What little known belief did these four brillant scientist have incommon?

[Guest trigem]

Sir Isaac Newton

Inspired by the ideas of modern thinkers and astronomers, Sir Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravitation and the three laws of motion. Modern science is indebted to Newton’s theories, methods and ideas.The Newtonian telescope, a sort of reflecting telescope, was developed by Newton in 1668. It is the first functional telescope in the history of reflecting telescopes. Today, the Newtonian telescope is quite popular among amateur astronomers.

Michael Faraday

The son of a blacksmith who became one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. His work on electricity and magnetism not only revolutionized physics, but has led to so much in our lifestyles today which depend on them (including computers and telephone lines and so Web sites). Faraday was a devoutly Christian member of the Sandemanians, which significantly influenced upon him and strongly affected the way in which he approached and interpreted nature. The Sandemanians originated from Presbyterians who had rejected the idea of state churches, and tried to go back to a New Testament type of Christianity.

James Clerk Maxwell

(13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish[1] theoretical physicist and mathematician. His most important achievement was classical electromagnetic theory, synthesizing all previously unrelated observations, experiments and equations of electricity, magnetism and even optics into a consistent theory.[2] His set of equations—Maxwell's equations—demonstrated that electricity, magnetism and even light are all manifestations of the same phenomenon: the electromagnetic field. From that moment on, all other classic laws or equations of these disciplines became simplified cases of Maxwell's equations. Maxwell's work in electromagnetism has been called the "second great unification in physics",[3] after the first one carried out by Isaac Newton.

Kelvin, Lord William Thomson (1824-1907)

Kelvin argued that the key issue in the interpretation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics was the explanation of irreversible processes. He noted that if entropy always increased, the universe would eventually reach a state of uniform temperature and maximum entropy from which it would not be possible to extract any work. He called this the Heat Death of the Universe. With Rankine he proposed a thermodynamical theory based on the primacy of the energy concept, on which he believed all physics should be based. He said the two laws of thermodynamics expressed the indestructibility and dissipation of energy. He also tried to demonstrate that the equipartition theorem was invalid.

Thomson also calculated the age of the earth from its cooling rate and concluded that it was too short to fit with Lyell's theory of gradual geological change or Charles Darwin's theory of the evolution of animals though natural selection. He used the field concept to explain electromagnetic interactions. He speculated that electromagnetic forces were propagated as linear and rotational strains in an elastic solid, producing "vortex atoms" which generated the field. He proposed that these atoms consisted of tiny knotted strings, and the type of knot determined the type of atom. This led Tait to study the properties of knots. Kelvin's theory said ether behaved like an elastic solid when light waves propagated through it. He equated ether with the cellular structure of minute gyrostats. With Tait, Kelvin published Treatise on Natural Philosophy (1867), which was important for establishing energy within the structure of the theory of mechanics. (It was later republished under the title Principles of Mechanics and Dynamics by Dover Publications).

What little known belief did they all have in common:

They were all Creationist, God fearing Christians:koolaid:

[gregintenn]

:rolleyes:Here we go again.

[Guest Broomhead]

I am a God fearing man, but this guy is really starting to sound like a freaking TROLL!

[Guest EB31]

I am a God fearing man, but this guy is really starting to sound like a freaking TROLL!

I'm a Christian who attends church every Sunday, volunteer at a food drive every Saturday and even have scripture tattooed on my arm....and I agree 100%, this guy IS a troll. Aren't there rules in place to deal with people like this?

[Guest Drewsett]

He's no more a troll than some others around here. Including some moderators I can think of. People post this sort of thing looking for a debate. If you don't want to take part in the debate...then don't. It's pretty simple.

[Guest jackdm3]

[Handsome Rob]

Did you not considered the fact that the Big Bang theory had not been postulated until long after all four were dead, before you posted?!?!?!

You would think that a 60 year old, who is obviously fairly well read would have a little more common sense, wouldn't you?

[Desert Rat]

They also believed in alchemy and esoteric Christianity which has no relation to that which is practiced today and most of their theories have been discarded. The most important things they had in common was they were born into this world, experienced life and died. They all left behind examples of how to live and how not to live for those who followed to observe the examples they provided. Of course that is what all past humans have in common but we fail to learn from their examples as we tend to want to experiment with life ourselves.

[Kenstaroni]

They also believed in alchemy and esoteric Christianity which has no relation to that which is practiced today and most of their theories have been discarded. The most important things they had in common was they were born into this world, experienced life and died. They all left behind examples of how to live and how not to live for those who followed to observe the examples they provided. Of course that is what all past humans have in common but we fail to learn from their examples as we tend to want to experiment with life ourselves.

.....+1...read above....thread concluded...

[Desert Rat]

Ken:

It is fun to feed the Trolls and watch them get indigestion!!!!

[Guest bkelm18]

We should rename the board TCGOC. Tennessee Church of Gun Owners and Christianity. I swear, there are more religious debates here than anything else.

[Guest trigem]

I am a God fearing man, but this guy is really starting to sound like a freaking TROLL!

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

(Mar 16:15-16)

Edited September 7, 2010 by trigem

[Guest trigem]

I'm a Christian who attends church every Sunday, volunteer at a food drive every Saturday and even have scripture tattooed on my arm....and I agree 100%, this guy IS a troll. Aren't there rules in place to deal with people like this?

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

(Luk 13:24-28)

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

(Rev 3:15-16)

[Punisher84]

Well he's been here since 2008 so either A. He's just found Christianity and is REALLY excited about it. B. He's very convinced we're all f'ed and is trying to follow his belief to help save the world C. He's off his meds and has nothing better to do or finally, D. He's a cave troll.

[Desert Rat]

It seems we are dealing with a person who is one of the sheep or a wannabe herder leading the rest of the sheeple to slaughter. There is a line between a believer and a fanatic and once the line is crossed the fanatic has actually lost the faith and becomes what they are railing against.

I had a son-in-law that was going to let his daughter die before he would take her to the doctor. I drove to Kansas and drove my step daughter to Nevada where the divorce was final 6 weeks later and the children were treated by a doctor as sonn as they arrived.

There are still places where you can take your flock to worship in whatever way you want. Just remember The Peoples Temple and Jim Jones to see how you appear to others.

Peoples Temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Excerpt:

Peoples Temple was a quasireligious organization founded in 1955 by Jim Jones that, by the mid-1970s, included over a dozen locations in California including its headquarters in San Francisco. It is best known for the events of November 18, 1978 in Guyana, in which 918 people died at the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project (informally, and now commonly, called "Jonestown"), a nearby airstrip at Port Kaituma, and Georgetown.

The tragedy at Jonestown resulted in the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a non-natural disaster, prior to the events of September 11, 2001. At the airstrip, Temple members murdered, among others, Congressman Leo Ryan, the only Congressman murdered in the line of duty in United States history.

I would not normally copy and paste or get involved in what I consider Quasi religious giberish such as you are pushing but as you continue distributing your trash talk I wanted to show where that leads.

You should learn to live the christen life by deeds rather than words because your words are distorting your goals if those goals are to show people the right path. You can preach all you want but teaching requires being an example to follow.

[Daniel]

Did you not considered the fact that the Big Bang theory had not been postulated until long after all four were dead, before you posted?!?!?!

You would think that a 60 year old, who is obviously fairly well read would have a little more common sense, wouldn't you?

Dont think he didnt get this form a chain email or some other random website.

[KahrMan]

Well he's been here since 2008 so either A. He's just found Christianity and is REALLY excited about it. B. He's very convinced we're all f'ed and is trying to follow his belief to help save the world C. He's off his meds and has nothing better to do or finally, D. He's a cave troll.

Or E, he is really Kwik in disguise...

[Oh Shoot]

Or E, he is really Kwik in disguise...

For all his faults, Kwik has never Jesus bludgeoned his audience.

- OS

[Mike.357]

It is obvious whats in Trigem's threads. If you don't want to see it don't click on the link, dunno

[vontar]

[Guest Letereat!]

Easy, Your all Wrong....THEY Were Members Of The Church of the Subgenius

And They Worshipped Bob Dobs Without Question, i mean complete blind obedience:rolleyes:

http://www.subgenius.com/

Some inspirational tunes from Bobs "worship band"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00S1oZtKGvU&feature=related

Edited September 8, 2010 by Letereat!

[TGO David]

Closing this thread.

New rule forthcoming... Religious threads of any sort, whether pro-Christian, anti-Christian, pro-Islam, anti-Islam, etc. are no longer fit topics for discussion on this forum. This is a subject that is too emotionally charged for most folks and will never be a unifying theme for this forum until we all go to the same church, pray the same way, sing the same songs and interpret whatever holy text is being interpreted, the same way.

Sorry.