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Originally Posted by Michael Chui  First, I happen to own that book. It's good.
Second, you have not quoted Greene stating that E=mc^2 leads to "the universes energy [is] constant". Greene states what I do: mass and energy are interchangeable.
Third, you have not shown how "constant" becomes "eternal and infinite".
Fourth, e=mc^2, when divided on both sides by "m", leads to e/m=c^2. Not m/e=c^2. This is an important distinction.
Let's assume you're right, for a moment. What, exactly, should stop us from taking a similar, but different equation... and applying the same logic? I can't imagine a thing, so let's do it.
Let C be the square-root of 1.5813. For anyone keeping score, this is approximately 1.25749. (Please note that this is a direct analogue to the speed of light, squared, which is roughly 8.9 x 10^15 meters-squared per seconds-squared.)
Let M be a quantity of American Dollars.
Let E be a quantity of European Union Euros.
E=mc^2.
E/M=c^2
Constant, infinite, eternal euros? I think not. I really don't. The European Union is doing good. But it's not doing that good.
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With all due respect, why not?
Perhaps I'm asking the wrong question. What is a "way", and where does "forward" go?
You seem to have an odd idea of what a hypothesis is. Hypotheses are "brought into reality" when someone comes up with it. It doesn't take a century.
Perhaps our definitions differ. Please define hypothesis?
Perhaps I should be asking, is ACIM "the way forward"? If so, why? If not, why not?
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This is true enough.
And what do each of we 6 billion persons seek?
I have not heard any of those names banned. I've seen books at my local university bookstore as authored and translated from those authors prominently displayed.
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In all things we tend to keep the bits we like and discard that which we do not like. But you say this:
It has nothing to do with philosophy.
Is there anything we should take seriously? Why? |
You sound like some one who works in the field of science.
I feel that science seeks to find an overall truth that probably doesn't really exist. Science isn't acceptable and understandable to all. I don't really believe that God would base the workings of existence on something that only a few can appreciate. I doubt that science has a place in the next reality after this.
Perhaps I have been too harsh. Maybe science is
a way forward. Perhaps we are travelling forward whether we realise it or not. Perhaps just existing is moving forwards.
Lets not play with words here. When I say "forward" I refer to the direction that we are all consciously or unconsciously moving - towards God. When I say "way" I mean path or method. I think you knew that.
Hypothesis, the way I see it, is something that has been thought about but not yet proven. I do think that things can take a very long time to come into existence. I'm sure someone considered relativity long before Einstein, but never did anything about the thought to bring it into reality so we can try and appreciate it.
As for ACIM, I don't know. I'm beginning to doubt a lot recently.
I guess the ultimate aim is to come to a decision that we all agree on. Once there is nothing to question, there is nothing to answer and we will be one.
I need to question whether this type of discussion is of any use to us. I can't help but wonder whether there is a bit of ego (by its most common definitions) behind some of the replies on this topic. I don't really believe that it matters what we say here, we will never come to a conclusion here on this plane. However, I guess it is all part of the learning process.
Isn't silence the best way forward? It is when we are silent that we will hear God's voice.
Perhaps what is, just is. Perhaps we will discover it one day whether we argue or not.
Please let me know what you think
