Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
When a theist starts to question whether or not man walked on the moon I have to wonder what exactly they are afraid of.
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I don't think thinking staging of moon landings using simulations is strictly a "theist" concern. I have heard about 20% Americans now suspect we didn't really walk on the Moon. I have heard no stats saying they were all or mostly theists.
Do they perhaps want to play down the achievements of man and keep him subservient to God? Is that what's going on here?
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That's silly to me. Silly.
Look, I think it would be fantastic is it is really possible to put people on the Moon and bring them back alive. It's kind of expensive. And I would not put it beyond our leaders to say -
"Just in case after getting the people to pay for this stuff, if it doesn't work, we better have a backup plan to make them happy."
I would not put that beyond possibility. And if that is a strictly theistic suspicion, which i don't think it is, that would be surprising. Theism didn't stop Newton or Galileo from learning the mechanics of the universe.
Man walking on the moon is a 'historical fact',
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Lately, I have been wondering about that.
I don't think theism has that much to do with it.
Look, we are living in such a futuristic world as compared to 2,000 years ago, no one can argue how far science can go.
Mind you a prophecy of
Daniel was that
"knowledge shall encrease" in the last days. My opinion is that the tech revolution in the last few centuries is likely the referant to that prophetic prediction that
"knowledge will increase"
Daniel 12:4 about the end times.
Daniel 12:4 King James Version (KJV)
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Science = Knowledge.
Knowledge increase probably means a massive increase in Science.
fully evidenced for those who really want to applaud the achievements of humanity.
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I can applaud the achievemants of humanity and also ask "How far are we going to extrapolate that? Are you going to believe EVERYTHING someone says has been done?"
How about I applaud the achievements of science but also wish not to be herded into a propaganda effort for other very important reasons to a nation state ?
Should we have unbridled optimism about everything scientists say we can do?
When I was a kid I saw this Disney Film called "Our Friend the Atom". Atomic energy was the wonderful answer to power for virtually "from now on". Latter I realized Disney's impressive movie said nothing about what the heck we do with this poison waste which is deadly for 100,000 years. That is waste that nobody wants stored in
THEIR backyard.
How far do we take this expectation that technology will solve all human problems?
cy required to have faked spaced exploration is just silly). A man confident in his faith has nothing to fear from a species reaching for the stars.
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I don't "fear" men going to space, or Mars.
But don't pull my leg that we did something if we really didn't.
Nope Ghost, Dudes skipping across the lunar surface for real is no threat to my faith.
Can't you understand that I just want to know if it really happened ?
Some fishy stuff is going on here, it seems.