[it's not an accident that water has the properties it has. it's the laws of chemistry]
what if instead of water we had liquid mercury?
what make you so sure the laws of chemistry right?
you need more faith to believe in science than God
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Riiiiight. You're good at playing 'what if' aren't you.
"What if there was an imaginary sky daddy who loved us so much he'd torture us for 'eternity'?"
Water is a very common substance because hydrogen was 75% of baryonic matter in the universe, 380,000 years past it's inception when it had hyperinflated sufficiently to cool enough for electrons to remain trapped in the orbit of protons. Oxygen was created in stars over billions of years as a product of Beryllium fusion. Heavy metals such as mercury are only created in incredibly rare instances in hypernovae and as such are only trace elements in the composition of the universe.
Next fucking stupid question!
"what if instead of water we had liquid mercury?"
Then maybe we would have evolved with toxins flowing through our body instead of blood. Or maybe we would all be like the terminater from T2. Can you even contemplate how different the two things are? You can 'what if' till the prodigal's son comes home but it doesn't prove anything but a vivid imagination.
"what make you so sure the laws of chemistry right?"
They can be proven, unlike your personal deity.
"you need more faith to believe in science than God"
Now that doesn't make a lick of sense. All of my life the x-tians have said that all they need is faith, that faith is more important then facts. Now you say to believe in science, which is based on facts, requires more faith then someone believing in god? Shouldn't you then look up to atheists and scientists as more devoted then you?
Well, ah, we do have liquid mercury. Go find an old thermometer. Break it open. The neat liquid inside is mercury. Look at the neat bubbles it makes! Go ahead, play with it and get it all over your hands!
Diagnosis: Fundie.
Recommended Treatment: Deprogramming and education, especially in logic and the sciences. Start with early grade-school material, such as the water cycle, and work up to high school chemistry and physics as soon as possible.
Prognosis: Recovery is doubtful unless patient pursues treatment diligently.
~David D.G.
@countzander
what if instead of water we had liquid mercury?
Dude, that would be, like, so heavy, man.
Learn som grammar, fuckwit.
My first accepted quote!
Yeah, the guy is a total idiot, he also said that the only way Uranus could've been tilted is if a meteor bigger than it ran into it, or if god made it that way.
Oxygen was created in stars over billions of years as a product of Beryllium fusion. Heavy metals such as mercury are only created in incredibly rare instances in hypernovae and as such are only trace elements in the composition of the universe.
Actually, Mercury is created in ordinary garden-variety Supernovae as well. Sure, a hypernova is hotter and will create more mercury, but there have been a heck of a lot more supernovae than hypernovae in the history of the galaxy.
Oh -- and while oxygen is indeed produced in ordinary post-main-sequence non-supernova stars, it is trapped there. Only in the case of a supernova is the oxygen released out into the interstellar medium.
what if instead of water we had liquid mercury?
A fascinating concept. Why don't you go eat 1500 lbs of liquid mercury, and get back to us on that?
(I'm assuming he's a fat kid, weighing about 160 lbs. .85 x 72 kg / 18.01428 g/mol water * 200.59 g/mol mercury = 681 kg = 1500 lbs)
"you need more faith to believe in science than God"
My late companion used to say this sometimes when the subject came up (and we had a pact to bring it up as little as possible) it still never fails to annoy the heck out of me, no matter who says it. As Redhunter eloquently demonstrates, this statement is purest insanity.
~David D.G.
Machine translations are imperfect. Single-tired-person translations may be equally flawed. Fundiebabble-to-English translator now engaged.
Translation:
If things were different, then things would be different. Therefore, believing in something right in front of your face is less reasonable than believing in a fairy tale.
<<< what if instead of water we had liquid mercury? >>>
Then life as we know it wouldn't exist, and if there was life it would be very different.
<<< what make you so sure the laws of chemistry right? >>>
Because they tell me what to expect if I mix various chemicals together, and lo and behold, that's exactly what happens when I do it. Drop a chunk of elemental sodium in water, and you will get an explosion. You can verify this for yourself (though I wouldn't recommend it unless you have very good gloves or tongs for dealing with the sodium).
<<< you need more faith to believe in science than God >>>
Not even close. I can observe science in action; no faith is needed (and it works the same whether you believe it will or not). God cannot be observed, and therefore requires faith.
"you need more faith to believe in science than God"
Translation: with science I have to think, and that makes my head hurt.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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