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To: Reeses
According to Einstein the Earth, Moon, and Sun travel in straight lines. Their mass bends space such that it appears to us they orbit each other.

No, the Earth, Moon and Sun travel in elipses relative to one another due to the localized curvature of space. The Earth does in fact orbit the Sun and the Moon does orbit the Earth. You are confused. Each one describes a strait line path within their own curved space, but they are not alone in the universe.

50 posted on 08/08/2008 11:06:06 AM PDT by Soliton (> 100)
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To: Soliton
You are confused.

You are accusing Einstein of being confused. A lot of people have bet against him and lost. The Earth and Sun actually travel in straight lines. The Earth orbiting the Sun is not what's going on, although that simplistic model is sufficient for many purposes. My point is that scientific debate is never over and the models you use to operate will likely all be proven wrong someday.

The reason many people cannot accept natural selection to explain human evolution is because it just doesn't add up. Why did humans evolve so fast compared to other animals and where are the genetic variations on theme? I believe the answer is that humans did not evolve by natural section but by many hundreds of thousands of years of tribal warfare, which is not natural selection at all. Most modern evolutionists stick to the idea of natural selection only. They find the thought of a violent past too repulsive to accept. But they are wrong.

51 posted on 08/08/2008 2:43:15 PM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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