De LA soul say 3 is a magik number

Many science-savvy people take it for granted that the universe is made not only of Carl Sagan's oft-quoted "billions and billions" of galaxies, but also a vast amount of an invisible substance called dark matter. This odd matter is thought to be a new kind of subatomic particle that doesn't interact via electromagnetism, nor the strong and weak nuclear forces. Dark matter is also supposed to be five times more prevalent in the universe than the ordinary matter of atoms.

According to evolution's Big Bang theory all matter was flung out into the universe. According to the second law of thermal dynamics (Entropy) the energy used during the big bang is being used up and any expansion is slowing down. Eventually expansion would stop and equilibrium (no movement) will take place. Science has given evidence that the universe is continuing to expand and doing so at a faster rate. Since a creator is out of the question scientists have spent nine decades searching for an explanation. Dark Matter is the latest "discovery".

However, the reality is that dark matter's existence has not yet been proven. Dark matter is still a hypothesis yet some sectors of the science community already assume it is "near" fact. Any scientific theory has to make predictions, and if it's right, then the measurements that are performed should line up with the predictions. Dark matter theories make predictions for how fast galaxies are rotating. But measurements made of the detailed dark matter distribution at the center of low mass galaxies didn't line up with those predictions.

If dark matter does exists and is causing the universe to expand at a higher rate then it has to interact with matter and obey the laws of physics. Stars orbit their parent galaxy in nearly circular paths and gravity is the force that holds the stars in those orbits. Newton's equations predict that the force that makes the stars move in a circular path, F(circular), should equal the force due to gravity on the star, F(gravity), or else the star would fly off into space or fall in to the center of the galaxy (Newton's F = ma).

Near the center of galaxies, Rubin and Ford found that F(circular) was roughly equal to F(gravity), as expected. But far from the center of the galaxies, the two sides of the equation didn't match up very well. These insights reveal that either we don't understand how inertia works, we don't understand how gravity works. Since God has been left out a third possibility is that the equal sign is wrong, meaning that there is some other force or effect that the equation doesn't include. Newton is wrong! So,again, in order to maintain the theory a proven law of physics is denied and an unproven theory (dark matter) now reins supreme.

If dark matter does effect normal matter as we know it then it should be measurable and monitor it's direct effect on regular matter. Other physicists have suggested modifications of the laws of gravity. Einstein's general relativity doesn't help here because, in this realm, Einstein's and Newton's predictions are essentially identical. That a type of matter that doesn't interact with light at all, yet exerts a gravitational pull, permeates the universe. Question: how can a type of matter exist that doesn't interact with light yet exerts a gravitational pull on light?

As in many theories and assumptions put forward to defend evolution no scientific proof exists yet the scientific community will cling fast to these theories (teaching them to our children as fact) until several decades pass and they are found to be without a sound scientific base. But then society continues to live within this deception.

Good question, actually.

There IS another way, but it's only for an elite group of people, those, like Elijah and Enoch (and others who we may never have heard of) who aligned their wills perfectly with God's will while on earth. When that happens, the individual "fuses" with the fragment of God within them (Luke 17:21) and (is "translated" in a spiritual "chariot of fire") by-passes normal mortal death, going directly to "heaven" (the "mansions" that Jesus spoke of (John 14:2))

(2Ki 2:11) And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. (Heb 11:5)

Anyway, I'm not real big on the bible but there's the tell-tale accounts of two people who did not die to get to heaven.

OMG!!!!!!

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(CNN) — A prosperity gospel televangelist from Louisiana says Jesus has asked him to buy a new private jet. And wouldn't you know it, Jesus has real nice taste in planes.

Jesse Duplantis, leader of Jesse Duplantis Ministries and the owner of three other private jets, is asking his followers to chip in so his ministry can purchase a brand new Dassault Falcon 7X, which runs about $54 million.

In a video recently published on his website, Duplantis says the planes get him closer to the Lord -- both literally and figuratively -- and he had a divine conversation in which Jesus asked for the new aircraft by name.

"It was one of the greatest statements the Lord ever told me, he said, 'Jesse do you want to come up where I'm at?'" the minister says. "'I want you to bleed me for a Falcon 7X.'"

By "bleed," Duplantis -- er, Jesus -- apparently meant "ask for donations."

Duplantis goes on to tell his followers that jets, especially nice ones with good fuel efficiency, allow him and his ministries to reach more people around the world. And no, it wouldn't technically be his, it would be the ministry's.

"I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey," he added with a chuckle.

In the video, Duplantis also shows his followers a photo of him standing beside his other three jets: a Cessna Citation 500, an IAI Westwind II, and a Dassault Falcon 50. Under the portrait is a quote, which he proudly reiterates: "It's not about possessions, it's about priorities."
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can you BELIEVE the audacity of this 'preacher' who wants his followers to donate $54 million dollars to him,so he can purchase a 4th jet for him,that he claims jesus told him to buy??

and,how ridiculously stupid are the people who follow him??

i think that people like this should be put UNDER the prison for fraud,and have all of their TAX FREE assets stripped from them,and have them donated to a REAL charity that DESERVES a tax free status!!

does anybody actually believe that 'jesus' told him to take money from the poor,and buy him a 4th $54 million dollar jet?

and,how are we letting frauds like this Piece of crap take advantage of poor,good intentioned,god fearing people like this,and not doing anything about it??

what are your thoughts about this??

...to the ignorant, unknown technology could be considered God like powers....

I totally agree. My beliefs are mine. I enjoy learning different things but I don't need to defend my beliefs

The urantia book sounds a bit like how scientology began.

And exactly how would you know that?

The Bible is meant to be understood. But only those who have read it would know that.

So whether you read these 500 quotes or not, you will never understand Christianity without reading The Scriptures in their entirety.

I wonder if any of the religious folks get what you just typed...lol

I think saying and doing certain things on stage in front of the prime minister may have had something to do with it and it was made to look like a robbery

The Urantia Book is a collection of spiritualistic channelled writings (as per claims from William Sadler) mostly from the 1930s, compiled and published in 1955.

The Urantianism

was founded by two former Seventh-day Adventists--Chicago psychiatrist William Sadler

The Urantia Book was delivered to William Sadler by seven spirit beings in 1934.

The writings combine Christianity with a cosmology of extraterrestrial spirit beings. The book presents an elaborate pseudo-history of the universe (the book actually claims there are many universes, superuniverses, and so on), and that the name of planet Earth in this cosmology is "Urantia". In the Urantia Book Jesus was the most important spirit being in this universe who came to "Urantia" (Earth) to solidify his superior status, but the ideas of original sin or any need for Jesus to atone for human sins are rejected. In this, it departs from biblical theology.

The Urantia Book is an amalgamation of the Theosophical literature of the late 19th century or early 20th century:

There are sticking similarities.

The Urantia Book contains pronouncements on evolution, cosmology, physics and quantum mechanics, which Martin Gardner ( former Scientific American mathematics columnist) finds deeply flawed.

what seems odd to me, the more science discovers the more proof about the Hebrew God there is.

Who's Yeshua, your the 1st person I've ever heard have a bad word for ganesha.

This is a religious thread .

And , yes most of us would think your a lunatic (as you say) if you claim you wrote a book that God told you to and you quoted from it.

Why? Because God's Word is complete and has been.

Why? Because "your book" would not be inspired by God.

That was dh. Here it is what the individual feels.

I understand that knowing someone purposely changed a manuscript for their benefit, by excluding the original idea, means nothing to you. but when they confess to it, it leads past to wondering why, and to what were they trying to hide that would conflict with their own belief.

but that is just me. I like to ask why.

Just a question?
Isn't belief the ultimate opinion?
Why do you need evidence or proof?
Belief requires no evidence or proof that is why it is called belief?
Have you considered asking yourself why you need to justify your beliefs with evidence or proof?
Or, why you seek that justification from others?