Hypothesis 29

Asteroids have elliptical orbits which is why they approach close to the Earth. They're there ready for a time when they're doomed to crash into the Earth during the tribulation. This gives us a predictive testable hypothesis.

Evidence for Synonymy

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. (Daniel 12:3)

We're making a bold claim that stars aren't distant suns and galaxies. That's Galileo's bluff. The stars are fragments, and swirls of fragments, of reflective rock in the Kuiper and asteroid Belts.

The Role of Synonymy

Synonymy has primary and secondary roles. The primary is to make it seem as if the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy is impossible. In which case, if the Bible is the inerrant word of an omnipotent God, it's a fraud.

July 29th

The third axiom of SciPop is stars are distant suns and galaxies. It's part of Galileo's Bluff. It's part of Galileo's Bluff, wishful thinking, an inductive rationalization of the premise that stars are distant suns and galaxies.