tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post7828302734626012754..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: The Scourge of KeplarismAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-30613185762099773222009-04-13T19:06:00.000-06:002009-04-13T19:06:00.000-06:00I am a dyed-in-the-wool rationalist and atheist wh...I am a dyed-in-the-wool rationalist and atheist whom you will see posting more as I have just discovered this blog.<br /><br />While I was deeply amused by the satire, I wonder how many readers know how we knew this before satellites and space missions -- for instance, why <B>Copernicus</B> was right to believe this.<br /><br />Anyone?<br /><br />The answer is "parallax", but if you've never heard that term, or heard it in this context, then what you have done is choose your authority. Religionists also choose their authorities. One had better be sure one has a leg to stand on in this argument.<br /><br />That being said, I am sure the author knew the answer, even if he made an odd choice in using Kepler and an odder choice in spelling it. :^) And, deeply amusingly, I was reading this out loud to my father, who's a cleric. Two thirds of the way through he said, "Am I missing an analogy here or something?"Joshua McGeehttp://www.mcgees.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-83952096866061178302009-04-10T18:25:00.000-06:002009-04-10T18:25:00.000-06:00That's quibbley elitists for you! Quibble over de...That's quibbley elitists for you! Quibble over details. Keplar/Kepler Copernicus/Schmopernicus. Even the word quibble is a silly word. Say it a few times and you'll see how silly you all are... quibble, quibble, quibble. LOL!!!!!111Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052658110863916152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-62167274222495839742009-04-10T11:47:00.000-06:002009-04-10T11:47:00.000-06:00Superb!Superb!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968634190280933116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-73621114222128945672009-04-10T11:26:00.000-06:002009-04-10T11:26:00.000-06:00I loved the argument! A few quibbles: It's spelled...I loved the argument! <BR/>A few quibbles: It's spelled Kepler, not Keplar and I think it's Copernicus who first came uo with the theory and then with Keplar refining it and coming up with his three laws of planetary motion.Stan Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-75513631908374215552009-04-10T04:36:00.000-06:002009-04-10T04:36:00.000-06:00And the firmament is flat as well. Otherwise, it ...And the firmament is flat as well. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be firm, now would it? I'll explain a common phenomenon to you. Your Keplarists say that seeing a ship come “over the horizon” proves that the world is round. Pure twaddle! Our eyes are split in half so that the upper part of the eye sees far away and the lower part sees up close. That's why we only see the top of a ship as it comes into view. As it comes closer, the lower half of the eye then recognizes the lower half of the ship. Even the Muslims understand this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5kYWceTsI<BR/><BR/>Just as my eyes prove that the earth is flat, they also show me the sun moves around us on the earth. Who are you going to trust? Your elitist scientists or your own good eyes? God would not make His perfect creation (mankind, in case you missed that part in the Bible) see that which is not true. Besides, if the earth were round, He would have told us so in His inerrant Holy Word. Daniel 4:10-11: The king “saw a tree of great height at the centre of the earth...reaching with its top to the sky and visible to the earth's farthest bounds.” If the earth were flat, a sufficiently tall tree would be visible to “the earth's farthest bounds,” but this is impossible on a spherical earth. <BR/>SO, KEPLAR = EPIC FAIL! SNAP! YOU GUYS JUST MAKE ME LOL!!!!!!!!!!!11111Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052658110863916152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-11417997624926146392009-04-09T15:20:00.000-06:002009-04-09T15:20:00.000-06:00Woops the links diggredditWoops the links <A HREF="http://digg.com/d1oMQV" REL="nofollow">digg</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/8bcae/the_scourge_of_keplarism/" REL="nofollow">reddit</A>Martin Freedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16952072422175870627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-84667714995033461132009-04-09T15:13:00.000-06:002009-04-09T15:13:00.000-06:00Lol! I submitted this to Digg and Reddit, vote it ...Lol! I submitted this to Digg and Reddit, vote it up!Martin Freedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16952072422175870627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-30358900796344628672009-04-09T13:43:00.000-06:002009-04-09T13:43:00.000-06:00The Keplerist fallacy of "gravity" tries to turn t...The Keplerist fallacy of "gravity" tries to turn <A HREF="http://bibletab.com/w/weight.htm" REL="nofollow">the Biblical term 'weight'</A>into "Mass", which means they're imposing heathen Roman Catholicism on our kids!<BR/><BR/>Which is not to deny that <I>Microfalling</I> happens. But Macrofalling has never been observed. If it really happened, the planets and stars would all hit the Earth.Amadánnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-87747465863971858752009-04-09T10:22:00.000-06:002009-04-09T10:22:00.000-06:00Wait, wasn't April 1sta fewdays ago?Wait, wasn't April 1sta fewdays ago?AnnaZedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606860601592137889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-83061216059021292442009-04-09T09:21:00.000-06:002009-04-09T09:21:00.000-06:00But what did the Sun spin around before 4004 BC?But what did the Sun spin around before 4004 BC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-83310878234145672582009-04-09T08:51:00.000-06:002009-04-09T08:51:00.000-06:00It's about time some bold sould stood up for what'...It's about time some bold sould stood up for what's right and just and true, and denounced the heinous lies of Keplarism! Well done for boldly taking the bull by the horns.<BR/><BR/>Don't be dissuaded by the Keplarist facists who'll try to discredit you! They'll be all over this post, with their "evidence" and their "logic", but you stand tall, Alonzo, and don't let them get you down. God bless you for having the courage to speak out with the TRUTH!yunshuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304997933466961058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-86536642545974633232009-04-09T08:02:00.000-06:002009-04-09T08:02:00.000-06:00Chris HooverOne day I hope to create a museum whic...<B>Chris Hoover</B><BR/><BR/><I>One day I hope to create a museum which has evidence for alternatives to the Kelparist theory.</I><BR/><BR/>It would not be hard.<BR/><BR/>Just look at the sky. It's not the earth you see moving. It is the moon, sun, and stars.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-8614750105493747382009-04-09T07:54:00.000-06:002009-04-09T07:54:00.000-06:00Good science indeed.One day I hope to create a mus...Good science indeed.<BR/><BR/>One day I hope to create a museum which has evidence for alternatives to the Kelparist theory.Chris Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12037727585449630015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-36818087137728034782009-04-09T07:14:00.000-06:002009-04-09T07:14:00.000-06:00I lol'd. Hopefully the right people will take it f...I lol'd. Hopefully the right people will take it for what it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com