[geocentrism] Re: Puzzle
- From: "Philip Stott" <pstott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:04:11 -0700
I can't see exactly where the joke is here. The opposition to Columbus was
because all reasonably educated people knew the earth's circumference (well
known since ancient Grecian times), and thus knew that India was so far away
Columbus could not reach it with the supplies he could carry. He was wrong,
they were right. But he was lucky. He hit America before he starved. He called
the inhabitants "Indians" because he was sure he had reached India. Wrong but
lucky. The story about widespread belief in a flat earth and that he would sail
off the edge was a story concocted about a century ago in an attempt to pour
scorn on the Bible.
Philip Stott
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Bennett
To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:21 AM
Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Puzzle
QI: Why should I give you 3 ships to sail west to India, Cristoforo, when
you have not studied sea navigation and theory at the great schools of Spain?
CC: I have great practical experience, your majesty, and wish to push my
explorations further.
QI: But at my MS schools you would learn of the edge of the earth and the
great sea-dragons, about which every student is taught. Only a fool would have
a belief contrary to MS. I won't finance this fool's voyage!
And so America was never discovered.. what a pleasant thought.
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