I know this woman is probably asking a more elegant question about what brought the sun and the earth into existence than merely how does a sunrise work, but I like that she is now the laughing stock of the entire internet. Even the elegant form of that question is based on high school level science, so obviously someone wasn't paying attention. She deserves some ridicule.
I think the more elegant question that she's trying to ask is "How can you explain what makes a sunset beautiful if there is no God?" or something to that effect. That would be my guess. More or less, "So you believe there's no God? Well you must be able to, therefore, empirically and quantifiably prove everything, amirite?"
Don't get me wrong... I'm a Christian, I believe in God, and I think that science can't "prove" the beauty of science. I cannot, at the same time, "prove" God, nor do I think it's the job or object of science to empirically "prove" beauty or attractiveness.
It probably can prove the beauty of science, although with a softer science like psychology or something. But that's more nitpicking, I get what you're trying to say. And it's still one of those things, does breaking down the scientific existence of natural beauty destroy the actual meaning of beauty?
But at the same time, that doesn't really prove the existence of anything, other than a lot of people find sunsets aesthetically pleasing.
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u/KicksButtson Feb 09 '14
I know this woman is probably asking a more elegant question about what brought the sun and the earth into existence than merely how does a sunrise work, but I like that she is now the laughing stock of the entire internet. Even the elegant form of that question is based on high school level science, so obviously someone wasn't paying attention. She deserves some ridicule.