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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Date: 
Sat, 11 Mar 2000 00:06:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > There was a time in human history when all the objective rational evidence
> > pointed against the earth being round.
> 
> Cite, please. The rational evidence pointed FOR it being round, it was
> the christian church that was suppressing it to enforce a flat earth,
> terracentric viewpoint, as I recall. As far back as we can go in
> history, we have evidence that people had decided the earth was round
> and were engaged in trying to determine diameter. Fairly successfully
> too, as I recall.

I love this one!  The Earth isn't round (it's not even perfectly elliptical),
and it isn't flat either.  But it then again it *is* flat (if you live your
whole life in in the plains of Nebraska) and it *is* round (if you live your
whole life on Luna).  Like almost everything, it all depends on your point of
view.  :)

--Todd



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(...) Cite, please. The rational evidence pointed FOR it being round, it was the christian church that was suppressing it to enforce a flat earth, terracentric viewpoint, as I recall. As far back as we can go in history, we have evidence that people (...) (27 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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