I wasn't saying I literally believe it is implausible- that was a comparative statement about the two beliefs. In other words, the belief that something scientific isn't satisfactory in terms of realism, but something supernatural is- the contradiction.
I'd say that's the reason for the claim that time does not exist in a singularity, to wit, "...gravity is so strong that it distorts time as well as light and space. Simply put, in the depths of a black hole, time does not exist."
Hes not really pandering to anyone other than his mortality. Theres a reason in every culture and every religion people get more religious as they age. Its universal.. Hes aging and very aware of his mortality.Nobody asking the real question, is Joe letting go of Aliens? Or is he on the Aliens were angels camp?
I do think Joe have been platforming grifters for so long that he became a grifter himself, meaning that if came out and said he's a christian I would be more inclined to believe he's pandering to somebody or trying to get ahead of some allegations than to believe him to be a true christian believer (as many people are).
Re: that first paragraph--I don't see a lot of that happening, but then, I haven't looked very hard either. But I appreciate the rest of the post as an ex-Catholic myself.I have never been "anti-religion" but still feel the overall sentiment here. The tide is shifting, and the sociopolitical liberal driven atheist revolution seems to be collapsing in real time. By far, one of the most egregious aspects of it has been the promulgation of the academically fringe Christ Myth theory, the idea that his entire historical existence is up for debate. It's not. This man was born, baptized, began a ministry, and got brutally crucified on the cross.
Catholicism is based on the original Christian church founded by Jesus and handed down to Saint Peter (the first pope), who was ultimately martyred and crucified himself by Nero in Rome. It is the longest surviving institution in the history of western civilization. In terms of theology and tradition, it is vastly superior to any of the other post-1517 Prot denomination offshoots (IMO) and significantly different from them in a multitude of ways where aesthetics, afterlife, holidays, symbols, sacraments, saints, and even salvation for that matter is concerned.
And I don't even say any of this as an active or practicing Catholic, although my children were baptized by the church in large part on account of their mother who is. I actually come from a family of mainline Protestants and grew up regularly attending a Lutheran church. I just naturally fucked off from all of it in my early 20s to settle on ambivalent agnosticism before incorporating elements of Norse paganism. That is, in a strictly spiritual sense, because there isn't and never was any sort of firm religious doctrine associated with it.
Funny Thing: Big Bang Theory comes from a Catholic Priest.
Georges Henri Édouard Lemaître (/ləˈmɛtrə/ lə-MET-rə; 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian Catholic priest, mathematician, and theoretical physicist who made major contributions to astrophysics and cosmology. He was the first to argue that the recession of galaxies is evidence of an expanding universe and to connect the observational Hubble–Lemaître law with the solution to the Einstein Field Equations in the General Theory of Relativity. That work led Lemaître to propose what he called the "hypothesis of the primeval atom" now regarded as the first formulation of the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
I have never been "anti-religion" but still feel the overall sentiment here. The tide is shifting, and the sociopolitical liberal driven atheist revolution seems to be collapsing in real time. By far, one of the most egregious aspects of it has been the promulgation of the academically fringe Christ Myth theory, the idea that his entire historical existence is up for debate. It's not. This man was born, baptized, began a ministry, and got brutally crucified on the cross.
Catholicism is based on the original Christian church founded by Jesus and handed down to Saint Peter (the first pope), who was ultimately martyred and crucified himself by Nero in Rome. It is the longest surviving institution in the history of western civilization. In terms of theology and tradition, it is vastly superior to any of the other post-1517 Prot denomination offshoots (IMO) and significantly different from them in a multitude of ways where aesthetics, afterlife, holidays, symbols, sacraments, saints, and even salvation for that matter is concerned.
And I don't even say any of this as an active or practicing Catholic, although my children were baptized by the church in large part on account of their mother who is. I actually come from a family of mainline Protestants and grew up regularly attending a Lutheran church. I just naturally fucked off from all of it in my early 20s to settle on ambivalent agnosticism before incorporating elements of Norse paganism. That is, in a strictly spiritual sense, because there isn't and never was any sort of firm religious doctrine associated with it.
Funny Thing: Big Bang Theory comes from a Catholic Priest.
Georges Henri Édouard Lemaître (/ləˈmɛtrə/ lə-MET-rə; 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian Catholic priest, mathematician, and theoretical physicist who made major contributions to astrophysics and cosmology. He was the first to argue that the recession of galaxies is evidence of an expanding universe and to connect the observational Hubble–Lemaître law with the solution to the Einstein Field Equations in the General Theory of Relativity. That work led Lemaître to propose what he called the "hypothesis of the primeval atom" now regarded as the first formulation of the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
Possibly Paul is more influential on Christianity as it’s practiced today than Jesus himself. It’s Paul’s Epistles (the ones that are genuine anyway) that are the oldest texts in the NT. As you mention, Luke/Acts is a significant part of the NT and was a text that deliberately alight to suppress or marginalize the family of Jesus, including James, and paint a picture in which James played no leadership role, which we know is not true.
My point is not religion/christianity, he can believe in whatever he wants, anybody can. I just don't believe his stances on things to be honest ones.
I think Joe for his part does try to have an open mind for the most part. I don't really think he looks in terms of his base. I think his appeal is that he can take people from any different area and have some sort of conversation with them.
Paul's "encounter" was a vision, as Muhammad "encountered" the angel Gabriel in his.
One of the reasons Jesus didn't actually make any waves when he was living was because there wasn't anything original about him. Even his alleged miracles. There were many other cults around during that time and place with people who made the same claims, and there's a record of them too. When someone heard Jesus turned water to wine most people were just like "cool, that's what Steve down the road says too."
