Oh, there most certainly IS a God, and He works within the laws of physics, chemistry, and biology that He Himself designed and set in motion. "Whatever gets you through the night" -John Lennon WAY, WAY off-topic. C. --- Jim Gibson <xajax99@yahoo.com> wrote:
I rather enjoyed Dr. Pratts presentation. I heard more mythology than theology which didnt bother me. I have been interested in Mesoamerica and I have studied the Mayan calendar before as many have. Those who have had an interest in the Mayan culture know that 13 Rabbit was one of the last great Kings of Copan. I found it interesting about the names and birthdays thing. I have also really enjoyed the book 1Enoch of which I own a copy. It deals with a good deal of cosmology in the middle chapters and is one of the books Dr. Pratt mentioned. Having done that then I feel help me to wade thru the mythology and more fully enjoy things like the cycle of Venus that Dr. Pratt explained. That is something I am going to pay more attention to. Just as a personal feeling, I enjoyed the idea of the stars being Gods clock. If you dont believe in God then you let the comment roll off. For me I find it very stimulating to think that God placed stars in a certain order just for us to see the patterns and to set time by. When you view the cosmos and begin to get an inkling of what it may take to create a star and to consider such thoughts that God is mindful of us beyond what you may have ever imagined, that excites my mind. If you dont believe in God then you see the natural laws at work in a very interesting and wonderful way and we are both edified in our own way. Jim
Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:First let me say that I appreciate club efforts to bring in guest speakers, and Dr. Pratt was kind enough to spend time with us.
That said however, I felt like the presentation was way off topic and inappropriate for an Astronomy club. It came across (to me anyway) as a lecture on highly speculative numerology. I felt like it was not only bad science (the little that there was), but bad theology (and I'm also active LDS). While it is tempting for some to draw conclusions that make us feel good about our religious beliefs, it's irresponsible science to ignore the great deal of evidence that commonly associates the Aztec diety Quetzalcoatl with brutal human sacrifice, hardly the kind of thing anyone would equate with Jesus Christ.
So while this kind of lecture MIGHT be speculative fun for an LDS study group, I felt it was way out of place last night.
My 2 cents, Rich
PS, I'm still hoping Dave Bernson does another one of his terrific "Deep Sky Wonders" presentations soon. :-)
--- RStmarie@aol.com wrote:
I'm just curious what anyone else might have thought of last nights presentation? I was interested in the material the speaker wanted to present but disappointed in the delivery (or lack there of). Bob St. Marie
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I find archeoastronomy to be good clean fun as long as you don't take it too seriously. I found last night's talk to be a nice change of pace, though maby a tad inappropriate for an astronomy club meeting. What went on after the break was less than fun. The old Dark Sky Site issue reared its ugly head. Certain members, who's names I will not mention, demanded their donation money back if it were not used for a dark sky project. A measure was then passed to give them more time to come up with something do to the fact that Scott Crosby (who was there last night, by the way) was incapacitated last month. Greg __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com
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