Faith in gravity.

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In a message dated 4/2/98 10:19:15 PM, you wrote:

<<>RON EBERT


>Hold a brick above your foot and let go. What causes the brick to hit your



>foot?



>



>DICK JONES



>This clearly demonstrates the faith of those who adhere to



>the Religion of Science and truly believe that brick will fall,



>when they have only their blind faith to go by. The fact that



>bricks have always fallen in the past does not begin to imply



>that they will always fall in the future. This is an article



>of faith in the Religion of Science. It is a guess, nothing



>more. It's a human custom to expect a brick to fall since



>bricks have fallen in the past. But this idea of uniformity



>is nothing but a guess raised to an article of religion by



>those who profess Science.



>


JOHN HAMILTON

It sure makes a lot more since to have 'faith' in gravity, witch has

demonstrated it existence throughout hundreds of thousands of years of human

experience that have 'faith' in 'gods' which have never demonstrated their

existence.



I'll bet on the brick falling and move my toe every time, and so will Dick

no matter what he says.



BRIDEAN

If Dick were still on the list I would tell him to put his money where his

mouth is.  I would put $200 in escrot and he would put the same 

amount.  I would then bet that if he drops a brick, directly over his foot

with no obstructions in the way, no wind currents faster than 2 miles

per hour, and he does not move his foot or anything else that would 

cause his foot, or the brick to move (other than droping it, perhaps you

can think of some more restrictions) then the brick will in fact hit his

foot.>>

Padro
I don't believe that it is ever likely to happen, but I must agree, it is
possible that history could take a change of course and gravity would cease to
exist.   But again, the likelihood of this happening is probably that it never
will happen.   So, in a sense, Dick is right.   We do have faith that gravity
exists, not much, but enough to no that if I drop a brick on my foot, I better
move my foot or I will probably be making a nice visit to a nearby hospital.

Padro

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