by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 12, 2025 | Physics, Relativity
Time Dilation as a Result of Acceleration by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 3/12/2025 Consider an experiment. A rocket is launched with a twin on board and one who stays behind. This familiar setup is known as the Twin Paradox. In this scenario, assume the rocket leaves...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 12, 2025 | Physics, Relativity
Local Evidence of Special Relativity with Rocket Acceleration by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 3/12/2025 Consider a rocket frame as it accelerates at 1G to .999999c from Earth. As it accelerates, the fuel will gradually acquire additional mass as the rocket accelerates to a...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Jan 15, 2025 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology
Original Version: The Necessity of Separation within the Oneness of God By, Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 1/14/2025 There is an intimate relationship between the existence of God and His creation. Unless God used another source of building material, then he and the universe...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Nov 13, 2024 | Apologetics, Christianity, Physics and Faith, Theology
Against Thee Alone Have I SinnedBy, Thomas Lee Abshier, ND11/13/2024 This post was inspired by an essay by Mike Shreve, a pastor in Florida, about why he did not practice yoga as a Christian. Mike and I were in 3HO (Happy, Healthy, Holy Oreganization), the American...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Nov 11, 2024 | Physics, Physics and Faith, Quantum Mechanics
The Wisdom To Choose Action or Inaction In Dr. Robert Malone’s recent post he made the following observations and proposed the following resolution. Premises: Western society believes problems must always be met with action Modern society assumes science and...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Nov 9, 2024 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology
John: In your previous email about MACBETH, when I said that Macbeth says that life has no meaning, you made a comment that Shakespeare is saying that life has no meaning! That’s not what Shakespeare was saying at all. Shakespeare was saying that, for Macbeth, who had...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Nov 9, 2024 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology
John: Mike, in our live concert yesterday from the Berlin Philharmonic, one of the pieces was Rachmaninov’s “Isle of the Dead” which he composed after observing a painting of the same name by Arnold Böcklin in 1883. I asked Grok (AI) to show me a picture of that...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Sep 17, 2024 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology
The Ultimate Justice of God by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 9/17/2024 6:53 AM God defines the standards of good and evil. That which is good is of God’s nature/way/character. Evil is that which opposes/is opposite to the nature/way of God. If the world were entirely...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Aug 27, 2024 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology
The Significance of the Resurrection By, Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 8/18/2024 John, you have quoted Jordan Peterson’s comment that he behaves as if God is real. I agree we cannot prove God’s existence. Such a comment is realistic, in that we cannot know and...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Mar 1, 2020 | Christianity in Politics, Libertarian Politics, Politics
The State vs. Stateless Societies By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 2/20/2020 Background: John H is a Libertarian turned “Anarcho-Capitalist”. When asked the difference, John is fond of saying, “About 6 months.” The Libertarian desires a a society...
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