And a Savior was born.................LOL

[Are_grits_groceries]

On December 25th, a famous man who changed history forever was born... Sir Isaac Newton!

Consider Newton's contributions to mankind. Calculus. The discovery of gravitation. The laws of motion. The modern world is built on the ideas that he originated. The kind of life we live now was unimaginable in the 17th century, but much of our scientific development began then, in the mind of one man.

Sir Isaac Newton's ideas changed the world, and he deserves to be celebrated on December 25th. This Christmas, my friends will share in the excitement. Yours can, too.


http://www.powersmedia.org/cards/

Sending one to the AFA. I want to hear heads explode.

[liberalmuse]

1. I plan to celebrate...

with some Figgy Newton.

[tekisui]

2. That's great.

Reason is the reason for the season.

[HeresyLives]

3. I always celebrate Newton Day.

The dawn of western science, the contributions he made, it's a goooood day!

[MadHound]

4. The birthday of a famous alchemist.

Yippee!

[HeresyLives]

5. Tsk tsk.

Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 )<1> was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and one of the most influential men<5> in human history. His Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, is considered to be the most influential book in the history of science.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

[MadHound]

6. What are tsking me about? That I spoke the truth?

That I decided to present an alternative side of the portrait? What?

[HeresyLives]

10. Newton is considered

much more than an alchemist. He is considered the Father of Western Science. And alchemy has long since morphed into chemistry. Everything has a beginning you know.

[MadHound]

13. Gee, now you know how Christians feel when non-christians decide to be smarmy about Christ

Of course I know who Newton is, probably much more than you do. I just decided to be smarmy, much in the same way that people get smarmy about Christ, and voila, look at the reaction I get, hostility, defensiveness, even a touch of anger perhaps.

Now that you've had those tables turned, perhaps you'll be a little more tolerant and understanding yourself:shrug:

Oh, and just for your information, I'm not a Christian, however I do get tired of the constant bashing of Christmas that goes around here each and every year.

Peace:hi:

[HeresyLives]

15. No, Newtonians don't care.

And no, I haven't the slightest intention of being more tolerant.

After 2000 years of attacks, up to and including stake burnings, the 'tolerance' stage is over with.

[MadHound]

17. Great, using that logic Ghandi's old saying comes to mind

Eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind:shrug:

Why do you feel the need to denigrate Christmas? Why not let it slide by like you do with virtually every other major religious holiday.

I think this whole "let's piss in your Wheaties" attitude is not helping your cause or that of any non-Christian. You are blaming an entire religion for the actions of what is now a minority group.

You're not doing yourself, your cause, and anybody else a favor by continuing to come across as an asshole.

[HeresyLives]

18. When something is forced on you,

most people tend to fight back. And I'm not interested in any 'causes', or your strange view that it's a minority causing the problem.

I see it in your posts here.

I liked the cards, and said I always celebrate Newton Day. You immediately attacked both Newton and me.

I wasn't looking for an argument, I was appreciative of a new product and said so. That's all.

Now, apparently, I'm not allowed to hold an opinion of my own. I am supposed to defer to yours, and be 'tolerant'.

No.

[MadHound]

19. LOL, it stings doesn't it?

Don't like it when the shoe is on the other foot do you? LOL

Of course you were looking for an argument, the whole premise of this post was to be provocative and smarmy towards Christmas, otherwise you wouldn't have worded your OP as you did, "And a Savior was born. . ." Newton's no savior and you know it, you were just looking to be smarmy and snarky, poking the lion through the cage so to speak.

Such actions don't reflect well on you or on the rest of us non-Christians. It is people like you who give the rest of us a bad name. Again, do you poke fun at other religions and other religious holidays? No, of course not, you have some sort of problem with Christmas, so you take out all your emotions and wrath on that particular holiday. Why not just ignore it like you do other religious holidays:shrug:

You claim victimhood, that it's shoved down your throat. Nothing is shoved down your throat unless you allow it to be such. Nobody's holding a gun to your head saying believe or die, nobody's revived the Spanish Inquisition. So please, stop playing the victim, and stop playing the asshole. Just live and let live, try it sometime.

[HeresyLives]

20. You have confused me with the OP.

And the OP was simply quoting what's on the card.

So you are trying to start an argument with the wrong person.

I will agree with you on one point though. 'Nothing is shoved down your throat unless you allow it to be such.'

And I'm not allowing it to be such.

Next time, read the names before you try to start a war of words.

[PassingFair]

27. Who is "Ghandi"?

Is he related to this guy?

[asteroid2003QQ47]

35. "...come across as an asshole." The scent of projection is in the air! n/t

[but siriusly folks]

22. Oh, I see...fighting intolerance with more intolerance, eh?

:yoiks: :yoiks: :yoiks: :yoiks:

[HeresyLives]

24. Heh! You'd better sneak off

after THAT one. :)

[mudesi]

36. Yeah, but you lied (nm)

[spoony]

7. Why would their heads explode?

Newton was a great man and a thinker to match anyone. He also said, "God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done." A great mind indeed, so celebrate!

[Divine Discontent]

9. amen

[Are_grits_groceries]

12. Calling anyone a Savior besides JC

is guaranteed to make Rev.Donald Wildmon and his bunch explode.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

16. And thanks to Newton we can calculate the trajectory of the spray.

:applause:

[Chulanowa]

31. Spray? I would have imagined it would be more like a hollow pop

Like when that 30 watt bulb in your dusty old attic crawlspace finally goes...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

37. 30 watts?

Maximum generosity.

[Mari333]

8. newtonian materialism is so passe'

:)

[HeresyLives]

11. Not noticibly.

:rofl:

[Mari333]

14. I prefer Schrodinger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat

boing boing boing go the electrons bouncing into 10 parallel universes...

[Are_grits_groceries]

38. Well is the cat alive?? nt

[baldguy]

21. Have a Merry Isaacmass!

[HeresyLives]

25. Happy Newton Day!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

23. Larry Csonka?

Also born on December 25th.

[Bobbie Jo]

26. LOL?

[Mad_Dem_X]

28. To the Greatest Page!

I have to share this.

[DemoTex]

29. According to "A Tour of the Calculus," Newton and Leibniz share the honors on calculus.

David Berlinski in "A Tour of the Calculus" maintains that Isaac Newton (1643-1727) and Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716) developed the fundamental theorem of calculus independently and simultaneously.

[HeresyLives]

30. That's been argued for years.

And there is still no agreement on the matter. However, both of them got these things from the East anyway. Which is why I said the father of 'western' science.

[DemoTex]

33. Actually, I believe "Ma" Pitts at Georgia Tech invented the calculus in the 2nd century C.E.

Dr. Wray ("Death Wray"), also of the Georgia Tech math department, perfected the torture during the early Renaissance.

[HeresyLives]

34. I had no idea!

Ya learn something new everyday. :rofl:

[starroute]

32. This seems like a good place to quote Alexander Pope's epitaph for Newton

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night;
God said "Let Newton be" and all was light.

[eridani]

39. Why did the chicken cross the road?

Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.
--Sir Isaac Newton

[MisterP]

40. I turn my eyes to the schools and universities of Europe

And behold the loom of Locke whose woof rages dire,
Washed by the water wheels of Newton. Black the cloth
In heavy wreathe folds over every nation; cruel works
Of many wheels I view, wheel without wheel, with cogs tyrannic
Moving by compulsion each other; not as those in Eden, which
Wheel within wheel in freedom revolve, in harmony and peace.