VATICAN CITY -- It's official: The Earth revolves around the sun, even for the Vatican. The Roman Catholic Church has admitted erring these past 359 years in formally condemning Galileo Galilei for entertaining scientific truths it long denounced as anti-scriptural heresy.
Pope John Paul II himself turned up Saturday for a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to help set the record straight on behalf of the 17th century Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist who was the first man to use a telescope and who is remembered as one of history's greatest scientists.
"The underlying problems of this case concern both the nature of science and the message of faith," the pope said. "One day we may find ourselves in a similar situation, which will require both sides to have an informed awareness of the field and of the limits of their own competencies."
Thirteen years after he appointed it, a commission of historic, scientific and theological inquiry brought the pope a "not guilty" finding for Galileo, who, at age 69 in 1633, was forced by the Roman Inquisition to repent and spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest.
Vatican admits Galileo correct, Los Angeles Times, October 31, 1992
What was the biblical reference all those years? There are a few. Here are some: #1) "The world also is stablished that it cannot be moved." Psalm 93:1. #2) "He...hangeth the Earth upon nothing." Job 26:7. #3) “He has fixed the earth firm, immovable.” 1 Chronicles 16:30. #4) “He has fixed the earth firm, immovable ...” Psalm 96:10. #5) “Thou didst fix the earth on its foundation so that it never can be shaken.” Psalm 104:5. #6) “...who made the earth and fashioned it, and himself fixed it fast...” Isaiah 45:18.
The problem with these arguments is that they were first used to prove that the earth was flat, and the number one purveyor of that theory was the Book of Enoch. He says:
I went to the extreme ends of the earth and saw there huge beasts, each different from the other and different birds (also) differing from one another in appearance, beauty, and voice. And to the east of those beasts, I saw the ultimate ends of the earth which rests on the heaven. And the gates of heaven were open, and I saw how the stars of heaven come out...(1 Enoch 33:1-2).
Okay. Houston, we have a problem. There is no way that anyone can deny that the earth is round and has no ends with photos from the Space Shuttle. Well, actually, they can deny it, but what would most people think? Hittin' the sauce, maybe? Wouldn't that seem to be the end of the argument.
Well, it ain't over yet, folks!
Seems that there is a letter/email going around, endorsed by Georgia legislator Ben Bridges (R) and Texas House of Representatives member Warren Chisum (R), that proves not only that the Copernican theory of the earth spinning on its axis is false but that eveything in the heavens revolves around the earth AND it is a Jewish Kabbalah conspirancy AND it will hold water in the courts now because it meets the court standard of being a religious belief rather than scientific fact!
What?
Yes, since the courts held that creationism is a religious and not a scientific belief, it can not be taught in the schools. Now that these people have proven beyond a shadow of doubt that evolution and that the earth is the center of the universe, they are pushing their agenda that evolution is also a religious belief foisted on the world by the Jews and, therefore, the courts can not but ban its teaching in the schools as they have creationism. Of course, then it also means that if they don't ban it then creationism has to be taught side-by-side. It's a win-win situation as they see it. [Oh, by the way, Georgia HB 179 is already written as a model for not only Georgia but also other state legislatures - To replace the amended new Code section designated as Code Section _________concerning the teaching of evolution in tax supported education in the State of _____________..]
Don't believe it? Check it out at Sadly, No!.com. He has a copy of the original memo posted with a link to the original website - The Earth Is Not Moving. I kid you not.
Here's a money quote from the web page:
The Earth is not rotating...nor is it going around the sun.
and it not only attacks Copernican theory but evolution. BIG TIME.
so, if galileo got house arrest, what should these guys get? immunity? insanity pleas? extra Thorazine®? a knock up side the head? or a swift kick? do you think it would do any good?
just asking...
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