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B_Nichol
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posted 24 June 2005 05:45 PM
Win! Win! Win! "...$1,000 to the first person who can prove that the earth revolves around the sun."Dated May 7, 2002, apparently this prize is still up for grabs.
"CAI will be the sole judge of whether you have successfully proven your case. But since CAI (Catholic Apologetics International) is built on its reputation of honesty and truthfulness, rest assured that if you do indeed prove your case, you will be rewarded the money." However, "...science has no irrefutable proof that the earth revolves around the sun, and this, in my opinion, demands a literal interpretation of the Geocentric passages in Scripture." Good luck with your entry!  The Geocentrism Challenge
From: North-central-Southern Alberta | Registered: Feb 2005
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jeff house
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posted 24 June 2005 06:02 PM
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"science has no irrefutable proof that the earth revolves around the sun, and this, in my opinion, demands a literal interpretation of the Geocentric passages in Scripture."
These people are just slippery. First of all, let's assume that science cannot prove the earth moves around the sun. That in itself would provide NO evidence in favour of "a literal interpretation" of scripture. It would prove only that a specific hypothesis remains unproven. I don't think I'll be spending much time on logicians such as these.
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M. Spector
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posted 24 June 2005 09:05 PM
Trust me, CAI are deadly serious.Their apparent self-satire is entirely unintentional. Edit: And I just realized that their "Geocentrism Challenge" is a misnomer; it should be called "Heliocentrism Challenge". What a bunch of clowns! [ 24 June 2005: Message edited by: M. Spector ]
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M. Spector
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posted 25 June 2005 01:46 PM
My entry:Dear Geocentrically Challenged people: I know you must be very busy, since you Catholic Apologetics have so much to apologize for, so I'll make this brief. Also, since you obviously don't accept such things as evidence or the scientific method, I will frame my argument in terms you will readily understand and embrace: The image of the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to me in an oil stain on my driveway yesterday and she told me that the Earth actually does revolve around the Sun. Q.E.D. Oh, and she said Mother Teresa says hey! Please send my money in Canadian funds, as I do not expect ever again to have an opportunity to spend money in your wonderful country. M. Spector P.S. May I suggest you get a dictionary and look up "effect" and "affect". Learn the difference.
From: One millihelen: The amount of beauty required to launch one ship. | Registered: Feb 2005
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'lance
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posted 25 June 2005 03:16 PM
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Wouldn't that guy who was on MIR for like two years be able to prove it?
As I remember it, it was six months, rather than the scheduled two, but I've always had a lot of sympathy for that guy. Imagine the radio conversation on Jan. 1, 1992: MIR: OK, comrades, I'm supposed to come back in two weeks. Where's that Vostok to pick me up? GROUND CONTROL: We can't bring you back in two weeks. We've just run out of money, and the landing site is now in another country. You'll just have to hang on until we get to you. And quit calling us "comrades"! That was last year!
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Southlander
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posted 25 September 2005 09:19 AM
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Originally posted by maestro:
Iam offering a prize to anyone who can conclusively prove CAI is a comedy/satire site.Since arguements from authority are not allowed, statements from the site operators will not be considered conclusive. The winning prize will be a free pass to troll the dark side for two days, on the forum of your choice.
thnaks for making me laugh 
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venus_man
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posted 25 September 2005 12:04 PM
The Question : If sun revolves around the Earth-then Earth is a centre of the Solar System or we’ll have to have multiple Suns? Earths day and that on Mars or Pluto are different, so then sun runs around the Earth in 24 hours and then what? The thing is that Sun needs to serve and constantly communicate (in its own manner)with multiple entities and therefore its more logical that each planet revolves around Sun on their own pace. quote:
Originally posted by Policywonk:
Technically the Earth and the Sun rovolve around a common point, which is deep within the Sun given the huge discrepancy in mass between them.
Our Solar System lies 30,000 light years from the galactic center, around which it rotates. It’s like, very roughly, a complex organization. You have a director, managers, coordinators and employees performing varieties of functions. So, the department manager cannot ‘revolve’ around one employee, but rather all department employees have to ‘revolve’ around the manager so he/she will have an equal attention to them all. But space is more like a family because planets originated out of the stellar dust that resulted from the formation of the Sun.
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