tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post1554361734992933751..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: In the Beginning, There Were No Emoticons*PersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-39622345089623086292009-05-27T17:02:34.374-04:002009-05-27T17:02:34.374-04:00The fact is that his definition of god reversing g...The fact is that his definition of god reversing gravity is unnecessarily complicated.<br /><br />If we assume there's a tube sunk through the core of the Earth and somehow the mass of the planetary core is held in place (which would be a good time for the "goddidit" argument. Alternately you could just make the tube really narrow, but then it would be really hard to store all the atheists...), then if you drop something through one end of the tube it stands to reason that that object will accelerate until it reaches the core, at which point its momentum would carry it past the core, whereupon gravity would start acting as a decelerating force.<br /><br />Assuming you're in a vacuum and the tube marks two equal radii from the Earth's core to the surface, by the time you reached the opposite side of the Earth the gravitational pull of the planet would have slowed you to as stop. You'd have a moment of weightlessness, at which point you'd be pulled back towards the core, leading to the same situation on the other end.<br /><br />Now, if we assume that this tube isn't a vacuum, but there is in fact even a negligible atmospheric resistance you'll never achieve your top speed, instead only reaching a terminal velocity. This means with each succeeding pass you'll get less and less far from the Earth's center and eventually stop.<br /><br />Of course this may be oversimplified, as I'm sure there are gravitational forces exerted from directions other than straight fallward or anti-fallward, especially near the Earth's core where the mass of the planet will be more concentrated than anywhere other than the crust, but the theory works in principle.Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-16670326265689182512009-05-27T13:50:24.857-04:002009-05-27T13:50:24.857-04:00Isn't a 'pit without a bottom' a tube?
Yep, the ...Isn't a 'pit without a bottom' a tube? <br /><br />Yep, the crazy is still strong over at RR.ExPatMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666078524214384329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-77794055647198318042009-05-27T11:51:49.569-04:002009-05-27T11:51:49.569-04:00Science fail again. It is not like anyone underst...Science fail again. It is not like anyone understands exactly how gravity works, but I would think most High School Graduates would know it has to do with mass and not some reverse spinning.<br /><br />This is all from Rapture Retards I really shouldn't expect too much.BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-46491704601895202162009-05-27T10:30:16.131-04:002009-05-27T10:30:16.131-04:00I believe hell is in the center of earth and GOD i...<I>I believe hell is in the center of earth and GOD is going to reverse the spinning of it from top to bottom</I>.<br /><br />Sounds like God is about to reverse the spin of the Earth's core. That's really going to mess up the magnetic field.<br /><br /><I>Atheism is a relgion just like many other apostate religions</I>.<br /><br />Atheism is a religion in the sense that a vacuum is a type of gas, or silence is a type of noise, or health is a type of disease.Infidel753http://infidel753.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-37789118368075750722009-05-27T10:30:01.911-04:002009-05-27T10:30:01.911-04:00Leigh: yeah, i think we're old. as soon as you can...Leigh: yeah, i think we're old. as soon as you can start saying things like "i remember when", you're old.<br /><br />Bob: I think the aim is just to make atheists feel like there is a community of atheists, it is an acceptable choice, and we do have the right to be open about our beliefs, or lack thereof. I doubt anyone in the atheist community thinks devout believers are going to look at the ads and say, "OMG! There is no god!"PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-17547888589795848912009-05-27T09:35:22.764-04:002009-05-27T09:35:22.764-04:00I'm just fine with these bus ads, because you guys...I'm just fine with these bus ads, because you guys are paving the way for the rest of us. Every athiest who is out there fighting for the right to be athiest in public is fighting for the other small religions, and vice versa. Could you imagine how powerful we would be if we actually got organized? <br />I remember the internet way back then too. Does this mean we're old?Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264241978515946396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-27758345070894951082009-05-27T09:33:48.180-04:002009-05-27T09:33:48.180-04:00It's a pretty poor faith if it can be reduced to n...It's a pretty poor faith if it can be reduced to nothing by an advert on a bus or the exposure to a contradicting idea. Isn't the Atheist bus campaign mainly to cheer up Atheists anyway? Surely no person of real faith will be swayed by the opinion of a non-believer, even if it is written on the side of a bus.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02676193248638721479noreply@blogger.com