On Aug 7, 4:36*am, Greg Crinklaw wrote:
Pastor Dave wrote:
On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:53:43 -0600, Greg Crinklaw
spake thusly:
Pastor Dave wrote:
On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:12:29 -0600, Greg Crinklaw
spake thusly:
Chris L Peterson wrote:
The idea that the bible and evolution are the opposite of each other is
simply bizarre.
Quite right.
Quite wrong.
The Bible and Evolution are like Hockey and Calzone. *They really don't
have anything to do with one another.
The lie you tell yourself, because you're a coward.
There you go with the personal attacks again.
It is cowardice to accept the word of man and not
stand up for God, period.
The Bible and evolution are at odds. *This does not
include operational microevolution, which is a fact
of science. *But anyone who claims what you do
and shies away from a challenge to prove the claim,
obviously does not know what they're talking about.
It is clear to me that you do not know the Bible.
It is clear to me that you do not know the involved sciences.
It is clear to me that you haven't the first clue
how to back up your claim.
But here... *I'll make it easy for you...
Show us one verse in the Bible that speaks of evolution,
simply and clearly. *That's all you need do.
More insults. *Oh well. *I didn't really expect you to sy anything
intelligent or worthwhile.
** PLONK **
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Here you go Greg -
You are at 106 degrees Longitude West of the Greenwich meridian in
London (0 degrees).
Every degree you move West you are also moving 4 minutes of clock time
and a going through a full circle of the planet you move through 24
hours (1440 minutes) and 360 degrees .As you are at 106 degrees
Longitude you time difference is 424 minutes or 7 hours and 4 minutes.
based on 24 hours/360 degrees.
Brilliant men came up with this linkage between time and geographical
seperation by recognising a means to create the 24 hour day from the
return of noon to a meridian by applying an equalising correction
known as the Equation of Time.As one 24 hour day elapses into the next
24 hour day through this method ( we still retain this method of
creating the 24 hour day through the term AM and PM),it was easily
adapted to planetary geometry where 4 minutes equals 1 degree of
geographical seperation through longitude -
http://www.xs4all.nl/~adcs/Huygens/06/kort-E.html
"Then afterwards being at Sea, and desiring to know the Longitude of
the place where you are, that is, how many degrees the Meridian of
that place is more Easterly or Westerly, than the Meridian of that
place where you did set the Watches; you must observe by the Sun or
Stars, what time of the day it is, as precisely as is possible, and
note at the same time, to what hour, minutes and sec. the Watches doe
point (which time, if the Watches be not set to the right measure, is
by the known daily difference to be adjusted,) adding thereunto the
Aequation of the present day, which gives you the time of the day,
shew'd by the Sun, at the place where the Watches were set:
And if this time of the day be the same with that observ'd where you
are, then you are under the same Meridian with the place, where the
Watches were set by the Sun; but if the time of the day, observ'd
where you are, be greater than that shew'd by the Watches, you may be
assur'd, that you are come under a more Easterly Meridian; and if
less, you are come under a more Westerly. And counting for every hour
of difference of time, 15 degrees of Longitude, and for every minute,
15. minutes or 1/4 of a degree, you shall then know, how many degrees,
minutes, &c. the said Meridians doe differ from one another."Huygens
Dava Sobel did this era a big favor by introducing people to the
Longitude story -
http://www.sailtexas.com/long.html
There is no great difficulty adding the technical details of the
Equation of Time which allows me to tell you that you are 7 hours and
4 minutes West of London and located on a specific spot on the planet
but I wish others would learn about this amazing human achievement and
forego the 'sidereal time' junk reasoning.