Jayne,
the person with reading difficulties is you.
The point the priest makes is at the beginning which you ignore and it is that St. Thomas is simply representing Aristotle's argument.
I understand that the author claims that St. Thomas is simply representing Aristotle's argument. He is wrong and I have addressed this more than once, cf. replies #2, 14, 26, 33, 35, 45, 52. Throughout my posts I have given various quotes in which St. Thomas refers to Aristotle's view that the earth is a sphere as the truth. I have not ignored the priest's(?) claim, but given evidence that disproves it multiple times.
You dismissed this evidence by saying that I am misinterpreting what the word truth means because I believe the earth is a globe. I, however, am using the clear and obvious meaning. When someone describes a position as the truth, it means he agrees with that position. It is not a word one uses to simply represent a position one does not hold oneself. Although you keep denying this, Meg, who is a committed flat earther, immediately responded to a quote of St. Thomas saying that Aristotle's view is truth with "
It does seem that St. Thomas agrees with Aristotle about the shape of the earth being spherical. "I am not imposing an unlikely meaning on St. Thomas to make him fit my opinions. I am using the normal meanings of words. It is so obvious that even Meg, who is entirely sympathetic with the flat earth position, nevertheless understood it the way that I do.
St. Thomas makes his own views clear and is not simply representing arguments. He says that Aristotle determines the truth, while referring to arguments by others as false theories. St. Thomas is not an disinterested observer giving neutral descriptions.