter ring and N to the power 10 with 23 zeros > buckets of soapy water. > > On Dec 9, 9:35 am, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, I've been getting these updated emails (as an experiment) and they > > are starting to really show how the creationist movement is > > progressing...sneaky tweaky... > > > > I have to unsubscribe soon from this pseudoscience, or I will reach > critical > > mass, after which I will explode from trying to contain too much stupid > and > > spew rediculousness all the way to Betelguese! > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Perry Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:19 AM > > Subject: Where did the Universe Come From? Part 3 ( > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Where did the Universe come from? > > Part 3: Why the Big Bang was the most precisely planned > > event in all of history > > > > Crossbow, > > > > In your kitchen cabinet, you've probably got a spray > > bottle with an adjustable nozzle. If you twist the nozzle > > one way, it sprays a fine mist into the air. You twist > > the nozzle the other way, it squirts a jet of water > > in a straight line. You turn that nozzle to the exact > > position you want so you can wash a mirror, clean up > > a spill, or whatever. > > > > If the universe had expanded a little faster, the > > matter would have sprayed out into space like fine > > mist from a water bottle - so fast that a gazillion > > particles of dust would speed into infinity and never even > > form a single star. > > > > If the universe had expanded just a little slower, the > > material would have dribbled out like big drops of water, > > then collapsed back where it came from by the force > > of gravity. > > > > A little too fast, and you get a meaningless > > spray of fine dust. A little too slow, and the whole > > universe collapses back into one big black hole. > > > > The surprising thing is just how narrow the difference > > is. To strike the perfect balance between too fast and > > too slow, the force, something that physicists call > > "the Dark Energy Term" had to be accurate to one part in > > ten with 120 zeros. > > > > If you wrote this as a decimal, the number would > > look like this: > > > > 0.000000000000000000000000000000 > > 00000000000000000000000000000000 > > 00000000000000000000000000000000 > > 0000000000000000000000000000001 > > > > In their paper "Disturbing Implications of > > a Cosmological Constant" two atheist scientists > > from Stanford University stated that the existence of > > this dark energy term would have required a miracle... > > "An unknown agent" intervened in cosmic history > > "for reasons of its own." > > > > Just for comparison, the best human engineering > > example is the Gravity Wave Telescope, which was built with > > a precision of 23 zeros. The Designer, the 'external > > agent' that caused our universe must possess an intellect, > > knowledge, creativity and power trillions and trillions > > of times greater than we humans have. > > > > Absolutely amazing. > > > > Now a person who doesn't believe in God has to find > > some way to explain this. One of the more common explanations > > seems to be "There was an infinite number of universes, so it > > was inevitable that things would have turned out right > > in at least one of them." > > > > The "infinite universes" theory is truly an amazing theory. > > Just think about it, if there is an infinite number of > > universes, then absolutely everything is not only possible... > > It's actually happened! > > > > It means that somewhere, in some dimension, there is > > a universe where the Chicago Cubs won the World Series last > > year. There's a universe where Jimmy Hoffa doesn't get > > cement shoes; instead he marries Joan Rivers and becomes > > President of the United States. There's even a > > universe where Elvis kicks his drug habit and still > > resides at Graceland and sings at concerts. Imagine > > the possibilities! > > > > I might sound like I'm joking, but actually I'm dead > > serious. To believe an infinite number of universes > > made life possible by random chance is to believe everything > > else I just said, too. > > > > Some people believe in God with a capital G. > > > > And some folks believe in Chance with a Capital C. > > > > Tomorrow's installment: "If you can read this email, > > I can prove to you that God exists." Sound a little bold? > > Tune in tomorrow - same time, same station. > > > > Respectfully Submitted, > > > > Perry Marshall > > > > Cosmic Fingerprints, 67 East Algonquin Road, S. Barrington IL 60010 USA > > > > To unsubscribe or change subscriber options visit: > http://www.aweber.com/z/r/?TEycHMystCwsTOzsrByctGa0jBxsLOyM > > > > -- > > gnothe se auton- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- gnothe se auton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
