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Sure it does. We can take our 3D vectors from Euclidean space and create their analogs in a 4D Minkowski space. So, instead of S=(x,y,z), we have S=(ct,x,y,z). We use the time of the rest frame of the object we are studying, so when we are talking about the speed of time, we're talking about the rate time passes according to one frame with respect to an object's rest frame. So, the four-velocity is [math]U=(\frac{dct}{d\tau}, \frac{dx}{d\tau}, \frac{dy}{d\tau}, \frac{dz}{d\tau})[/math]. So, the velocity in the time direction is given by [math]\frac{dct}{d\tau}[/math]. But the cool thing is that [math]t=\gamma\tau[/math], so the t's cancel out giving the speed of time as [math]{\gamma}c[/math].

That's odd, since the first three didn't believe in an afterlife.

So, two gospels. Then again, it's starting to look like John actually used the others as sources as well; he just didn't do the "I'm going to copy well over half of this other guy verbatim" approach that you described as "pick a lot of". So, the Bible is allowed to be used as a positive historical document for the existence of Jesus, but the bits where it talks about there being a coverup are inadmissable? Why, exactly, is that? Individually, they're not very reliable, but, taken together, they're still a bunch of mythology and forged letters along with a mere 7 letters from a guy who says he got his information from a hallucination.

That's a whopper. The bit after the 'thus' is in no way whatsoever implied by the bit before the 'thus'. This means it's invalid and thus unsound on that alone. Yet, the bit before the 'thus' is false in its own right. That makes it unsound as well. So, it's invalid and based on a falsehood.

I'd respond, but I literally have no idea what you're trying to say.

Actually, it's not, since the universe already existed at the Big Bang and there's no sense in which the universe ever not existed. Well, you're wrong. It is actually quite easy to prove. We have a thing called 'conservation of energy'. Brains have moving parts and they have energy moving all around. If this is due to an immaterial soul, then energy is being produced from nothing. That is, conservation of energy is false. So, yeah, it's your belief in souls or your belief in physics.

I'm not sure the evidence available allows for the conclusion that Jesus never existed. Then again, the gospels are fictions and Jesus is a character in them, so he would in fact be a fictional character. But this only makes him a fictional character to the extent that Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter makes old Honest Abe a fictional character.

I don't think that it would even cost a few grand. Disney most likely has lawyers on retainer anyway, so the price wouldn't change. And any judge is going to throw out a plagiarism case based on "there are two sisters and at some point they pass through an archway" immediately.

If your religion says there's an immaterial God that has intervened even once in the universe or if your religion says that there are immaterial souls that interact with bodies, then it conflicts with science. Well, there goes most religion. As others were saying, not only does the content (that darn conservation of energy!) of science conflict with the content of religion (gods and souls), but also the very epistemology of science and religion are incompatible. Using a belief in a deity as inspiration doesn't change that. Then there's the historical fact that until very recently, organized religion has been opposed to advances in science. Or, if you're in America, organized religion is against advances in science that happened hundreds of years ago. Though, to be fair, on their timeline, those advances happened microseconds ago.

Except that's a well-known forgery.

Are you sure there are contemporary Roman sources saying Jesus existed?

I'll take that with a grain of salt.

Thanks for all the well-wishes and sorry I've taken so long to reply. It's been kind of up and down. He's been getting better and getting worse and getting better and so on, though the bouts of getting better are longer now and more better than they were. He went from the doctor telling us on Thursday that there's nothing more they can do and that we should spend as much time with him as we can because they didn't think he'd make it through the night to doing so well he's off all of his meds and almost off of the first ventilator. So, basically, he's starting the trolling early. Like father, like son, I guess. I guess I am obligated to acquire a pogo stick now, aren't I?

I commented on a report yesterday or so that going to the thread from a certain report gave me a malware warning on my phone.

As many of you know, it was the case that I was going to be a daddy. Well, that time has come! It's time to show off your kids. My son is now two days old. He was born on September 8 at 4:48pm and he weighs in at 1lb 13oz. He made it to one day before 28 weeks before he had to come out. If you've got kids, how many do you have? Any advice/tips/tricks?

There's a myth that runs rampant among many fundamentalist circles that the would would plummet into chaos without religion. I've brought up the data showing that religious belief is actually inversely correlated with several measures of societal health. In terms of rationality, I've brought up the data showing that analytic thinking promotes religious disbelief, and the data showing an inverse relationship between religious belief and intelligence. There's also data showing that children raised to be religious have more difficulty in telling the difference between fact and fiction. Now, there's a new study. In this one, the data shows that religious belief is inversely correlated with scientific advance.

So, it turns out that even Republican-led committees show that the Benghazi conspiracy theories are all false.

[citation needed] [citation needed] Actually, I'm not even sure what this is supposed to mean.

That's what ln is for.

When no base is given, the convention is to assume 10.

! Moderator Note And now you're getting a warning point for thread hijacking again. If you want to stop getting warning points for thread hijacking, there's a simple solution: stop hijacking threads.

And then there's the real benefits of nonreligion to both the individual and society as a whole. Given the above benefits of irreligion to society to which I linked above, and the fact that analytic thinking promotes religious disbelief, that's great news.

Indeed. And so my son will keep his genitals unmutilated. The benefits outweigh the risks (you missed natural lubrication and that it is the most sensitive part) and the risks are completely removed if one bathes and uses condoms (which everyone should).

Iwonderaboutthings has kicked over the checkers board and gone home. We've kindly locked the door behind him.

...facts be damned.