[APML] Private: What is Astrophotography

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

Shoot Jon, you sound pretty religious to me! <g>
Seriously though, if you ever want to wade into the deep end of a discussion
about it just give me an e-mail.
Ask yourself these questions:
1) What's the main motivation for an atheist? (hint: it's not the
intellectual part)
2) Why doesn't God just make it easy on everybody and just show us He's
real?
Bobby Middleton


From: Jon Kolb <jkolb@mindport.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:34 PM
Subject: RE: [APML] What is Astrophotography


> Jerry, I'll bite,
>
> > Astrophotography is proof there is no god.
>
> That's certainly a provacative and bold comment, and I suspect that you
> meant it to be so.  As religion itself is clearly off-topic for this list,
> it would be easy to suggest what I'm about to ask off-list as well.  But I
> also suspect that a lot of list members would like to know, as I do, how
you
> arrived at this assertion.  Proof is a strong word, and implies a basis in
> fact - actually it demands a basis in fact.  In scientific and engineering
> circles, where many on the list spend their days, a proof requires a few
> things to, er, prove it, as it were.  These are:
>
> 1) An hypothesis
> 2) A sound methodology to provide evidence to support or disprove the
> hypothesis
> 3) Evidence, determined empirically, experimentally, or from previously
> established theory
> 4) A conclusion supported by the evidence, and consistent with the
> hypothesis
>
> As an engineer, and not a particularly religious one at that, I'd be
> fascinated to know how you support your claim, if it indeed it can be
> supported.  A good engineer is a curious, open-minded, and skeptical
person,
> so I hope you'll understand why I ask.  If you think an off-list reply is
> called for, I'll understand.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jon Kolb
> Adventures in Astrophotography
> http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/
> jkolb@noochee.com
>
>
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