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"Gary" writes:
>"Stephen M. Adams" wrote:
>> "Gary" writes:
>> >"Al Smith" wrote:

>>>I don't see any advantage of Chaos Theory. It is just
>>>Chaotic! And absurd to boot.
>>
>>The 'advantage' is that it accurately describes a problem that science
>>must deal with - that determining the long-term results of a complex
>>system is very difficult, if the system's initial (or current) state
>>cannot be accurately measured. It's not 'chaos' in the common sense
>>of the term (random or out of control) - chaotic systems can lead to
>>very ordered results.
>
>What you have written makes a little sense, but to define it
>as "chaos" theory seems a misnomer to me.

I didn't make the definition. :-)

>I would prefer "complexity" theory or something else.

I would agree that 'complexity' (or even hyper-complexity) might
be a better name. But we're stuck with the term we've been given.

>I haven't studied it at all, but as you wrote previously,
>God is not bound by such things.

:-)

>I remember a few lines from the movie, "Jurassic Park," where
>the doctor was explaining "chaos theory" to others in the copter,
>and remarked that the "flapping of a butterfly's wing in China could
>affect the weather here," or something to that effect

And it's entirely possible that it's true. Absurdity has no bearing
on whether or not a thing is true.

>This idea is absurd.

So is quantum mechanics. But without quantum tunneling and various
other quantum effects, your computer wouldn't be working right now.

-Stephen
--
Space Age Cybernomad Stephen Adams
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You insist that we read all the relevant passages w/o literal
contradiction,
this IS one way to do it. So now what we have this one way, you have no
grounds
to say that Christ denied that Enoch ascended to heaven.

Enoch did not ascend to heaven for the way into heaven had not been
opened until the forerunner Jesus Christ opened the way. (Col. 1:18;
Heb. 9:8). Before you attempt (and fail) to say the "holy place did not
mean heaven" you should read all of Hebrews 9 and see that Paul is
making parallels between the old tent and the new tent. And while
anabaino normally is used as "going up on your own volition and power"
it is not exclusive and unambiguous. Had there been a clear
unimpeachable pattern of it's usage it would be a very strong point.
Additonally nothing in the su