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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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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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