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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Happy Earth Day!
Click to view an infographic depicting "NASA's Plan to Put Thousands of People in Space Colonies" (click on the image to enlarge if necessary). Infographic from Space.com.
The reality is, we need to make an earnest effort to maintain the Earth because it's all we've got!
Happy Earth Day!
Monday, December 8, 2025
Is the Big Bang Theory to be Believed as Truth?
Do you watch The Big Bang Theory? It's that comedy TV show about a bunch of nerdy scientists who live together and attend the same educational institution. I am not a regular viewer, but if I am up at night and flipping channels and land on the channel at the right time, I'll watch it. I like the guy named Sheldon. He's from Texas. That means he's not only smart about science, but he knows all about football. Because in Texas, football is a religion. LOL.
Anyway! Connecting the dots, I read an interesting article by a fellow writer about the Big Bang . Sharing the link below. In addition, I left comments on the article, which I am re-sharing in this blog post.
Why The Big Bang is one of the most widely Accepted Scientific Theories of our time | Read.Cash
The Big Bang is the most accepted scientific “theory” because there are so many people in the world who choose not to believe the scientific “facts” clearly outlined in the Genesis account of the Creation, the origin of the universe.
The other fact is that there would be many unemployed scientists if they did not say they were working on trying to substantiate the theory. The Big Bang Theory was introduced in 1927. Ironically, it was supposed to provide proof that the biblical account was correct, i.e. religion and science need not contradict each other. Only people started asking more questions and debating it. NASA has people employed whose “job” is to study The Big Bang. Of course, NASA is not the organization in the world with scientists and researchers working on this. Big Bang news and updates are published regularly in publications like Science Daily.
You either believe one or the other. Either the universe was the result of an explosion that created order out of chaos, OR it was the result of the orderly thinking of a Supreme Intelligent Being. Supreme, meaning that Being is wasy smarter than all of us! You can't believe both! As “a theist”, I believe the latter.
Also, I disagree that it is more important to identify the “bad science”. Anybody can come up with pseudoscience. You don't even have to be a scientist to come up with a bad scientific theory about anything! The search for truth is far more important and a much more worthwhile endeavor. Besides, how can you possibly identify the bad science WHEN you don't know what the good science is in the first place?
"... keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called ..." (1 Tim 6: 20)
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Monday, January 29, 2024
The Titan (2018) : Sci-Fi Movie Lovers Beware!
◆ Our Friday night sci-fi movie pick was “The Titan”. It's a 2018 Netflix
Staff writer Dan Jackson published his review in the Entertainment section of Thrillist and he made a comparison between this movie and an old science fiction movie “The Fly”. As a child, I saw the 1958 film with Vincent Price; and as an adult, I watched the 1986 remake with Jeff Goldblum. These films were so popular there was a 1959 sequel, “Return of the Fly” and a 1989 sequel, “The Fly II”.
Don't even know why Mr. Jackson made the comparison, but he described “The Titan” as an “Unsexy Version of 'The Fly'”.
Unsexy? Oh? Were they trying to be sexy? I didn't even think they were trying to be believable! I didn't buy any of it!
Even though I disagree with Mr. Jackson's comparison, I wholly agree with the concluding statement in his review.
“The movie ... doesn't want to seduce you.
It wants to put you to sleep.”
The movie was awful! It couldn't even help with insomnia.
How bad was it? I am seldom moved to give a film or TV series a rating. It was so disappointing I asked my husband to Rate It and give it one star. (He was the one holding the remote/controller.) My husband expressed his disappointment by saying he had already wasted an hour and a half of his life and he wouldn't waste a minute more by taking the time to give the film a rating.
This Netflix original thriller was a waste of time and money. (IMHO.) If you like sci-fi and you are especially interested in films where they explore the possibilities of life on another planet … DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE!!
The Titan (2018) : Sci-Fi Movie Lovers Beware!
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Jackson, Dan. “The Titan Netflix Review: Sam Worthington's Sci-Fi Movie Needed Sex – Thrillist” Thrillist, Thrillist, 30 Mar. 2018, www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-titan-netflix-review.
The Titan - Official Trailer - 2018 Sci-Fi Movie HD





