tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710587.post113960181024342185..comments2023-05-11T06:38:10.143-07:00Comments on Radon Thoughts: Geocentrism ChallengeLockheedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433104440503646253noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710587.post-46113676762499640242007-04-10T03:20:00.000-07:002007-04-10T03:20:00.000-07:00Please, I love geocentrism. Continue on.For those ...Please, I love geocentrism. Continue on.<BR/>For those of us who are theistic evolutionists, I think geocentrism<BR/>is a positive boon. I love to be able to argue against YECs from the right instead of from the left.<BR/>Long live Ptolemy and Walther!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710587.post-1145030156572556422006-04-14T08:55:00.000-07:002006-04-14T08:55:00.000-07:00But I think anonymous has a point, you know, thoug...<I>But I think anonymous has a point, you know, though he takes it in a differant direction; do we have any record of anyone in the era that the Old Testament was written in actually, you know, thinking the earth went around the sun? If not, scientifically speaking, it would kind of seem like an anachronism (spelled right?) to attribute heliocytrism (ditto? Probably not) to Job or David. That Lockheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433104440503646253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710587.post-1144956436266204562006-04-13T12:27:00.000-07:002006-04-13T12:27:00.000-07:00In a sense, this is correct; you can make anything...In a sense, this is correct; you can make anything the centre of the universe--the sun, the earth, an empty spot in space, or this keyboard I'm typing on--and produce a mathimatical model that explains the movement of all other objects related to it.<BR/><BR/>But I think anonymous has a point, you know, though he takes it in a differant direction; do we have any record of anyone in the era that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710587.post-1144772491016599672006-04-11T09:21:00.000-07:002006-04-11T09:21:00.000-07:00"Hence, the onus probandi is upon those who wish t...<I>"Hence, the onus probandi is upon those who wish to say that when an ancient writer scribed, "The sun sets," he meant anything other than the literal import of those words." </I><BR/><BR/>Balogna. We still say "the sun sets" and mean that, from our vantage point, from our seemingly fixed location on the Earth, the sun did set. Anchient writers likewise had their vantage point, the sun, moon Lockheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433104440503646253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710587.post-1143749491210109182006-03-30T12:11:00.000-08:002006-03-30T12:11:00.000-08:00When we use the terms "the sun sets" et al, we use...When we use the terms "the sun sets" et al, we use them because we inherited language from an older world which, ideed, *did* believe the sun moved around the earth. Verified science, as the previous commentator put it, reveals this to be a simple historical fact. Hence, the onus probandi is upon those who wish to say that when an ancient writer scribed, "The sun sets," he meant anything other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710587.post-1140433919990512112006-02-20T03:11:00.000-08:002006-02-20T03:11:00.000-08:00A total misunderstanding of the gospel, blatant id...A total misunderstanding of the gospel, blatant idolatry concerning Mary, a complete disregard for verified science.....its not looking too good for worshipping God in spirit and in truth in the Roman Catholic church.kletoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04937744112201328478noreply@blogger.com