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Saudi Cleric: The Sun Revolves Around the Earth
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| 2/17/2015, 10:36 AM
| Tova Dvorin
Posted on 02/17/2015 2:43:13 PM PST by Olog-hai
The sun revolves around the Earth, a Saudi cleric insisted to a student panel Sunday—prompting a social media storm.
Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari told a student that the Earth is “stationary and does not move,” according to Al-Arabiya, justifying the statement with religious texts and statements.
But then he tried to debunk the common knowledge about the Earth’s rotation using “logic,” in a visual demonstration that prompted the speech to go viral.
“First of all, where are we now?” he asked. “We go to Sharjah airport to travel to China by plane, clear?!”
Khaibari argued, confusingly, that the Earth cannot rotate because it would render air travel impossible. …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Religion; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: galileo; geocentrism; rop; saudiarabia
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To: Olog-hai
This is why you see so much scientific breakthrough and innovations from these people. (Of course we have congressmen that think an island could tip over if you build a base in the beach side of it).
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posted on
02/17/2015 3:41:42 PM PST
by
ThePatriotsFlag
($$$$$ Don't Defund the Government...Defund Obama and his illegal policies $$$$$)
To: ought-six
62
posted on
02/17/2015 3:46:24 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: Tenacious 1
“How about the combustible engine?”
Sounds Islamic to me!
63
posted on
02/17/2015 3:48:42 PM PST
by
BBB333
(Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
To: Olog-hai
Even Hemingway believed the sun revolved around the earth. Otherwise, he would not acknowledge that the Sun Rises.
To: Ken H
Couldn’t measure it while the swallow is attacking me in defense of its nest. (So annoying when that happens too.)
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posted on
02/17/2015 3:53:45 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Further proof that a civilization that encourages 1st-cousin marriage and goat-molestation when sister/cousin/wife 1-n is not available is doomed to idiocy.
66
posted on
02/17/2015 4:07:41 PM PST
by
WMarshal
(Free citizen, never a subject or a civilian)
To: Olog-hai
Can we please just nuke these SOBs and rid ourselves of this madness.
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posted on
02/17/2015 4:07:56 PM PST
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: Cecily
This guy declares a fatwa against the laws of physics.I wonder when Obama will join them?
68
posted on
02/17/2015 4:08:28 PM PST
by
Mark17
(Calvary's love has never faltered, all it's wonder still remains. Souls still take eternal passage)
To: Olog-hai
What does the bible say about this subject?
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posted on
02/17/2015 4:09:17 PM PST
by
hawkaw
To: alloysteel
“Time and long past time, for Islam to have its version of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, which is largely the removal of these clerics who cling to notions that were discarded by the West centuries ago.”
We should have a policy in the west to kill with extreme prejudice any muslim cleric/imam/ranting goat herder that issues fatwas that are anti-Christian and evil.
Let these pukes issue fatwas from a cave while they eat grubs and live in constant fear.
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posted on
02/17/2015 4:12:21 PM PST
by
WMarshal
(Free citizen, never a subject or a civilian)
To: WMarshal
Let these pukes issue fatwas from a cave while they eat grubs and live in constant fear.Works for me.
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posted on
02/17/2015 4:17:33 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Olog-hai
Did he say if you like your Doctor you can keep your Doctor?
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posted on
02/17/2015 4:20:04 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(If you think the Mulatto Marxist is bad, just wait until the Menopausal Marxist shows up.)
To: cripplecreek; Olog-hai; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Salamander; TheOldLady
No! No! NO!
The Earth rides on the backs of four great elephants
Who are in turn supported by a giant World Turtle.
73
posted on
02/17/2015 4:20:42 PM PST
by
shibumi
("Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way")
To: hawkaw
1 Chronicles 16:30
tremble before him, all earth; yea, the world stands firm, never to be moved.
Psalms 93:1
The Lord reigns; he is robbed in majesty; the lord is robbed, he is girded with strength. Yea, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
To: Olog-hai
So, you can’t play Catch with a severed Head?
75
posted on
02/17/2015 4:48:40 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(If you think the Mulatto Marxist is bad, just wait until the Menopausal Marxist shows up.)
To: Olog-hai
EVERYBODY SING! - IT IS WRITTEN!
THE IMAM SAYS
Sung to “Pop Goes the weasel”
The sun goes round the earth every day
The earth is flat and shiny
Deny this and you’ll lose your head
And the Imam says it must be
Infidels all believe earth is round
Their ignorance is not surprising
Deny this and you’ll lose your head
Cause the Imam says it must be
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posted on
02/17/2015 4:51:15 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: Olog-hai
. . . and that, my liege, is how we know the earth to be banana-shaped.
To: Beowulf9
That was on MS/DNC....Hardball, no less.
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posted on
02/17/2015 5:17:28 PM PST
by
__rvx86
(Rafael Cruz Jr: soon to be the first conservative, Latino President of the U.S. ¡Si se puede!)
To: shibumi
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posted on
02/17/2015 6:37:03 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Olog-hai
Mohammedanism spawns genius.
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