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To: HairOfTheDog
"Seems like "the earth is flat and is the center of the universe" people thought their faith would fall apart under continued science too".

I think this statement, like the chimp b.s., is more wishful thinking on your part than reality. St. Augustine, who died in the 5th Century, was a man who loved science right to his death, and he wrote that the earth was round and that "the earth is probably inhabited on the other side". Some people still attempt to use the Galileo fiasco as "proof" that Christians feared scientific "fact", but they conveniently forget that Galileo was educated in Catholic schools of science, by Catholic scientists. Whether or not the earth is the center of the universe has yet to be proved or disproved by science. Isn't it strange that the U.S. Navy, and N.A.S.A. both navigate by the geocentric principle,(the one that Galileo tried to replace with his heliocentricity). People of true faith do not fear science, they fear false science, and outcomes that are determined more by an agenda than by facts.

106 posted on 05/20/2003 4:17:09 PM PDT by TheCrusader
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To: TheCrusader
People of true faith do not fear science, they fear false science, and outcomes that are determined more by an agenda than by facts.

OK - I must not have seen many of true faith then, because I see agenda coming out here without a lot of facts.

Isn't it strange that the U.S. Navy, and N.A.S.A. both navigate by the geocentric principle

I would guess that is most helpful getting around here... the only relevant motion is the motion relative to us. If we left the earth, I would guess that would be less helpful to us.

111 posted on 05/20/2003 4:25:21 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: TheCrusader
Is that why when I ask for ONE piece of scientifically verifiable evidence that proves that evolution is false, the creationists become VERY quiet, or do their best to misrepresent it to fit their silly notions?

Well, if evolution is a so-called false science, then perhaps you can give me an example of the above?
113 posted on 05/20/2003 4:34:16 PM PDT by Aric2000 (Are you on Grampa Dave's team? I am!! $5 a month is all it takes, come join!!!)
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To: TheCrusader
St. Augustine, who died in the 5th Century, was a man who loved science right to his death, and he wrote that the earth was round and that "the earth is probably inhabited on the other side".

Not only that. Educated people knew not only that the Earth is round much earlier, but they even knew the SIZE of the Earth. See the Eratosthenes (276-196 BC) experiment. The very reason why Catholic Spanish leaders were hesitant to pay for Columbus expedition is that they knew better than Columbus the size of the Earth and that India is too far.

125 posted on 05/20/2003 4:56:11 PM PDT by A. Pole
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