Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars and even their size and relative positions, about the predictable eclipses of the sun and moon, the cycles of the years and the seasons, about the kinds of animals, shrubs, stones, and so forth, and this knowledge he hold to as being certain from reason and experience. Now, it is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an infidel to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these topics; and we should take all means to prevent such an embarrassing situation, in which people show up vast ignorance in a Christian and laugh it to scorn.So, stating that
A clear read of Genesis makes it obvious that all of creation has a purpose that is earth-centered, so why would earth's location be anywhere other than the center?
and going on to say
I know for sure that my views are in the huge majority among serious Bible scholars.
is exactly what Augustinus warned against and so editor-surveyor is laughed at in scorn...