Most appreciated. Best wishes, Regner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Quoting Neville Jones <njones@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > Dear Regner, > > You are clearly a scholar and a gentleman. > > (Or should that be, a gentleman and a scholar? Perhaps they are equivalent? > Let's not start that again!) > > On a serious note, I greatly appreciate your comments. > > Best wishes, > > Neville > www.GeocentricUniverse.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: art@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:18:13 +1100 > > Dear Neville, > > What a pleasant surprise - And a very graceful end to this part of our > discussion - We'll see whether I succeed to convince Allen. > > I very much appreciate that you took the time for mindful consideration of > the topic. If we all followed your example, we could probably save a lot > of time and frustrations. I, for one, have been too rash a few times. > > I'm looking forward to, hopefully soon, go ahead with that list > of top 5 points in support of a geocentric Universe. > If anybody still wants to add entries, I think it'll still be a bit > before we can close the "Celestial Poles" issue. And remember, that > a HC claim that you find ludicrous and for which the only reasonable > alternative is GC, also counts as a point in support of GC. > > Best wishes, > > Regner > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > Quoting Neville Jones <njones@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > I respected Regner's request not to immediately respond to his last > posting, > > but instead have been giving this whole matter very careful consideration. > > > > There is now no doubt in my mind that the 24-hour images about the ecliptic > > polar axis are always going to be snapshots of the diurnal rotation in the > > heliocentric model and I concede, therefore, that the celestial poles > > argument does not disprove the heliocentric model. > > > > Steven and my web site will be amended in the near future, God willing, to > > reflect this retraction. > > > > I would just like to thank you all for some excellent debating and for the > > many illustrations that several of you have provided. I hope that none of > you > > feel that your efforts were either wasted or unappreciated. > > > > This topic will not be closed yet, since Allen has not had a chance to > fully > > digest Regner's post. If he concedes, as I have, then we will close it off, > > otherwise he will now have one more to convince! > > > > I hope that our little forum family is strengthened by this discussion and > > that each one of us has learnt something from it, I know that I have. If, > > however, anyone feels disappointed, then I apologise to you for building > your > > hopes up. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Neville > > www.GeocentricUniverse.com > > > > > > > > > > > >