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Geocentrists Convene To Discuss How Galileo Was Wrong
rollcall writes "'Galileo Was Wrong' is an inaugural conference to discuss the 'detailed and comprehensive treatment of the scientific evidence supporting Geocentrism, the academic belief that the Earth is immobile in the center of the universe.' The geocentrists argue that 'Scientific evidence available to us within the last 100 years that was not available during Galileo's confrontation shows that the [Catholic] Church's position on the immobility of the Earth is not only scientifically supportable, but it is the most stable model of the universe and the one which best answers all the evidence we see in the cosmos.' I, like many of you, am scratching my head wondering how people still think this way. Unfortunately, there is still a significant minority of Western people who believe that the Earth is the center of the universe: 18% of Americans, 16% of Germans, and 19% of Britons."
I hope there is live blogging from the conference.
Committee meets to discuss how light is actually extreme dark.
My mom says I'm the center of the universe.... or is that just the basement?
...even they know the earth goes round the sun.
Laters Sol "Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"
there is still a significant minority of Western people who believe that the Earth is the center of the universe: 18% of Americans
In other news, 17% of Americans were found to exhibit a sense of humor when called by pollsters while most of the rest just get upset.
Moderating "-1, Disagree" is simple censorship. Have the guts to post your opinion.
I thought Galileo Darwin had conclusively proved that the Earth evolves around the sun?
Deep in our hearts, we all know that the geocentrists are correct. The earth is the center of the universe. It's also of a disc-like shape. That's the only logical explanation all the dinosaurs that populated the earth when it was created some 7000 years ago, are gone now. They must have fallen off the surface of the earth when they were trying to visit australia for a holiday, missed the continent and wandered just a teeny weeny little bit to far past it.
Let's see... 18% of Americans believe that the Earth is the center of the universe? For real?
No shit.
I now understand a little more about the stalwarts that support Obama no matter what.
Works just as well this way, too. :p
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
Pick a lagrange point between the sun and the earth as the center of the universe so that neither one moves.
So in that version does the Little Mermaid not have crabs?
Look, these guys know what they're talking about. They have a book published by Catholic Apologetics International Publishing, a non-profit corporation. Since it's a non-profit you know they're not out to make a quick buck.
And the authors both have a Ph.D. The primary author, Robert A. Sungenis, Ph.D. holds advanced degrees in Theology and Religious Studies. He has authored ten books including a five volume compendium on the bible. How can you argue with that? If this man says the Earth is the center of the universe, I for one will take him seriously!
In his book Galileo Was Wrong The Church Was Right he authored the entire book except chapter 10. Chapter 10 was written by Robert J. Bennet, Ph.D. Dr. Bennet has a doctorate in General Relativity from Stevens Institute of Technology. He provides a detailed, technical and mathematical explanation of the various arguments for Geocentrism.
With these credentials I am shocked you could so boldly proclaim they have made an error.
The Earth is pretty much at the center of the observable universe...
...Which is one of the flaws in democracy rather than true self-government and is why democracies need to transition to self-government with a tiny government to protect people from force and fraud.
You're right! Galileo is attempting to subject us all to the gravitational force, and as an American I am against that. My feet stay on the ground because I am bound to this country by patriotism, not because some namby-pamby Eurotrash fraud is trying to force me to. Don't tread on me!
Surely you jest - this site shows the beauty that is out there ;)
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...people who believe what's in 'em should be rounded up and euthanized
It never ceases to amaze me how the[y] are arrogant enough to believe that they are better than the other animals...
Hmm
I'd say that 90% of the world are _convinced_ they believe in some god because they where brainwashed with it from early age. It's simply culturally accepted child molestation of the mind which is harder to prove than physical harm. If there was a law that prohibited people from influencing children with these outrageous ideas, religions would see a rapid decline in membership. It would be hard to convert someone who thought for themselves for 21 years, then to be presented with the idea that there is a man in the sky that designed this world. Religion needs an age of consent.
Can I light a sig ?
But that's still evidence, right???
Surely you jest - this site shows the beauty that is out there ;)
GOD HATES EPILEPTICS!
You can't take the sky from me...
Damn Jews hoarding all the modpoints.
No, it's just a problem with approximation. They believe that the Earth is the center of the universe due to small errors in the measurements. I am actually standing on the Earth, so it's an easy mistake to make - they're not off by much.
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No, it would rely on people simply being people. This isn't anarchy, it is the government boiled down into its core functions, protecting its citizens from force, this means protecting citizens from invasion, murder, theft, rape, etc. and prosecuting those who do it. And protecting its citizens from fraud, this means enforcing contracts and prosecuting false advertising. These are the only two functions of government that cannot reasonably be provided more effectively and efficiently than private enterprise.
Social security is needless because people can get a greater and safer yield by investing and saving their money right. Freed from various restrictions, NASA can be implemented using private companies that can actually -do- something with the technology they develop. Education can be more productive and efficient using private schools, etc.
When freed from excessive taxation, more people will donate money to private charities that can and will provide for people who actually need help and not people who game the system like what the Food stamps/welfare/unemployment benefits do in the US.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
You mean that one of the Roman Catholic Church's greatest thinkers had faith that reason and faith were equally valid ways to truth and not in conflict at all, where everyone else who actually uses reason knows perfectly well that this is not, in fact, true? This is a perfect example of the problem -- this WAS one of its greatest thinkers...
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. --- Bertrand Russell.
My neighbour says he'll go to the ends of the earth to protect his wife and kids, too. I guess that means he thinks the earth is flat, right?
Maybe they have a good gun shop at one of those four corners or something.... :-/
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
We need to Teach The Controversy!
No, but I am familiar with General Protection. To a fault, one might say...
Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
[quote]I thought Obama was a kenyan muslim...[/quote]
No, he's a "Keynesian muslim."
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Odd, how that correlates with Windows desktop market share
The real Sig captains the Northwestern. This one captains
Fuck me! "No privileged frame of reference". That's Einstein's big contribution. And you're too dumb to even grok what he's spelling out.
No
Privileged
Frame of Reference.
The inertial frames aren't privileged, they're just sometimes convenient. The Number 14 bus is pretty convenient but we don't go around pretending it is the centre of the universe.
You are an _imbecile_
Wow. That's impressive. And I have NoScript installed!
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I think you have been trolled by clever physicists.
Galileo was wrong. This is not in dispute. To whit: Einstein was right.
Every point of the universe is the center of the universe.
Do you really expect me to do coordinate substitution in my head while stuck to a spinning ball of rock hurling through space around a gigantic thermonuclear reaction?
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How is believing in two inconsistent theories of the universe view not the sign of a mental illness?
Ohhh, I can tell you're gonna struggle with quantum theory.
First, you put this cat in a box with a vial of cyanide and a timer based on a radio-isotope ...
If we're picking our axioms...
...we should wash our hands thoroughly. And stop doing that in public.