Quote from: Smedley Butler on Today at 02:42:24 PM
Stanley does not believe the Bible where it says earth does NOT move.
The nicest thing I can say at this point is this assumes facts not in evidence.
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Don't tell me -- your mother always used to say, "If you can't say something nice..."
(Mothers are the foundation of real culture.)
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I'll avoid making it personal -- Flat-earthers deny the reality of earthquakes, just as they deny many objective truths.
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After every large earthquake, verifiable measurements have shown that the earth has moved.
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Perhaps experiencing an earthquake firsthand would convince you that the earth moves, but that's another topic.
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The earth moves locally, by local mountains lurching upwards as much as 6 feet or more in a few seconds.
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There is no reasonable denial of this reality.
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It is verified by the proper use of a theodolite but we already know flat-earthers don't know how to use one.
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And the earth moves as a whole, as proved by the change in ALL stellar coordinates after the quake.
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But again, flat-earthers have no idea how to measure the celestial reckoning of stars, and they have no desire to learn.
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Obviously, the coordinates of the stars cannot be accounted for during the earthquake since the ground is moving.
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But that's another topic, again.
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Yes, during an earthquake, the earth moves.
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Curiously, the Bible does not deny the existence of earthquakes.
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So the Bible says the earth moves and the Bible says the earth does not move.
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Pope Benedict XVI would be quite proud as that fits perfectly into his
hermeneutic of continuity..In any case, flat-earthers do not know how to understand what the Bible says.
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Flat-earthers and exegetes are mutually exclusive terms.