Geocentricity and Stellar Parallax

[RichardT]

as this violates the Copernican Principle

So what? It's not like I accept the Copernican Principle, if I were to accept it I would have to reject Geocentricity.

Also, before you ask, I am aware of cosmic background radiation.

 

[BrainHertz]

Not strangely, all the paper had to demonstrate was that in the case of a rotating universe objects can travel faster than C.

But does it demonstrate such a thing? That was my point; it depends on the value of the angular velocity.

There's a big difference between an angular velocity, of, say, 10^-11 radians per year (just a random pick, obviously...) and, say, one rotation per sidereal day.

You can do the math. But don't you find it just a little strange that the authors you cited should quote from a paper that seeks to answer such a question, but suddenly stop short when it comes to stating what result they actually provide?

What do you think the paper really has to say on the subject? Come on, I'm sure you can at least make an educated guess... do I need to provide some stronger hints?

 

[Atheuz]

So what? It's not like I accept the Copernican Principle, if I were to accept it I would have to reject Geocentricity.

Also, before you ask, I am aware of cosmic background radiation.

You accept Background radiation because you can show a picture of it? What kind of screwed up logic is that D=

 

[Lucretius]

So what? It's not like I accept the Copernican Principle, if I were to accept it I would have to reject Geocentricity.

Also, before you ask, I am aware of cosmic background radiation.

So the fact that the CBR demonstrates that the universe is isotropic and homogenous to one part in one-hundred thousand is simply a validation of what for you?

There is absolutely no physical (Biblical answers are not valid in scientific inquiries) reason to accept the Earth as any sort of special location in the universe. The CBR validates this position. Without physical reasoning behind the Earth being some sort of specialized location, any argument for a geocentric universe falls flat on it's face. The Copernican Principle is the most logical conclusion we can come based upon the evidence we have attained. It's acceptance is a basic requirement for all of astronomy.