Cheryl, You might read Dr. Jones' "Moon Landing Feasibility" monograph on his website. There he illustrates the motions of the heliocentrist (acentrist) and the geocentrist and the geostatist. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl B." <c.battles@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 7:46 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Hello, group. > I don't think I'm ready to take on the Copernican cosmologists -- at all. > Other than to ask them why they didn't take any pictures to prove the earth > is turning. > > Your point though is that it would appear that in fact the earth is turning, > no matter where you go in space. Yes? > > I think that's the point. Make me clear on this? Where do the 28 days and > various orbits of the planets come in? If everything goes around the earth > once a day, then where do these other orbits enter in? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Shelton" <garylshelton@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 8:30 PM > Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Hello, group. > > > > Cheryl, > > > > You need a good dose of Bad Astronomy. The folks there will gladly > clarify > > any relative motion questions you have. But I suggest you browse through > a > > couple of topics that I participated in last year. You will notice I > > thought like yourself in the beginning. > > > > The first is a topic that I actually started, unbelievable as that seems > to > > me now.... > > > > "Relative Motion Falls Apart When applied to Planes" > > > http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=16726&postdays=0&postorder > =asc&start=0 > > > > The next is a topic begun by a devout acentrist athiest named Maksutov. > > > > "Thinking about geocentrism" > > http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=350240&highlight=#350240 > > > > I did not agree with these people but I could not counter their superior > > academic arguments. Still, it was interesting taking the battle to "their > > turf". I personally believe that they made some good points and we need > to > > be able to answer all of them, just as the creationists have a counter to > > every single evolution premise put forward. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Gary Shelton > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cheryl B." <c.battles@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 10:31 AM > > Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Hello, group. > > > > > > > A friend told me the whole moon landing thing was staged in Las Vegas, > > that > > > the film crew all had untimely deaths later, and they were pacified with > > > hookers and parties during hte shoot. > > > > > > If they did go to the moon I'd like to know why not one single astronaut > > has > > > commented about observing the earth turning. I realize that it takes 12 > > > hours for one side of the earth to completely move around, but it would > > > still be apparent to anyone looking that the earth was turning. > > > > > > If you went to the moon and believed the earth was turning, wouldn't you > > > want to brag about having seen it with your own two eyes? > > > > > > Cheryl > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2/14/05 > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2/14/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2/14/05