[geocentrism] Re: Is geocentrism supported by facts?
- From: Regner Trampedach <art@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:42:42 +0200
Thanks for your approval of the rules.
The "car" question was just concerned with the relative Earth/car
movement. The long version of the answer is that "stepping on the
speeder doesn't make the Earth move".
Regards,
Regner
Quoting philip madsen <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi and welcome Regner. I am going to hold back and watch for a start.
>
> Your rules are fair and essential.
>
> You said in regard to rule 3.
>
> "In a previous E-mail I asked Bernhard Brauer, Marshall Hall and
> Neville Jones whether: "When driving a car, is the car going
> forward, or the Earth going backwards?
>
> They all answered the obvious and correct - that the car is going forward."
>
> Hmmm. That seems to be the problem does it not. I would have answered ,
> "depends on whether you were driving towards the west or not!".
>
> But all will tell you that I am the "stirrer" Devils advocate here.
>
> Philip.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Regner Trampedach
> To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:17 PM
> Subject: [geocentrism] Is geocentrism supported by facts?
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to start a discussion about whether your theory of a
> geocentric Universe with a fixed non-rotating Earth holds up against
> evidence. Please hold back your E-mails about all the evidence you see,
> and let's attack the problem in a systematic and scientific manner.
> First a few rules:
> 1) Please keep your replies short, precise and concise.
> I don't have oceans of time, and neither, I suspect, do you.
> 2) References to scripture does not count as scientific evidence
> and cannot be used as support of a scientific theory.
> 3) The most basic observations in regards to the movements in the
> Solar system is the movements of the Sun, stars, the Moon, the
> planets, etc. That they move across the sky cannot in itself be
> taken as evidence for or against the geocentric theory.
> In a previous E-mail I asked Bernhard Brauer, Marshall Hall and
> Neville Jones whether: "When driving a car, is the car going
> forward, or the Earth going backwards?" They all answered the
> obvious and correct - that the car is going forward. We (humans)
> designed and built the cars so we know that. In regards to the Solar
> system we don't know a priori which is the case - is the Earth orbiting
> and revolving or is it stationary. So let's find out.
> I would like to start this discussion by asking you to state the
> 5 most fundamental reasons that your theory is correct. And please adhere
> to the rules above - and don't go into much detail - we can do that later.
> I'll collate the replies in a few days into a list of the 5 reasons that
> are cited most often in your replies.
>
> Regards,
>
> Regner Trampedach
>
>
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