1. I did not give all of Bellarmine's letter to Foscarini, only the bit relevant to show the geocentrism of Scripture was a matter of FAITH.
2. Ever heard of Albert Einstein Apollo? Do you not know he too admitted heliocentrism was not proven, just like Bellarmine said. The same goes for St Augustine. You quote him as though proof for heliocentrism was shown.
3. Now if I am a Liar regarding infallibility, then so too was Pope Urban [Pius actually] VII, and the Holy Office of 1820. I do not decide what is infallible or not as you seem to, I go by what the Church teaches.
4. Finally, I would love to join your class but I am too far away ... blah, blah, blah.
As for astronomy, do they know that the Bible tells us that there are as many stars ... blah, blah, blah.
Any of them believe in an electromagnetic universe ... blah, blah, blah.
5. Instead I would say you will probably tell them evolution is only possible if God ... blah, blah, blah.
6. Finally, no man can prove geocentrism or geocentrism [heliocentrism?]. All man has to go on in science is evidence, and the only evidence is in favour of geocentrism. We see it working every day with our own eyes. [telescopes are useless?] But there is another way to truth, divine truth called faith. Catholics are supposed to believe in what we can see. we are also supposed to believe what the Bible says, [the earth shall not be moved? What a scientific statement.] and what all the Fathers say the Bible says [now the Fathers are infallible?]. They all say the Earth is at the center [the word "center" is not in the Bible, anywhere.] and that the sun, moon, planets and stars go around it in a manner that gives us day and night ... blah, blah, blah.
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1. If Geocentrism is a matter of Faith, then the Catholic Church has contradicted itself. Pope Paul VII (1616 decree) disagrees with Pope Pius VII (1822 decree). Either the Holy Spirit has contradicted Himself [not possible] or it's NOT a matter of Faith [very possible] or Pope Paul VII is a heretic and all following popes are heretics for failure to call him a heretic [not very likely].
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2. I never said anything about Heliocentrism. I said Geocentrism is NOT a matter of Faith. Pope Pius VII decree of 1822 says the same. If the Church Fathers believed that bloodletting cures headaches is that a matter of Faith? Scripture's proof of Geocentrism is nonexistent. Scripture is written in the language of the day. That's what Pope Leo XIII said in "Providentissimus Deus". Do you realize that if you are standing on Mars, the Sun will appear to COME UP in the morning and GO DOWN in the evening. So then Mars must be the center of the universe [not a good measure for which planet is the center of the universe, because they all rotate, except for Mercury].
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3. The current teaching of the Church is that it cannot reject Heliocentrism and cannot refused to give permission to publish material favorable to Heliocentrism, the decree of 1822 by Pope Pius VII. You do NOT go by this, therefore you have LIED again.
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4. They believe in telescopes, a serious problem for Geocentrism. The ASTRONOMY class has nothing to do with Darwin and his "evolution". It's more about what can be observed with telescopes. Ever heard of Stellar Paralax. It cannot be observed without
telescopes. It can be observed with good telescopes, which actually disproves Geocentrism. Sorry.
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5. It's not about Evolution nor Modernism. It's about looking through telescopes. No faith required.
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6. The evidence is NOT in favor of Geocentrism. The evidence shows that the Earth is orbiting the Sun. The evidence is called, Stellar Paralax. There is another problem for Geocentrism. The galaxy of Andromeda would have to be traveling in orbit around the Earth at a speed of 6,000,000 TIMES THE SPEED OF LIGHT. Neptune would have to be going faster than the speed of light.
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I look forward to your next "blah, blah, blah", repetition of all the lies you keep publishing.
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