From: rbwinn on
On Jul 6, 1:59 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > On Jul 6, 12:57 am, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >> rbwinn wrote:
> >>> On Jul 5, 2:40 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>> On Jul 4, 8:37�pm, hhyaps...(a)gmail.com wrote:
> >>>>>> On Jul 4, 11:32 pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:26:53 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote
> >>>>>>> in alt.atheism:
> >>>>>>>> On Jul 4, 2:57 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...(a)b.c> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> On Jul 3, 4:15?pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 03:44:40 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno..com> wrote
> >>>>>>>>>>> in alt.atheism:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 2, 5:28?pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> ...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Your claim is completely without support. Since you rely on an
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> indefensible claim for the rest of your doctrine, your doctrines are not
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> worth considering.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Well, I consider God to be sufficient support. ?If you think He is
> >>>>>>>>>>>> not, ?go ahead and try to prove it.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Robert B. Winn
> >>>>>>>>>>> Please provide any evidence that any claim ever made about God is true.
> >>>>>>>>>> Well, there is an earthen ramp that the Assyrian army built to get
> >>>>>>>>>> over the city wall at Lachish.
> >>>>>>>>> So? I have built several earthen ramps.
> >>>>>>>>> Am I then God?
> >>>>>>>>>> Atheists do not believe in the earthen ramp.
> >>>>>>>>> well firstly that is false, because I do believe in earthen ramps,
> >>>>>>>>> having built many, and I am an atheist.
> >>>>>>>>> And secondly what has the fact that �person B may or may not believe
> >>>>>>>>> statement X, have to do with the existence, or not, of personality Z?
> >>>>>>>> God did not build the earthen ramp. �The Assyrian army did. �God would
> >>>>>>>> have preferred that they did not build it and had left the city of
> >>>>>>>> Lachish and its inhabitants alone.
> >>>>>>> Are you saying that God was powerless to stop them?
> >>>>>> The bible contains enormous mistakes to glorify god yet plainly
> >>>>>> telling us that god is a useless being.
> >>>>>> The early Jews who wrote it were not educated, or might be drunk. Yes,
> >>>>>> more drunk than wake.- Hide quoted text -
> >>>>>> - Show quoted text -
> >>>>> Well, as you say, if you think God is a useless being, then you will
> >>>>> choose to be with the beings you think of as being useful, other
> >>>>> atheists.
> >>>> So you concede there are many mistakes or untruths in the Bible then?- Hide quoted text -
> >>>> - Show quoted text -
> >>> Why does it depend on me?   The Bible is what it is.  If you do not
> >>> like the Bible, read something else.
> >> No answer? I just wanted to know how reliable you thought the Bible was.
> >> I know it to be full of errors and distortions, just wondered what your
> >> position on it was. You seem to think it better than other sacred texts
> >> for some reason.- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > I think the Bible is very reliable.  The Jews were very meticulous as
> > far as preserving ancient writings.  For instance, the Dead Sea
> > scrolls of Isaiah are a good example of how accurately the Bible was
> > translated.
>
> The Bible was very accurately transcribed - for humans. They did an
> amazing job. Not a perfect job, there are lots of differences between
> the early versions we have, but not bad for a bunch of people.
>
> It's the content that I find even less reliable though, that's what I
> was driving at, and I think you know that.
>
> Much reported as history in the Bible simply never happened. No global
> flood, no special creation, no exodus...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Well, I think those happened. I don't think the Song of Solomon is an
inspired writing.
Robert B. Winn
From: rbwinn on
On Jul 6, 2:16 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > On Jul 6, 1:00 am, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >> rbwinn wrote:
> >>> On Jul 5, 3:53�am, "Alex W." <ing...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message
> >>>>news:62956527-c824-415d-93ab-cdbf47127a02(a)k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> >>>> On Jul 4, 9:37 am, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote:
> >>>>> For the umpteenth time, we cannot tell Jesus anything.
> >>>>> If he existed at all, he died nearly 2,000 years ago.
> >>>>> Apart from an alleged brief visit shortly afterward, he hasn't been seen
> >>>>> since.
> >>>>> How can we tell him anything, huh?
> >>>>> - Show quoted text -
> >>>> Well, it is called prayer. �Christians are commanded to pray..
> >>>> ====================
> >>>> And you're sure your prayer gets through ... even though no-one in the
> >>>> history of Christian prayer has ever answered. �You know, if I dial a number
> >>>> and get no connection, I may try a few more times, but sooner or later I
> >>>> realise that there's no phone at the other end ....
> >>> Well, mine get answered.  What made you think they were not?
> >> Shall we do some double-blind tests? Would you like to submit that claim
> >> to scrutiny? It would really help me believe, because theists are always
> >> talking about answered prayer, and mine were met with nothing but stony
> >> silence.- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth
> > to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.
> >   6  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.  For he that wavereth
> > is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed,
> >   7  For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the
> > Lord.
>
> I wouldn't expect God to start taking *my* calls now after having
> ignored them entirely for five years, but *you* still have faith. We
> could test the efficacy of *your* prayers.
>
> Feel up to it? :-)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Why do you want to test my prayers?
Robert B. Winn
From: Steve O on


"rbwinn" <rbwinn3(a)juno.com> wrote in message
news:a6c519a4-4e71-42b5-998a-6efe7a2436ea(a)b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 6, 12:17�pm, "Steve O" <nospamh...(a)thanks.com> wrote:
>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:30fafc0d-9c9c-43e9-90d9-b36a200c34e8(a)m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> >> Right. So we are all going to hell willy nilly. Why bother with trying
>> >> not to?.
>>
>> > You will not like hell. �That is what seems odd about atheists. �They
>> > can seem like rational beings except in one instance. �If you were to
>> > give them a choice between going to Yellowstone national Park or going
>> > to the Winslow, Arizona, city dump, most of them would choose to go to
>> > Yellowstone Park. �But if you give them a choice between heaven and
>> > hell, they all say they do not want to go to heaven. �Some of them
>> > might object to going to hell, but they all choose to not go to
>> > heaven.
>> > Robert B. Winn
>>
>> You're wrong.
>> No matter how pleasant heaven or Yellowstone Park is, spending the rest
>> of
>> ETERNITY in either place, or anywhere else for that matter, would be the
>> worst form of punishment and torture.
>> You guys always bang on about looking forward to eternity without
>> actually
>> thinking about what that involves.
>> It's ETERNITY for Christ's sake!
>> Mind numbing, endless, inescapable eternity- without even having the
>> relief
>> of suicide to end it all.
>> I couldn't think of any worse torture than spending the rest of eternity
>> in
>> one single place.
>>
>> --
>> Steve O
>
> Suicide does not solve anything. The person will still have all of
> the problems they had before with the added problem that they have
> committed suicide. So following what you say, what if people in
> heaven get to move around, and people in hell cannot. Which place do
> you want to go?
> Robert B. Winn


Hell?
Hell's a doddle.
You could get much worse than that - you could get stabbed.
On the whole, I think I'd prefer hell- a little bit of S and M would
probably help to pass the time anyway.

--
Steve O
a.a. #2240 (Apatheist Chapter)
B.A.A.W.A.
Convicted by Earthquack
Exempt from purgatory by papal indulgence





From: Free Lunch on
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:59:50 +1200, BuddyThunder
<nospam(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote in alt.atheism:

>rbwinn wrote:
>> On Jul 6, 12:57 am, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>> On Jul 5, 2:40 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>> On Jul 4, 8:37?pm, hhyaps...(a)gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>> On Jul 4, 11:32 pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:26:53 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote
>>>>>>>> in alt.atheism:
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 4, 2:57 am, The Natural Philosopher <a...(a)b.c> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 3, 4:15?pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 03:44:40 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>> in alt.atheism:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 2, 5:28?pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your claim is completely without support. Since you rely on an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> indefensible claim for the rest of your doctrine, your doctrines are not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> worth considering.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, I consider God to be sufficient support. ?If you think He is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> not, ?go ahead and try to prove it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Robert B. Winn
>>>>>>>>>>>> Please provide any evidence that any claim ever made about God is true.
>>>>>>>>>>> Well, there is an earthen ramp that the Assyrian army built to get
>>>>>>>>>>> over the city wall at Lachish.
>>>>>>>>>> So? I have built several earthen ramps.
>>>>>>>>>> Am I then God?
>>>>>>>>>>> Atheists do not believe in the earthen ramp.
>>>>>>>>>> well firstly that is false, because I do believe in earthen ramps,
>>>>>>>>>> having built many, and I am an atheist.
>>>>>>>>>> And secondly what has the fact that ?person B may or may not believe
>>>>>>>>>> statement X, have to do with the existence, or not, of personality Z?
>>>>>>>>> God did not build the earthen ramp. ?The Assyrian army did. ?God would
>>>>>>>>> have preferred that they did not build it and had left the city of
>>>>>>>>> Lachish and its inhabitants alone.
>>>>>>>> Are you saying that God was powerless to stop them?
>>>>>>> The bible contains enormous mistakes to glorify god yet plainly
>>>>>>> telling us that god is a useless being.
>>>>>>> The early Jews who wrote it were not educated, or might be drunk. Yes,
>>>>>>> more drunk than wake.- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>>>> Well, as you say, if you think God is a useless being, then you will
>>>>>> choose to be with the beings you think of as being useful, other
>>>>>> atheists.
>>>>> So you concede there are many mistakes or untruths in the Bible then?- Hide quoted text -
>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>> Why does it depend on me? The Bible is what it is. If you do not
>>>> like the Bible, read something else.
>>> No answer? I just wanted to know how reliable you thought the Bible was.
>>> I know it to be full of errors and distortions, just wondered what your
>>> position on it was. You seem to think it better than other sacred texts
>>> for some reason.- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>> I think the Bible is very reliable. The Jews were very meticulous as
>> far as preserving ancient writings. For instance, the Dead Sea
>> scrolls of Isaiah are a good example of how accurately the Bible was
>> translated.
>
>The Bible was very accurately transcribed - for humans. They did an
>amazing job. Not a perfect job, there are lots of differences between
>the early versions we have, but not bad for a bunch of people.
>
>It's the content that I find even less reliable though, that's what I
>was driving at, and I think you know that.
>
>Much reported as history in the Bible simply never happened. No global
>flood, no special creation, no exodus...

Yes, copying a mistake faithfully does not make the mistake go away.
From: BuddyThunder on
rbwinn wrote:
> On Jul 6, 1:53 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> rbwinn wrote:
>>> On Jul 6, 12:44 am, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 5, 2:31 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>> On Jul 5, 2:42 am, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 4, 3:22 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 3, 11:28 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 3, 1:55 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 2, 8:35 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 2, 2:03 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 1, 11:59 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 1, 1:04 pm, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 1, 12:20 am, BuddyThunder <nos...(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jun 30, 1:19�pm, Enkidu <fox_rgf...(a)trashmail.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rbwinn <rbwi...(a)juno.com> wrote in news:22183802-cf28-4305-af11-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7d254b106...(a)d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You are the one being deliberately obtuse. � The existence of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tunnel validates many other things said in the Bible about the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Assyrian invasion of Judea.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "The Hobbit" talks of ale, axes, and forests which we know exist. Does that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> validate Orcs, Elves, Dwarves, trolls, magic rings, walking trees and Tom
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bombadil?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Enkidu AA#2165 �
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ULC, Modesto, CA
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Doesn't anything socialistic make you want to throw up? Like great public
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> schools, or health insurance for all?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> � � �-Kurt Vonnegut
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why don't you decide for yourself? You were the one who thought of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why don't you try to defend your assertions? How can we know we can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trust what you say?- Hide quoted text -
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It does not matter to me what you trust. You decide what you are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> going to trust.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you can't provide any sensible reason to believe your fanciful
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> claims, then I guess we're done.- Hide quoted text -
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fanciful claims? I said that the Jews dug a tunnel as a conduit for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> water between Gihon spring and the pool of Siloam. Why do you think
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that is a fanciful claim?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That is not a fanciful claim. You and I both know that I'm referring to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your supernatural claims. Those would be the ones you're completely
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unable to support with any evidence.- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have not made any claims to atheists except that the Jews dug a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tunnel to be used as a conduit for water, and the Assyrians built a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ramp out of dirt to get over the city wall at Lachish. To an atheist
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these might seem like supernatural claims because there were actually
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people working to accomplish both of these tasks instead of just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> giving orders, criticism, etc., the way atheists do. Since atheists
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have been unable to visualize these two events, there is no reason to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proceed on to anything more complex.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then we're in total agreement. A tunnel was dug a long time ago and it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> got mentioned in some ancient writings, providing absolutlely no support
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for any supernatural claims.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So why all the posts?- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You do not seem to be visualizing it very well. The Assyrians came
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> into Judea with an army of hundreds of thousands on their way home
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after taking a big chunk of Egypt. Judea was a little dot in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> middle of the Assyrian kingdom, which extended from the Caspian Sea to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Egypt. So why was there still a Kingdom of Judea when King
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sennacherib got back to his capitol city of Ninevah? Sennacherib
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> himself says there was on the column he had erected in Ninevah.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or so the story goes.- Hide quoted text -
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What do you mean so the story goes? The column erected by Sennacherib
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in Ninevah is still there today. He plainly says on it that Hezekiah
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> paid tribute to him, and he was such a nice guy that he just went home
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after he got the money.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Great. Sennacherib went home and left Jerusalem unsacked. That doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mean that it was due to the angel of the lord slaughtering 185,000
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> troops in a night.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why do you favour the oddly magical Biblical account over Sennacherib's?- Hide quoted text -
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> 186,000 troops. Chaldean historians of the same time said that the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Assyrian army died of plague while besieging Jerusalem, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sennacherib fled in great fear back to his own city of Ninevah.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sennacherib made no mention of losing his army on the column he
>>>>>>>>>>>>> erected. He seems to have pretended to his fellow Assyrians that the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> army was still somewhere doing something, but his own two sons
>>>>>>>>>>>>> murdered him, probably because they were upset about him losing the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> army.
>>>>>>>>>>>> So where are God's footprints in all of this? Arguments for both sides
>>>>>>>>>>>> can be made without invoking magic.- Hide quoted text -
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>>>>>>>>>>> Well, from a military standpoint, the Jews had no chance whatsoever
>>>>>>>>>>> against the Assyrians. But when it was all over, it was the Assyrian
>>>>>>>>>>> king who lost everything, including his own life. So I would say, let
>>>>>>>>>>> atheists of today explain it their way, and let Christians explain it
>>>>>>>>>>> their way. The Jews explained it by saying that an angel of the Lord
>>>>>>>>>>> killed 186,000 Assyrian troops. That is a matter of record. It is
>>>>>>>>>>> recorded in three different books of the Old Testament.
>>>>>>>>>> The Old Testament isn't particularly compelling evidence, it suggests
>>>>>>>>>> that there was a global flood and special creation over the course of
>>>>>>>>>> six days. It might be a "matter of record" on some things, but it is
>>>>>>>>>> definitely not on others.- Hide quoted text -
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>>>>>>>>> Well, I am sure the Jews feel bad that you do not like the Old
>>>>>>>>> Testament, but it says what it says. It says in three different
>>>>>>>>> books that an angel of the Lord went through the camp of the Assyrians
>>>>>>>>> and slew 186,000 soldiers.
>>>>>>>> It also says that the universe was created a handful of thousands of
>>>>>>>> years ago. The Bible is not reliable.- Hide quoted text -
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>>>>>>> Well, as I said before, you atheists believe in relativity of time
>>>>>>> unless you are talking about the earth. Then you insist on absolute
>>>>>>> time.
>>>>>> Instead you make some ridiculous claims about the relativity of time
>>>>>> completely without evidential basis, or... any rational support at all.
>>>>>> The Earth is older than 6500 thousand years old. Much older. I'll go
>>>>>> with the many independent lines of verification on that one.- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>>> Well, that is fine, but why is relativity of time something that
>>>>> exists except when talking about the earth?
>>>> Because Earth isn't travelling at near light speed. I'm no physicist but...- Hide quoted text -
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>> So what makes you believe that motion is the only factor that would
>>> affect time?
>> Gee, I dunno. Until you back up your notions, it's hard to know what
>> you're on about.
>>
>> What makes you think that you know better than every mainstream
>> peer-reviewed physicist on the planet?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Every mainstream peer reviewed physicist on the planet uses the
> Lorentz equation. There is no way that the Lorentz equations could be
> more than a close approximation.

I don't have the grounding in physics to sensibly contend the point. I
will delegate anything beyond my high-school physics to mainstream
scientific consensus. You seem to be at odds with them, if you believe
you really have a breakthrough for physics, you should publish so we may
all benefit from the new knowledge.