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To: steve-b

Thanks for the graphic showing the old Greek/Pagan understanding of the earth’s place in the Universe. Thanks to the creation Astronomer Copernicus, we now know our solar system is heliocentric.


21 posted on 06/12/2009 10:07:23 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

I see the usual Darwin-apologists peanut gallery gang is here, making snide and insulting remarks about anyone who doesn’t wholeheartedly embrace their views and materialistic philosophy. I’m telling you, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON than their obnoxious behavior, I would never support their agenda.

Thanks for the posting the article, GGG, I thought it was great. And please know that not everyone buys into the materialist dogma. Please ignore the insults and keep standing up for the truth.

wgb


22 posted on 06/12/2009 10:14:12 AM PDT by wgb
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To: GodGunsGuts

“Thanks for the graphic showing the old Greek/Pagan understanding of the earth’s place in the Universe. Thanks to the creation Astronomer Copernicus, we now know our solar system is heliocentric.”

—It’s kinda odd to call geocentricity the old Greek understanding of the Universe, when it was there that the idea of heliocentricism was famously being argued about. Many ancient Greeks, such as Pythagoras, Aristarchus, and Heraclides were arguing for Heliocentricity while others (such as Aristotle) argued for geocentricism, so it was a contentious issue. But heliocentricity was taken quite seriously there, even by its challengers.

This is of course why Copernicus was not known as the inventor or creator of the heliocentric model, but rather the “restorer”, since he was saying what many of those old Greeks had already argued.


29 posted on 06/12/2009 2:27:53 PM PDT by goodusername
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