RE: Just a thought...Does SpaceX exist to "confirm" all the standard Einsteinian cosmology and other hokum?
This article is titled as speculation, and is clearly present in that vein, V-C. There is nothing much at all about Elon Musk and his ventures, IMO, that is not murky and getting murkier all the time. In fact, the explosion onto the scene of this character is equally as suspicious as is that of the founders of Facebook, Google, et al.
My views on cosmology are mine and no one else's (necessarily) and I do not present them as fact.
Anything that I state in my blog posts is my opinion, or when I do make factual assertions it is either because I have researched it well, or thought it through carefully as anyone might ( and I usually take care to present them either with documentation, or with reasons why I believe them to be factual.) Whether or not in means anything to you, I also bathe all of my writing in prayer and I employ my Creator to not let me ever be willfully or accidentally deceptive.
I am not asking you to accept that He has fully granted that request, or that I have never been in error, just letting you know that I do take the ATTEMPT at being truthful seriously.
It is clear we are not going to agree on much, cosmologically speaking, and that's OK too. My views on scientism, orogeny, modern psychiatry, and a host of other fields might strike you wrong as well...
Peace and Cheers, my friend...
I appreciate your measured and substantive response to my comment, which I note bears an insufferable tone I did not intend. Scientism we are likely to be quite agreed on, amongst many other things, in particular psychiatry. I also am confident that if you were willing to consider it, Einsteinian relativity is not only reasonable, but I do not see any reason a Bible believer couldn't be comfortable with it - but that's my own opinion, and of no consequence.
I agree that Musk's origins are shrouded in potential complicity with nefarious actors, being formerly partnered with Peter Thiel is a good example, but his creation of Paypal and subsequent businesses since aren't particularly cryptic. Zuckerberg and Schmidt of Google aren't cryptic either, just associated with bad company IMHO.
I value your personal views, and my intention was to seek to enable you to not present them as factual when they were possibly more merely unconvinced of the factual. What is clear to me upon rereading my comment is that my advice in that regard would best be taken by me, for I failed utterly to express that sentiment, and instead sound to me like I am sure of my own subjective grasp. This is not only a great personal lapse, but insulting to you, and I apologize.
I wasn't insulted, and no need to apologize, bro. We're all good.
If everyone had to agree with me on everything to be my friend, I wouldn't have many friends...in fact, probably NONE...lol...
It's all good...
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17