Re: REALLY OT: News Flash
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:46:06 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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> On 02/26/07 01:53, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:04:39 -0500
> > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@connexer.com> wrote:
> >> On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 10:40:25PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >>> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
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> > It was once universally agreed that the Earth is the center of the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > universe. Does that make it true?
>
> Geocentricism is not a Biblical concept. The Jews might have
> believed it, I don't know. But I read the Bible several times and
> don't remember geocentricism being in there.
>
> That particular superstition came to Christianity via Aristotle.
I was just trying to point out that "universally agreed" does not make
it absolute truth.
Regards,
Andrei
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