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"There's also no proof that the Earth rotates, he said. But what about Foucault's famous pendulum? Its plane of oscillation revolves every 24 hours, showing the rotation of the planet. If the Earth didn't rotate, it wouldn't oscillate. Nope, Sungenis said: There just may be some other force propelling it, such as the pull of stars."

So by simply declaring that there might be another mechanism, he think's he's disproven the rotation of the Earth? Unbelievable! How about he do some calculations to show that the pull of the stars actually is a feasible explanation?

But he shouldn't stop there. He needs to demonstrate that the accepted physics for placing satellites in orbit is all wrong. There's a reason we always launch rockets from as near the equator as feasible and always eastward, and that reason is the Earth's rotation.

"Sungenis' background is in both theology and science. He said he was a physics major at George Washington University but received his bachelor's degree in religious studies from GW, and a master's in the same from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. His religious studies doctorate came this year from Calamus International University. . ."

Ahh, so he failed physics and then moved on to religious studies, and this makes him a physics expert, I guess. The problem with people like this is that they sound credible to other people like this, and no matter how rational and well-supported an argument is to the contrary, it will fail to convince them.

"Einstein told us there is no center, that any point in the universe can serve as the center," Sungenis said. "If that's the case, Einstein has undermined Copernicus. You can't prove either one."

Again he demonstrates his ignorance. Doesn't he know what relative motion means? He couldn't have gotten far in physics without knowing this. Besides, relativity of motion predates Einstein and was understood in Newtonian Physics (if not earlier).

"Marshall Hall is one. He's been researching it since 1980. . .So sometimes he uses this illustration story:
You want to travel from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. If the Earth is turning, why not just hover in a helicopter? Wait a few hours above the East Coast and eventually the West Coast will be underneath you."

And thus Mr. Hall demonstrates that he failed high-school physics. Makes we wonder if he understands what constitutes research.

There just may be some other force propelling it, such as the pull of stars.

Whee!!

You want to travel from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. If the Earth is turning, why not just hover in a helicopter? Wait a few hours above the East Coast and eventually the West Coast will be underneath you

I think I just lost an entire standard deviation of IQ, evidenced by liquefied brain running out of my ears. Yucky!