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Offline DZ PLEASE

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Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
« Reply #60 on: August 27, 2017, 10:45:39 AM »
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  • I agree. When someone says that something is Dogma, I take it very seriously.

    As all should. There is an old quote about a "papist" gent wanting fresh dogma for breakfast.

    When I saw them saying that Flatearth was Dogma I did quite a bit of research. I looked at the their arguments because I'm very skeptical of all things modern and thought maybe they had a case. After looking at all I was willing to, I realized that there isn't really anything convincing enough to change my position to a Flatearther that can't be refuted by modern science. On the Dogma end, there is absolutely nothing to prove that it is Church teaching.

    Even then caution must be exercised. It is possible that there be an honest mistake about the status of a thing as you likely already know.  The really "funny" thing about these sorts of "dogmatists" is that they frequently are the ones who, tacitly or expressly, discard the other communications that bind as well. "Is it 'infallible' (irreformable)?" or even worse, "Did the pope solemnly define it while sitting in a literal chair? (okay, the literal part is a rare occurence, but you get the point) "No? Nyah nyanny boo boo, I don't have to, I'm rubber you're glue."

    They isolate texts in Scripture and throw the context out. It's too bad.

    "There but by the grace, and more fool you."

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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #61 on: August 27, 2017, 12:30:56 PM »
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  • I agree. When someone says that something is Dogma, I take it very seriously. When I saw them saying that Flatearth was Dogma I did quite a bit of research. I looked at the their arguments because I'm very skeptical of all things modern and thought maybe they had a case. After looking at all I was willing to, I realized that there isn't really anything convincing enough to change my position to a Flatearther that can't be refuted by modern science. On the Dogma end, there is absolutely nothing to prove that it is Church teaching. They isolate texts in Scripture and throw the context out. It's too bad.

    Where have flat-earthers stated that the flat earth is a dogma of the Church? I don't recall seeing that at all.
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29


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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #62 on: August 27, 2017, 12:45:19 PM »
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  • I've at least seen posters treat it as if it is Dogma. Whether they say it is or not is beside the point. Although, I'm pretty sure I've seen them at least imply it is Dogma or one may not be Catholic if one does not believe in it.

    Well, that's not the same thing at all. It's dishonest to say that flat-earthers have said that it's a dogma when they've said no such thing.

    Evidently, honesty isn't a virtue that you take seriously, or adhere to.
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #63 on: August 27, 2017, 12:52:14 PM »
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  • I've at least seen posters treat it as if it is Dogma. Whether they say it is or not is beside the point. Although, I'm pretty sure I've seen them at least imply it is Dogma or one may not be Catholic if one does not believe in it.
    I believe that the precise phrase sought is "dogmatic fact" as in, "At least the most...'ardent' Flat-Earthers (I really hate designations like that) treat that view as if it were a dogmatic fact, if not claiming it to be dogma outright."

    y/n?

    If not, then what precisely is the big deal? Does it bind in any respect?

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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #64 on: August 27, 2017, 01:09:16 PM »
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  • Yes, I guess that would have been more precise. Claiming that the fathers all or mostly taught it and that it's in Scripture would at least imply that they believe it constitutes divine revelation. While I accept what Meg said as true, maybe they didn't come out and say the word Dogma, they treat it as if it's part of our faith which to deny would make one not Catholic.
    Alright, now for just one "however"...




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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #65 on: August 27, 2017, 01:10:36 PM »
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  • Yes, I guess that would have been more precise. Claiming that the fathers all or mostly taught it and that it's in Scripture would at least imply that they believe it constitutes divine revelation. While I accept what Meg said as true, maybe they didn't come out and say the word Dogma, they treat it as if it's part of our faith which to deny would make one not Catholic.

    Well, if flat-earthers have implied that one would not be Catholic if one denies the flat earth, then of course you are justified in calling them out on that. I have seen that flat-earthers can take things too far. But please don't take it one step further. 

    IMO, it is an interpretation of Scripture that the earth is flat, and it is not invalid, for the reason that there were Church Fathers who believed in a flat earth. That doesn't mean that there was a general consensus at all. 

    I have seen the scriptural passages, and to me, they lend themselves to a flat -earth. 

    On another subject, though not unrelated, it was, however, a consensus of the Church that the Earth was at the center of the universe, and that the sun and other planets rotated around the earth. This however would not now be taken as fact by most Catholics, or even traditional Catholics. 

    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #66 on: August 27, 2017, 01:48:35 PM »
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  • I do not dispute Geocentrism or adhere to it at least in the sense of some here. I adhere to it as Pope Benedict  XV explained it.

    Pope Benedict XV, In Praeclara Summorum (#4), April 20, 1921: "If the progress of science showed later that the conception of the world rested on no sure foundation, that the spheres imagined by our ancestors did not exist, that nature, the number and course of the planets and stars, are not indeed as they were then thought to be, still the fundamental principle remained that the universe, whatever be the order that sustains it in its parts, is the work of the creating and preserving sign of Omnipotent God, who moves and governs all, and whose glory risplende ini una parte piu e meno altrove; and though this Earth on which we live may not be the center of the universe as at one time was thought, it was the scene of the original happiness of our first ancestors, witness of their unhappy fall, as too of the Redemption of mankind through the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ."

    The Earth is at least the Spiritual CENTER of the Universe no matter how the "cosmos" actually works.

    But that's not what the had traditionally believed, right? Why was it that Galileo was condemned?
    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29

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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #67 on: August 27, 2017, 02:06:29 PM »
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  • But that's not what the had traditionally believed, right? Why was it that Galileo was condemned?

    Oops....Correction:

    "That's not what the *Church* had traditionally believed, right?"

    "It is licit to resist a Sovereign Pontiff who is trying to destroy the Church. I say it is licit to resist him in not following his orders and in preventing the execution of his will. It is not licit to Judge him, to punish him, or to depose him, for these are acts proper to a superior."

    ~St. Robert Bellarmine
    De Romano Pontifice, Lib.II, c.29


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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #68 on: August 27, 2017, 03:43:33 PM »
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  • I knew what you meant but wasn't going to be petty.
    As far as that is concerned MHFM has a great article on this "http://www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com/Geocentrism.pdf
    I've already argued this a bit with cassini. I don't want to waste a lot more time on this as I don't believe it has any effect on the Faith.
    You even think that if these exchanges were ftf, some of us would be:
    1. Drenched in holy water
    2. Staked
    3. Decapitated
    4. Burnt
    5. Ashes scattered

    "MHFM...ahhhh!"

    Your last line is the best. "Does it edify? Does it contribute to salvation? Even if  so, are there things more effective uses of my time?"

    That's exactly the point. Even if true, is it a rabbit trail? If so, it does have an effect, just not a good one.

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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #69 on: August 28, 2017, 10:55:58 PM »
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  • So this is page 6 and the flat-earthers still have no explanation for the eclipse.
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    The moon enters its first quarter in 3 hours 15 minutes. 
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    Maybe the flat-earthers can explain the quarter moon, if they can't explain the eclipse.
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    But I doubt it.
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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #70 on: August 29, 2017, 03:14:44 PM »
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  • So this is page 6 and the flat-earthers still have no explanation for the eclipse.
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    The moon enters its first quarter in 3 hours 15 minutes.
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    Maybe the flat-earthers can explain the quarter moon, if they can't explain the eclipse.
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    But I doubt it.
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    I didn't want to write this because the time spent on an explanation for you is a waste of time.  But, since you insist...The eclipse was caused by the moon passing in front of the sun. It is a relatively common phenomena in partial eclipses, and bit rarer when full eclipse is accomplished.  Sun and moon being similar in size, when the moon passes in front of the sun, an eclipse occurs.  As for the quarter moon, during its cycle of phases, the moon's energy replenishes, as being fed in part by the sun.  Some Church Fathers say the moon receives 1/7 of its light energy from the sun. Enoch suggests the same and explains some of it (see Enoch part below).  Beyond this, there are different theories about moon phases.  Some think there is a shadow cast over the moon by a celestial body: earth, dark moon, etc.  There is another possibility to consider:  Phases occur when a portion of the moon is lit and the other part is not.  
    There...flat earth eclipses and moon phases, all in one paragraph.   


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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #71 on: August 30, 2017, 01:45:54 AM »
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  • I didn't want to write this because the time spent on an explanation for you is a waste of time.  But, since you insist...The eclipse was caused by the moon passing in front of the sun. It is a relatively common phenomena in partial eclipses, and bit rarer when full eclipse is accomplished.  Sun and moon being similar in size, when the moon passes in front of the sun, an eclipse occurs.  As for the quarter moon, during its cycle of phases, the moon's energy replenishes, as being fed in part by the sun.  Some Church Fathers say the moon receives 1/7 of its light energy from the sun. Enoch suggests the same and explains some of it (see Enoch part below).  Beyond this, there are different theories about moon phases.  Some think there is a shadow cast over the moon by a celestial body: earth, dark moon, etc.  There is another possibility to consider:  Phases occur when a portion of the moon is lit and the other part is not.  
    There...flat earth eclipses and moon phases, all in one paragraph.  




    Uriel? Is that the name of a demon from hell? How do you know who Uriel is? What do you believe, the Church or the Book of Enoch?
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    What Church Fathers say the moon receives 1/7 of its light energy from the sun? What units of energy did they use? Prove that Church Fathers ever mentioned any kind of units for light energy. 
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    Or, which is more likely, they never used the phrase, "light energy." So you're just making this up for your continued deception and false history.
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    You of course realize your quote from "Enoch" is all fake. Enoch lived at a time long before the Gregorian Calendar which had the innovation of 28 days in February and 29 during Leap year. Besides, for someone who's all absorbed with Scripture here you are quoting from an apocryphal book.
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    But your hypocrisy doesn't end there. You have said that the sun and moon are about the same distance from the earth, with nothing to back it up.
    So if the moon can be further away from the earth than the sun is, how does that make an eclipse possible?
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    Or if the sun and moon are the same distance from the earth, why don't they smash into each other instead of us seeing an eclipse?
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    Or is the eclipse what we see when the sun crashes into the moon?
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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #72 on: August 30, 2017, 01:51:02 AM »
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  • At the risk of repeating myself, I'm going to repeat myself.
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    Flat-earthers cannot explain the solar eclipse. 
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    They get all confused, and contradict themselves when they try.
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    Like "Perhaps something other than the moon blocks the sun's light." 
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    Yeah, right. Something other than the moon, something that just happens to be in exactly the same place as the moon but we can't see it?
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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #73 on: August 30, 2017, 06:06:00 AM »
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  • The whole argument that the earth is round is based on the idea of a fixed rate of curvature.

    We can see through these proofs http://flatearthtrads.forumga.net/f9-flat-earth-proofs

    that it does not exist. Therefore we must re-evaluate our modern science in light of this, because the lack of curvature undermines a lot.

    Working for NASA, you are predisposed, even prejudiced to believe what they say. Some discoveries have come out of it, and there is a lot of good in observing the stars and so forth, but most of what they do invovles perpetuating the globe earth lie.

    You should seek another employment, because working for them explains why you are so fanatical in your promotion of the globe earth.

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    Re: How do Flat Earthers explain an Eclipse
    « Reply #74 on: August 30, 2017, 01:30:07 PM »
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    Uriel? Is that the name of a demon from hell? How do you know who Uriel is? What do you believe, the Church or the Book of Enoch?
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    What Church Fathers say the moon receives 1/7 of its light energy from the sun? What units of energy did they use? Prove that Church Fathers ever mentioned any kind of units for light energy.
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    Or, which is more likely, they never used the phrase, "light energy." So you're just making this up for your continued deception and false history.
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    You of course realize your quote from "Enoch" is all fake. Enoch lived at a time long before the Gregorian Calendar which had the innovation of 28 days in February and 29 during Leap year. Besides, for someone who's all absorbed with Scripture here you are quoting from an apocryphal book.
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    But your hypocrisy doesn't end there. You have said that the sun and moon are about the same distance from the earth, with nothing to back it up.
    So if the moon can be further away from the earth than the sun is, how does that make an eclipse possible?
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    Or if the sun and moon are the same distance from the earth, why don't they smash into each other instead of us seeing an eclipse?
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    Or is the eclipse what we see when the sun crashes into the moon?
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    You again show your ignorance.  All you had to do is type in 'Uriel' to Google.  Uriel is often identified as a cherub and angel of repentance.[5] He "stands at the Gate of Eden with a fiery sword",[6] or as the angel who "watches over thunder and terror".[7] In the Apocalypse of Peter he appears as the Angel of Repentance, who is graphically represented as being as pitiless as any demon. In the Life of Adam and Eve, Uriel is regarded as the spirit (i.e., one of the cherubs) of the third chapter of Genesis. He is also identified as one of the angels who helped bury Adam and Abel in Paradise.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriel
    Again, you refuse to check before you retort. 
    Also, I'd recommend looking up Enoch for yourself.  He was a flat earther.  
    As was Moses.
    You insist the sun is 93,000,000 miles away and have not backed that up, so I'll continue to use empirical proof that sun and moon are close.  One obvious reason the sun and moon don't smash into each other is because they are on different tracks, relatively close and not hundreds of thousands or millions of miles away.  In fact, they only need to be a mile away in order to pass each other.