How the First Planets Formed

The planets formed because that is simply how gravity and matter interact. There's no reason to suppose that divine intervention was required. It was Napoleon's astronomer Laplace who said "I have searched the heavens with my telescope and I have found no sign of God."

When he later revealed his new sun-centered model of the solar system, Napoleon responded by saying "But where is God in this model?"

"But sir..." replied Laplace, "this model works perfectly well without God"

As an anti-theist, I must avoid the obvious allusions to a celestial dictatorship and omni-creator, lest I be chased from the village by sycophants with burning torches, pitchforks and banhammers.

Now are we talking about how the planets actually formed or Raptor Jesus..?

No one is going to chase anyone anywhere; you're entitled to your opinions just as everyone else is; though it's sad you harbor such fears.

Jesus totally road a dinosaur.

i tried to dvr the latest "The Universe" special on Discovery(dvr is a pos), but it conveniently did not. hopefully it's on Hulu ...

it's supposed to be about the big bang (again). seemed interesting enough.
- just remembered i have DoD (discovery on demand)

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the FireFox Nebula? awesome!

zigzag3143 said:

Must have been before Hubbles corrective lenses

Hell....I rode a dinosaur to 7-11 yesterday. Got me some Funyuns.

Airbot said:

Hell....I rode a dinosaur to 7-11 yesterday. Got me some Funyuns.

How many horses are you packing under the hood?

Antman said:

Captain Zero said:

..."I have searched the heavens with my telescope and I have found no sign of God."

His telescope was under-powered.

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I've asked Windows 7 Forums - View Profile: sergiogarcia9 if he will raise these to 1920x1080, I'll let y'all know the outcome.

Zidane24 said:

Airbot said:

Hell....I rode a dinosaur to 7-11 yesterday. Got me some Funyuns.

How many horses are you packing under the hood?

That depends how many his dinosaur had for breakfast!!