Why does the earth rotate?

[AV1611VET]

What would you do if you met Jesus on the road?

Rebuke him.

Mark 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

 

[AV1611VET]

Can you explain why you believe we have a geocentric earth?

I don't.

Only educated people interpret the Scriptures as "flat earth."

That post was a joke.

 

[ananda]

Rebuke him.

Mark 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

I'll be sure to remember it when someone tries to witness to me

 

[ecco]

Throughout this thread I asked you why you believed the earth was flat. You finally answered that your beliefs were rooted in ancient Buddhist beliefs. I accepted that and didn't pursue it, you have a right to your beliefs.

However, now you post a video that basically says the "spherical earth" concept is supported by a US Government conspiracy and falsified GPS information. Furthermore, the video claims that this conspiracy is supported by the airline industry.
Furthermore the claims made in the first minute of the video are not substantiated.

In earlier posts, I reminded you the the Dali Lama supported a spherical earth. This was long before GPS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth (Emphasis mine)
The flat Earth model is an archaic conception of the Earth's shape as a plane or disk. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat Earth cosmography, including Greece until the classical period, the Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations of the Near East until the Hellenistic period, India until the Gupta period (early centuries AD) and China until the 17th century.​

All long before GPS and before there even was a US Government. According to your way of thinking, all these civilizations created or partook in a massive conspiracy regarding the shape of the earth.

Two simple questions for you to answer:

How big is the sun?
How far "above" the earth is the sun?​

 

[ecco]

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[ecco]

I don't.

Only educated people interpret the Scriptures as "flat earth."

That post was a joke.

OK

 

[AV1611VET]

I'll be sure to remember it when someone tries to witness to me

What would you do if you met Buddha on the road?

Wasn't he what we would call a "deadbeat dad"?

Up and left his wife and son?

 

[dad]

I see your assertion, but your failure to show us any of the math involved, speaks much more eloquently.

There is no math involved in knowing what time is.

 

[Kylie]

Why don't you tell us His point of view then?

He doesn't have a point of view, because he doesn't exist.

 

[Kylie]

Correction, Jesus is God and He made it crystal clear His words and Scripture were absolutely true to the nth degree.

Please. Anyone can write a book containing an assurance that it is true. Doesn't mean that it is.

 

[The Barbarian]

Barbarian chuckles:
I see your assertion, but your failure to show us any of the math involved, speaks much more eloquently.

(sound of goal posts being frantically repositioned)

There is no math involved in knowing what time is.

Sounds like Dad has run out of excuses.

 

[AV1611VET]

I see your assertion, but your failure to show us any of the math involved, speaks much more eloquently.

If you want the math on the expansion of the universe, keep in mind that God stretched the universe to almost the size it is today.

So the math you are looking for would be:

DISTANCE/VELOCITY = TIME

If the velocity is ZERO due to God having done it at the speed of His will, then the equation reads:

DISTANCE/ZERO = TIME

And the answer then would be: TIME = ZERO.

 

[dad]

Please. Anyone can write a book containing an assurance that it is true. Doesn't mean that it is.

Your Last Thursday routine has no value.

 

[dad]

Barbarian chuckles:
I see your assertion, but your failure to show us any of the math involved, speaks much more eloquently.

(sound of goal posts being frantically repositioned)



Sounds like Dad has run out of excuses.

Not sure what is in your mind about math. Seems off topic. Show us how it 'speaks' to the topic?

 

[The Barbarian]

We already get it. You don't understand it well enough to even discuss what it's about. So until you pick up that piece, we'll wait for you to respond.

 

[dad]

We already get it. You don't understand it well enough to even discuss what it's about. So until you pick up that piece, we'll wait for you to respond.

Show us something you think I don't understand. Math dealing with the far universe or the past maybe? Anything....

Busted ye be kid.

 

[ananda]

Throughout this thread I asked you why you believed the earth was flat. You finally answered that your beliefs were rooted in ancient Buddhist beliefs. I accepted that and didn't pursue it, you have a right to your beliefs.

However, now you post a video that basically says the "spherical earth" concept is supported by a US Government conspiracy and falsified GPS information. Furthermore, the video claims that this conspiracy is supported by the airline industry.
Furthermore the claims made in the first minute of the video are not substantiated.

In earlier posts, I reminded you the the Dali Lama supported a spherical earth. This was long before GPS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth (Emphasis mine)
The flat Earth model is an archaic conception of the Earth's shape as a plane or disk. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat Earth cosmography, including Greece until the classical period, the Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations of the Near East until the Hellenistic period, India until the Gupta period (early centuries AD) and China until the 17th century.​

All long before GPS and before there even was a US Government. According to your way of thinking, all these civilizations created or partook in a massive conspiracy regarding the shape of the earth.

Two simple questions for you to answer:

How big is the sun?
How far "above" the earth is the sun?​

The part of the video which is of interest to me is the main point made that no flights go over the "south pole". I do not endorse any other claims made in that video.

I have no association with the Dalai Lama; he is not representative of authentic Buddhism, in my view.

I do not know for sure how big the sun is, or how far above the Earth it is. I do suspect that it is far smaller than commonly believed, and it may be no more than a few hundred miles above the Earth.

 

[ananda]

What would you do if you met Buddha on the road?

I would pay a Buddha great honor and respect.

Wasn't he what we would call a "deadbeat dad"? Up and left his wife and son?

Not at all, when judged by his culture, in his time. It is honorable to depart for and seek the spiritual life after the husband has fulfilled his earthly duty to his wife by giving her a child and providing for their physical needs. The Buddha did all of that.

 

[ecco]

The part of the video which is of interest to me is the main point made that no flights go over the "south pole". I do not endorse any other claims made in that video.

Really?


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BTW, if that was the part of the video that you felt was important, you could have indicated the time in the clip where these assertions were made instead of having me watch the entire clip.

I do not know for sure how big the sun is, or how far above the Earth it is. I do suspect that it is far smaller than commonly believed, and it may be no more than a few hundred miles above the Earth.

Yes, if it's only a few hundred miles up it would have to be FAR SMALLER than its scientifically determined diameter of about 864,938 miles.

When you say you "do not know for sure", what you mean is you have absolutely no idea about the size and distance. If you gave consideration to these very basic questions, you might find your own conclusions would cause conflict with your religiously based beliefs. So you avoid even asking them of yourself.

 

[Kylie]

Your Last Thursday routine has no value.

Neither do your unsupported claims.