[Des]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

I really am against this form of "tourism", it's not only very snob but it's also very polluting, the Hydrazine they use for rocketfuel isn't exactly very clean. And the money could be spend on something more useful like fighting against extreme poverty.

We have a military budget specifically set aside to fight against extreme poverty in third world countries. We are fighting extreme poverty in several counties even now.

[IdiocyofMYUniverse]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

And you're atheist, which means, when it comes to salvation, you have a 100% chance of being wrong.

Good luck with that?

I don't care what actually happens to me.

Heaven or Deal = bring it on!

God's truth isn't a multiple choice exam.

Damn, Zeus isn't real then?!

Unlike Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, and Buddhist texts, we know that we're right because our scriptures were inspired by God:

This is in my own book. The Giraffe Bible. It was written for the Lord Giraffe who created the Big Bang and all the elements to create life. He create the earth. The Lord Giraffe says he is the only true God in this Universe, thus I shouldn't believe in this other scripture you are talking about because my Lord Giraffe wrote the scriptures, therefore, inspired by my God. You're wrong, then.

[WWJDnow]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

There are 2,000 different religions on this planets, and you've, somehow, picked the correct religion? Don't believe in Jewish? Don't believe in Muslim? Don't believe in Sikh? Don't believe in Hindu? Don't believe in Buddhist? And the list goes on...

You finally got one right.

You have a 0.05% chance of being correct. Good luck with that!

God's truth isn't a multiple choice exam. Unlike Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, and Buddhist texts, we know that we're right because our scriptures were inspired by God:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16

[Didymus Much]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

...You have a 0.05% chance of being correct. Good luck with that!

And you're atheist, which means, when it comes to salvation, you have a 100% chance of being wrong.

Good luck with that?

[IdiocyofMYUniverse]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

Sweetheart, of course it's easy to make up your own religion. What is really hard, is to follow the only one existing True Religion, because that path is very narrow (Matthew 7:14).

There are 2,000 different religions on this planets, and you've, somehow, picked the correct religion? Don't believe in Jewish? Don't believe in Muslim? Don't believe in Sikh? Don't believe in Hindu? Don't believe in Buddhist? And the list goes on...

You have a 0.05% chance of being correct. Good luck with that!

[Basilissa]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

So, you would rather believe a book, than your own eyes and the usage of evidence to prove there is no firmament. Space programs, satellites, space missions, photos, spaceships, planes, military planes, international space station, hundreds of eye witnesses etc etc.

Most of what you mention are just examples of atheist conspiracy. I have never met anyone that would claim to be one of these "hundreds of eye witnesses" that you're talking about

This is in my own book. The Giraffe Bible. It was written for the Lord Giraffe who created the Big Bang and all the elements to create life. He create the earth. The Lord Giraffe says he is the only true God in this Universe, thus I shouldn't believe in this other scripture you are talking about. Wow, look how easy it is to make up your own religion.

Sweetheart, of course it's easy to make up your own religion. What is really hard, is to follow the only one existing True Religion, because that path is very narrow (Matthew 7:14).

[IdiocyofMYUniverse]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

Prove it, Poindexter. Scripture or it ain't so.

So, you would rather believe a book, than your own eyes and the usage of evidence to prove there is no firmament. Space programs, satellites, space missions, photos, spaceships, planes, military planes, international space station, hundreds of eye witnesses etc etc.

This is in my own book. The Giraffe Bible. It was written for the Lord Giraffe who created the Big Bang and all the elements to create life. He create the earth. The Lord Giraffe says he is the only true God in this Universe, thus I shouldn't believe in this other scripture you are talking about. Wow, look how easy it is to make up your own religion.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

Easy. There is no upper firmament.

Prove it, Poindexter. Scripture or it ain't so.

[IdiocyofMYUniverse]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

I hope there will be an in-flight meal. I miss them. Pan Am had the best.

Does anyone know how they will avoid bumping into the upper firmament? Are they going to install wheels on the roof of the planes?

Easy. There is no upper firmament.

[James Hutchins]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

I'm imagining sticking my head out of the window to appreciate the quiet...

I hope there will be an in-flight meal. I miss them. Pan Am had the best.

Does anyone know how they will avoid bumping into the upper firmament? Are they going to install wheels on the roof of the planes?

[IdiocyofMYUniverse]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

Yes, we do need it. Luckily, by the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, Virgin Galactic will commence its operations.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

Imagine how quiet it would be in outer-space!

I'm imagining sticking my head out of the window to appreciate the quiet...

[Nobar King]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

Indeed Brother Nobar, you have often mentioned how grateful you have been for the peace and quiet of Africa when you are hunting White Rhino Calves, as a wailing child on its deathbed is a true distraction.

Imagine how quiet it would be in outer-space!

[snottyduck]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

I really am against this form of "tourism", it's not only very snob but it's also very polluting, the Hydrazine they use for rocketfuel isn't exactly very clean. And the money could be spend on something more useful like fighting against extreme poverty.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Space Tourism, do we need it ?

I read an article about space tourism, where an ordinary person can pay to fly to outer space. Surprisingly, its has become so popular that, even at $20 million a ticket, the Russian Space Agency is fully booked until 2009.
On the other site of the world, according to UNICEF 30,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth. Being week and meek in life makes these dying even more invisible to us. Some would say that a person with so much money to spend should be giving it to help the hungry instead of taking a quick trip to outer space. Others might disagree, stating that a person has every right to do with his money as he pleases. Investing in space technology has benefits to society in general, so the money isn't totally wasted.

What do you think? Would you ride the rocket or help the hungry? I suppose you could choose to do both, but for the sake of this query, let's assume that the person who takes the rocket isn't interested in helping the poor with the remainder of his fortune.

There’s a fraud going on with those Ruskies – never trust a Commie, Brother Nobar! Does not the bible tell us, in Eze:10:1: “Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.”? It is therefore clear that the firmament can withstand the weight of a throne – that being so, there is a certainty of one of those rocket-ships hitting the firmament and crashing.

I note that we hear little of those who made the journey – I suspect that the Ruskies are just taking the money and bumping them off.

Anyway, I’d leave the space travel to Unsaved™ idiots.

30,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they die quietly

Indeed Brother Nobar, you have often mentioned how grateful you have been for the peace and quiet of Africa when you are hunting White Rhino Calves, as a wailing child on its deathbed is a true distraction.

I continued to read your article but I think you must have left something out – to whit, why anyone should want to feed niglets? I know that in the past there are those that have sold on untested meds and condemned food, but I thought much of the publicity surrounding this had melted away once the media grabbed hold of other stories. Each heathen we save creates at least 7 more heathens, which means that more food will be needed – it also means that we are subverting God’s famine – never a good thing.

Nevertheless, my feeble mind is still reeling from this Pastor Zeke rubbish, and I’m probably not thinking straight.