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- From: harry@timesink.chi.il.us (Harold Platypus)
- Subject: Re: God as dark matter
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.063120.22222@timesink.chi.il.us>
- Organization: Big Bulging Buffalo Bladders -R- Us
- References: <1992Dec20.231046.24874@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 06:31:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec20.231046.24874@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jcopelan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (The One and Only) writes:
- >I heard a new one this weekend in a discussion about religion. The claim was
- >made that God is actually the unaccounted for mass of the universe known as
- >"dark matter."
- >
- The most convincing argument on the subject I've heard is that the "dark
- matter" is inside the event horizon of black hole or kugelblitz (a black
- hole whose gravity well is so deep that even X-rays cannot escape).
-
- >When I asked why call it God, the response was "Why not?" End of discussion.
- >
- You let this slide? I would've argued that God has no need of mass to exist
- as pure energy. Of course, energy can be converted to mass and vice versa,
- so if God used part of Himself to create the universe, then the missing
- mass could indeed be what is left of Him.
-
- >What other strange arguments have people encountered in their dealings with
- >religionists?
- >
- >Jim Copeland
-
- Either see above paragraph -or- black holes are the pores in God's skin.
- - Harry
-