May 31, 2011
Last time, I wrote about various, highly unusual characteristics of the Milky Way Galaxy and of the Sun that allow for life to exist in this particular, small, local region of space. Before that, I posted about the many factors in the very structure of the universe that must be (and are, obviously) extremely fine-tuned […]
Tags: anthropic principle, collision event, delicate balance for life, Earth collides with Mars-sized object, fine-tuned solar system, fine-tuning arguments, habitable zone, Hugh Ross, Intelligent Design, Jacques Laskar, Jupiter protects Earth, just right conditions for life, life-essential elements, needs for life chemistry, origin of the Moon, rarity of life, sensitivity of tidal interaction, specialness of the Sun, vital poisons, white dwarf binary, why is Earth special
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May 25, 2011
“Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, one with the very delicate balance needed to provide exactly the conditions required to permit life, and one which has an underlying (one might say ‘supernatural’) plan.” — Arno Penzias, physicist who shares the Nobel prize for physics for discovering […]
Tags: anthropic principle, corotation distance, delicate balance for life, fine-tuning arguments, galactic corotation radius, habitable zone, Intelligent Design, just right conditions for life, Local Group, Milky Way, N49, needs for life chemistry, rarity of life, sensitivity of tidal interaction, specialness of the Sun, spiral galaxies, supernova, supernovae remnant, Virgo Supercluster
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May 22, 2011
“One would have to conclude either that the features of the universe invoked in support of the Anthropic Principle are only coincidences or that the universe was indeed tailor-made for life. I will leave it to the theologians to ascertain the identity of the tailor!” — Bernard Carr, cosmologist and professor of mathematics & astronomy […]
Tags: age of universe, anthropic principle, astronomical odds against life, cosmic mass density, entropy level of universe, expansion rate of universe, fine-tunedness of the universe, fine-tuning arguments, gravitational force, Intelligent Design, physical constants, ratio of electrons to protons, space energy density, speed of light, strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force
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May 19, 2011
The other day I posted about the Texas Revolution of 1836, giving some facts to counter the position that America’s early settlers were just a bunch of greedy, unscrupulous, white land-grabbers who “stole” their land from the Mexicans (and Native Americans). On the contrary, the Anglos had mostly been invited in by the Mexican government […]
Tags: American expansionism, American imperialism, anti-Americanism, Aztlan, Battle of San Jacinto, Bear Flag Revolt, border disputes between Mexico and Texas, corrupt and tyrannical Mexican government, empresarios, General Mariano Parades, General Mariano Vallejo, immigration, La Raza, land stolen from Mexicans, manifest destiny, Mexican-American War, NCLR, origins of Texas, Polk administration, President Santa Anna, Republic of Texas, revisionist history, Texas Revolution, Texians, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, U.S. annexation of Texas
Posted in Politics |
May 14, 2011
If you listen to guys like Howard Zinn and others of the “anti-America” crowd, you’ll hear a lot of complaining about America’s “imperialist” ambitions and the way the American government and society have horribly treated various (usually) non-white groups, stolen their land, etc. The 19th-century notions of American expansionism and “Manifest Destiny” — i.e., that […]
Tags: American expansionism, American imperialism, anti-Americanism, Aztlan, Battle of San Jacinto, border disputes between Mexico and Texas, corrupt and tyrannical Mexican government, empresarios, General Santa Anna, Howard Zinn, La Raza, land stolen from Mexicans, manifest destiny, NCLR, origins of Texas, Republic of Texas, revisionist history, Sam Houston, Texan War for Independence, Texas Revolution, Texians, Treaties of Velasco
Posted in Politics |
May 7, 2011
The issue of slavery, in particular that which existed in early America, is a sore subject. A shameful shadow is cast over American history because of its part in continuing this abominable practice. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s/60s was made necessary because of the nation’s failure to fully integrate non-whites into society even […]
Tags: abolition, Abraham Lincoln, civil rights, Dinesh D'Souza, Emancipation Proclamation, fight against slavery, J.M. Roberts, Orlando Patterson, shameful legacy, slavery, slavery all over the world, Slavery and Social Death, slavery in America, Western society
Posted in Politics |
May 1, 2011
Today’s post is the final one in the series (in case the “Part 4 of 4” wasn’t obvious). This confession/self-revelation has been so cathartic, and I thank you all for reading. It is amazing what one can learn about one’s self from other people, even total strangers, isn’t it? I know I implied this earlier, […]
Tags: Al Gore, alternative energy sources, alternative fuels, catastrophic man-made global warming, climate change, conservatives hate Mother Earth, conservatives hate Muslims, conservatives hate Nature, conservatives hate the environment, criminal profiling, Earth Day, endangered species, environmental alarmism, environmental issues, environmentalism, global warming, Islamophobia, jihadists, liberals are compassionate, Muslim extremists, Muslim terrorism, racial profiling, radical environmentalism, terrorist profiling
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |