If someone who believes the sun and planets go around the Earth wanted to debate you, would you debate them? Why?
Wouldn't this be an exercise in heres the telescope look through it record some observations for a few weeks time?
Hasn't the cosmology that the Earth is in orbit around the sun been proven? Why would anyone feel the need to defend such a notion in a debate, isn't this more something we learn in science class?
2006-09-20 04:23:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure I'd debate them. If they can offer compelling proof, I might even be inspired to look more deeply into it myself. Science provides a lot of answers, but that doesn't mean they are necessarily true. Maybe it really is magic that causes the light in the fridge to come on when you open the door.
2006-09-20 04:28:47 · answer #1 · answered by whtknt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This isn't a geocentric solar system? Anyone can plainly see that the sun goes around the earth -- just look at it! Rises in the east. Sets in the west. You're putting me on, right?
The things you learn here. My, my, my.
: )
Next you'll tell me the earth isn't resting on the back of a giant turtle.
2006-09-20 11:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I wouldn't debate it and I wouldn't even have to take out my telescope.. I learned about all that in 8th grade science class. Why would I need to try and beat a dead horse.
2006-09-20 11:27:21 · answer #3 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd love to see their "proof" that the sun goes around the Earth. Man's egocentricness in thinking everything revolves around him (figuratively speaking) is sickening. A real slap in the face once they realize that in the scheme of things we are like an ant. Small and insignificant
2006-09-20 11:31:49 · answer #4 · answered by ηιgнт ѕтαя 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I would debate them, but I would try to point out why they are wrong. I would also show them the logical fallacies of their belief in a geocentric solar system.
2006-09-20 11:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by johngrobmyer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are there still people who do believe in geocentric solar system?
I know that there were (maybe still are) people who believe the earth is flat. If they'd just read Isaiah in the OT, they would know that it's round.
2006-09-20 11:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is debate even a valid way to describe something like that? Personally I prefer: "explaining how things are to stupid people" Come to think of it, you could use that to describe the evolution vs. creationism 'debate' too
2006-09-20 19:43:53 · answer #7 · answered by Devil'sadvocate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd probably advice that person to get some information about the solar system from scientific sources, as he/she apparently hasn't done so yet.
2006-09-20 11:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by Caveman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One time I was working at a convenience store when I was younger and a guy came in to buy a pack of cigarettes. I rang him up, told him the price, and he proceed to yell at me because he was sure it was illegal for me to charge that much. He was going to report me to the town because these were supposed to be less expensive as they were "genetic."
How could I argue with that? I just said "Okay."
Savvy?
2006-09-20 11:36:57 · answer #9 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do still exist. I was recently reading about a German 'scientist' (i.e. got his degree on-line or something) who was writing a book explaining how the world really was the centre of the universe.
And flat, too, I'm guessing...
2006-09-20 11:26:23 · answer #10 · answered by XYZ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋