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originally posted by: turbonium1
They are also the only two celestial bodies directly above Earth.
When the two celestial bodies eclipsed, perfectly, it was a universal sign, for all people to see, of creation.
There cannot be two celestial bodies above us that could fit perfectly, as one. If you think this can be all from random chance, think again.
originally posted by: turbonium1
What are the chances of two celestial bodies being the exact same size? Or nearly the same size?
originally posted by: turbonium1
From all of the celestial bodies within our solar system, none are the exact same size. Only a few, very tiny, moons..might get close in size, but nowhere close to a perfect match!
originally posted by: turbonium1
The Sun and moon are the only celestial bodies above Earth, among millions, of all sizes, and shapes, and they just happen to be the exact same size, and shape, and they align perfectly as one.
It is their perfect alignment that shows us they are the exact same size.
originally posted by: turbonium1
No more lucky coincidences and random chance.
originally posted by: Deluxe
a reply to: Pachomius
not all definitions are circular.
But if a definition is circular it simply means it assumes the reader has a prior understanding.
A circular definition is therefore lacking and shouldn't be used to prove a point.
originally posted by: Pachomius posted on Feb, 10 2018 @ 05:23 PM
1. I define God as in concept first and foremost the creator cause of everything with a beginning.
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originally posted by: spy66
a reply to: Pachomius
You have to imagine that infinite is much more then just a never ending road in all directions. Imagine infinite as a absolute empty void of Space that takes up all Space possible. Before the beginning of time; that is what Space would be like.
Before time started as we know time, time was absolute neautral... a absolute constant. We use infinite as a constant within Math and physics. So we dont really imagine infinite when we have to use it With specific Equations, we actually know it exists and have to use it within Our Equations,.... if not the Equation will not add up properly.
THAT question was cynically posed to Jesus by the Roman Governor Pontius Pilate. He was not interested in an answer, and Jesus did not give him one. Perhaps Pilate viewed truth as too elusive to grasp.—John 18:38.
This disdainful attitude toward truth is shared by many today, including religious leaders, educators, and politicians. They hold that truth—especially moral and spiritual truth—is not absolute but relative and ever changing. This, of course, implies that people can determine for themselves what is right and what is wrong. (Isaiah 5:20, 21) It also allows people to reject as out-of-date the values and moral standards held by past generations.
The statement that prompted Pilate’s question is worth noting. Jesus had said: “For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.” (John 18:37) Truth to Jesus was no vague, incomprehensible concept. He promised his disciples: “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”—John 8:32.
Where can such truth be found? On one occasion, Jesus said in prayer to God: “Your word is truth.” (John 17:17) The Bible, written under divine inspiration, reveals truth that provides both reliable guidance and a sure hope for the future—everlasting life.—2 Timothy 3:15-17.
Pilate indifferently rejected the opportunity to learn such truth. What about you?
“WHAT is truth?” That was the question that Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Judea in the first century, asked of Jesus, who was on trial before the governor. (John 18:38) Pilate, of course, was not really seeking the truth. If anything, his question revealed his skeptical or cynical attitude. Apparently, to Pilate truth was whatever a person might choose or was taught to believe; there was really no way to determine what is truth. Many today feel the same way. [whereislogic: demonstrated in comments such as "You are actually using dictionary definitions. Seriously.
All dictionary definitions are circular." The first part of that comment also demonstrating something relevant to the 2nd sentence. As well as demonstrated in South Park's agnostic code and those who claim that God is a mystery, which is more selective vagueness regarding that subject rather than the general vagueness that Pontius Pilate is demonstrating in that insincere question regarding any truth regarding any subject.]
Churchgoers in 16th-century Europe faced the dilemma of what to believe as truth. Raised to believe in the supremacy of the pope and in other teachings of the church, they were confronted with new ideas spread by the Reformation, which was sweeping through Europe at the time. What should they believe? How would they decide what is truth?
During that period, there were, among many others, three men who were determined to seek out the truth.* How did they go about identifying what was true and what was false? And what did they find? Let us see.
“LET THE BIBLE . . . ALWAYS RULE SUPREME”
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The Capito home in Strasbourg became a place where religious dissenters met and no doubt discussed many religious matters and Bible teachings. Though some Reformers still promoted the Trinity doctrine, Capito’s writings, according to the book The Radical Reformation, reflect “reticence on the doctrine of the Trinity.” Why? Capito was impressed by the way that Spanish theologian Michael Servetus appealed to Bible texts to disprove the Trinity.*
Denial of the Trinity could bring fatal consequences, so Capito was cautious about declaring his feelings openly. However, his writings suggest that he had privately questioned the Trinity doctrine even before he met Servetus. A Catholic priest later wrote that Capito and his associates “proceeded to discuss in their private capacity, and without appeal,—the profoundest mysteries of religion; [and] rejected that of the most Holy Trinity.” A century later, Capito was listed first among prominent anti-Trinitarian writers.
Capito believed that the Bible was the source of truth. “Let the Bible and the law of Christ always rule supreme in theology,” he stated. According to Dr. Kittelson, Capito “insisted that the chief failing of the scholastic theologians lay in their neglect of the Scriptures.”
originally posted by: whereislogic
“What Is Truth?”
THAT question was cynically posed to Jesus by the Roman Governor Pontius Pilate. He was not interested in an answer, and Jesus did not give him one. Perhaps Pilate viewed truth as too elusive to grasp.—John 18:38.
This disdainful attitude toward truth is shared by many today, including religious leaders, educators, and politicians. They hold that truth—especially moral and spiritual truth—is not absolute but relative and ever changing.
Some people today are like sponges; they soak up whatever they come across. It is all too easy to absorb whatever is around us.
But it is far better for each individual personally to choose what he will feed his mind. It is said that we are what we eat, and this can apply to food for both the body and the mind. No matter what you are reading or watching or listening to, test to see whether it has propagandistic overtones or is truthful.
Moreover, if we want to be fair-minded, we must be willing to subject our own opinions to continual testing as we take in new information. We must realize that they are, after all, opinions. Their trustworthiness depends on the validity of our facts, on the quality of our reasoning, and on the standards or values that we choose to apply.
originally posted by: Pachomius
originally posted by: spy66
a reply to: Pachomius
You have to imagine that infinite is much more then just a never ending road in all directions. Imagine infinite as a absolute empty void of Space that takes up all Space possible. Before the beginning of time; that is what Space would be like.
Before time started as we know time, time was absolute neautral... a absolute constant. We use infinite as a constant within Math and physics. So we dont really imagine infinite when we have to use it With specific Equations, we actually know it exists and have to use it within Our Equations,.... if not the Equation will not add up properly.
Any evidence outside your mind of the existence of your concept of infinite inside your mind, applied to "a[n] absolute empty void of Space that takes up all Space possible"?
Apparently, to Pilate truth was whatever a person might choose or was taught to believe; there was really no way to determine what is truth.
The Real Truth appears to be subjective in our world.
WHAT is truth?” That was the question that Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Judea in the first century, asked of Jesus, who was on trial before the governor. (John 18:38) Pilate, of course, was not really seeking the truth. If anything, his question revealed his skeptical or cynical attitude.
Apparently, to Pilate truth was whatever a person might choose or was taught to believe [people's subjective opinions, what realtruth refers to as "Real Truth", exactly as described here and as I explained he seems to be thinking of when saying "Real Truth", at least that's how he ends up applying it by suggesting it appears it's subjective just like opinions of what people perceive to be true, or what they choose or are taught to believe is true]; there was really no way to determine what is truth [what is absolute/certain/factual].
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He was not interested in an answer, and Jesus did not give him one. Perhaps Pilate viewed truth as too elusive to grasp.—John 18:38.
This disdainful attitude toward truth is shared by many today, including religious leaders, educators, and politicians. They hold that truth—especially moral and spiritual truth—is not absolute but relative [or subjective] and ever changing [or in the eye of the beholder, as per the incorrect vague slogan "truth is in the eye of the beholder", which should probably only be used in a figurative sense that what people perceive to be true is in the eye of the beholder, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it actually is true, as explained before, so the word "truth" doesn't apply if it's not actually true; but this cute slogan is also often used to refer to the phenomena that people tend to reinterpret reality through things like our senses, conditioning, belief systems, etc. But then they're still saying it wrong if referring to that phenomena, it's misleading and confusing, people's reinterpretations do not affect what the actual truth of a matter is, pardon the redundancy again].
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. - Isaac Newton
originally posted by: spy66
originally posted by: Pachomius
originally posted by: spy66
a reply to: Pachomius
You have to imagine that infinite is much more then just a never ending road in all directions. Imagine infinite as a absolute empty void of Space that takes up all Space possible. Before the beginning of time; that is what Space would be like.
Before time started as we know time, time was absolute neautral... a absolute constant. We use infinite as a constant within Math and physics. So we dont really imagine infinite when we have to use it With specific Equations, we actually know it exists and have to use it within Our Equations,.... if not the Equation will not add up properly.
Any evidence outside your mind of the existence of your concept of infinite inside your mind, applied to "a[n] absolute empty void of Space that takes up all Space possible"?
Well you mention the word beginning in Your OP. What was before the beginning?
Have you ever made a thought about that?
Before there was anything (A Beginning) there was absolute nothing. No beginning only one timeline. And that timeline would be a absolute constant timeline.
If there was anything present accepth the infinite empty void of space.....you have already missed the actuall beginning and are probably focused on a different timeline further Down the chain of events. Because any beginning need a cause no matter how small it is or how large it is.
posted on Feb, 10 2018 @ 05:23 PM, by Pachomius
1. I define God as in concept first and foremost the creator cause of everything with a beginning.
From Spy66
Well you mention the word beginning in Your OP. What was before the beginning?
Have you ever made a thought about that?
Before there was anything (A Beginning) there was absolute nothing. No beginning only one timeline. And that timeline would be a absolute constant timeline.
originally posted by: spy66
a reply to: Pachomius
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Now ask Your self: how did Our universe appear out of nothingness...... Where did finite come from?
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originally posted by: Pachomius
originally posted by: spy66
a reply to: Pachomius
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Now ask Your self: how did Our universe appear out of nothingness...... Where did finite come from?
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Dear Spy66, I see you have a poet's heart and mind.
From my part, I am into reasoning, and I investigate existence in itself, and I come to the conclusion which cannot be denied by anyone doing also reasoning, namely, there has always been existence, even before the Big Bang science cosmologists have arrived at.
originally posted by: Pachomius
originally posted by: Pachomius
originally posted by: spy66
a reply to: Pachomius
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Now ask Your self: how did Our universe appear out of nothingness...... Where did finite come from?
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Dear Spy66, I see you have a poet's heart and mind.
From my part, I am into reasoning, and I investigate existence in itself, and I come to the conclusion which cannot be denied by anyone doing also reasoning, namely, there has always been existence, even before the Big Bang science cosmologists have arrived at.
What's happening to the posters erstwhile present in this thread of mine?
I posted the above message on Mar, 3 2018 @ 12:55 PM.
It is now in my place as I write, March 11, 2018, Sunday, 2:47 AM, eight hours in advance of Greenwich.
And no one at all, all this time, has replied to my post above.
Are you guys otherwise erstwhile full of thoughts now for all these days, which is an eternity in the web, all been reduced to silence, from my most awesome thought in the above post?
I am most disappointed with you all.