Re: [APML] Private: What is Astrophotography

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

Whooops!!
Sorry about the slip of the reply button guys. That's a private message of
course. Blame it on sleep deprevation; I got up at 3:30 the last 2 mornings
to shoot Mars.
Since it went public though I'd entertain all private replies to the 2
questions <g>
Bobby never check the address until after you hit the send button Middleton

----- Original Message -----
From: 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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