By 1851, despite Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler no proof existed of the rotation of the earth.
The Jesuits were getting DESPERATE because without a rotating earth the theory of evolution falls flat on its face.
At that time a Jesuit named Leon Foucault "invented" a contrivance that supposedly PROVED the rotation of the earth.
The Foucault pendulum was just another Jesuit hoax like the Piltdown man.
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Ummm... what?
Am I reading this correctly, that the rotation of the Earth is a myth and somehow has something to do with evolution?
Oh dear... oh fucking dear... the stupid....
"By 1851, despite Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler no proof existed of the rotation of the earth."
Are you insane? If, as Copernicus showed, the Sun is at the center of the solar system then kindly explain how we have a sunrise and sunset each day if the Earth is not rotating.
"The Jesuits were getting DESPERATE because without a rotating earth the theory of evolution falls flat on its face."
Say what now? How would that have anything to do with evolution?
"At that time a Jesuit named Leon Foucault "invented" a contrivance that supposedly PROVED the rotation of the earth.
The Foucault pendulum was just another Jesuit hoax like the Piltdown man."
This has got to be one of the stupidest fucking things I've ever heard. So, you're telling me that the Focault Pendulum in the Panthéon in Paris is a hoax? I suppose the rest of them around the world are also faked just to dupe everyone.
What an utter loon you are.
At that time a Jesuit named Leon Foucault "invented" a contrivance that supposedly PROVED the rotation of the earth.
It does . Why else would the pendulum rotate in a specific pattern based on the latitude and the length of the day? Magic? Besides, we don't need the pendulum to prove the rotation. DirecTV satellites do that. How would they hang motionless over the earth if the earth were standing still? Has DirecTV invented antigravity? Or maybe they're on really long poles ...
@John: Yeah, they invented antigravity but they're keeping it a secret because it would let ppl have free energy and then the oil companies wouldn't be able to make money.
And since the oil companies are obviously run by lots and lots of greedy Jews, and Jews control the world, we can't let that happen, which is why the Jews send the Knights Templar to push people down stairs to protect them from the terrible secret of space.
"By 1851...."
"The Jesuits were getting DESPERATE because without a rotating earth the theory of evolution falls flat on its face."
Now correct me if I am wrong, but AFAIK, Origin was not even in print in 1851.
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Thank you Pete! THAT'S what he's talking about. He has 'revolution' and 'evolution' mixed up. He knows he's supposed to fight evolution, so he winds up fighting them both. I guess you could say that 'revolution' contains 'evolution' then. OMG. That's enough fundie for one day. I'm gonna get the hiccups.
You're welcome, Illuminatalie, we must keep our sences of humor, or, they win. Not gonna happen.
The car companies have a car that runs on water but the oil companies have paid them to hide it behind the grassy knoll ...
I don't have time for this Foucault pendulum stuff, I'm late, I'm late ...
Down the rabbit hole, turn left at the piano, through the looking glass and there is Piltdown man in a beard and halo and sandals ...
Mine makes more sense.
You mean like all the pendulums which hang in just about every science or natural history museum currently in existence? Like the one you, your very own self can construct with string and a weight? Yeah, gotta be a hoax.
In that same way that we can't prove the blackness of space is not made of ether, which was a popular believe in the late 1800s.
Oh wait, my bad, yes we can and have proven all these points many times. Open your eyes, man.
To be honest, I read "Jesuit" as "Jesus suit", and equated it with "birthday suit" so now I've got a really bizarre image of Leon Foucalt starkers, trying to convince a hall of naked Catholics that his cock is indeed a pendulum that can determine the rotation of the earth.
"Look guys! If I spin around, my pendulum swings in the same way! Its evolution, I tell ya!"
From elsewhere on that site:
Many people consider the Encyclopedia Britannica the FINAL AUTHORITY on all scientific matters.
Who are these people? Do they have any discernible IQ?
Seriously, who considers the Encyclopedia Britannica the FINAL AUTHORITY on anything?
That's not a strawman. That's a strawmountain.
The rotation of the Earth creats day/night and we've evolved into that pattern. The weather is also driven by the warming/cooling cycle. If it spun half as fast weather would change and effect evolutionary development.
There'd be changes to a lot.
The fact we have day/night because the worlds round and rotates has been know for a long time.
Except by religions
By 1851, despite Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler no proof existed of the rotation of the earth.
The Jesuits were getting DESPERATE because without a rotating earth the theory of evolution falls flat on its face.
SO few words. So much fail.
I've been checking Foucault and can find no reference to him ever being a Jesuit (A Priest of the Society of Jesus - very highly educated and influential, and this Niall Kilkenny seems to have a thing about them)
Niall = name of and Irish High King, early 400s.
Amazing what you can learn from a little information about people, even if they get the facts about Foucault garbled.
Dia dhuit a Niall! An bhfuil tú ag mothú go maith?
Oh, I agree.
Because the Earth 'doesn't rotate' creatures 'can't have descended from amoebas'!
Wow, they're getting dumber.
from the source site, Reformation.org:
"Many people consider the Encyclopedia Britannica the FINAL AUTHORITY on all scientific matters."
um.. ok, you lost me.
Niall,
What does a rotating Earth have to do with the process of diversity of life?
During the 20th century, a gay man named Alan Turing "invented" a contrivance that supposedly was the start of computer science.
The Piltdown man was a Jesuit hoax? I didn't know Charles Dawson was a Jesuit.
Evolution is biology. The rotation of the earth is physics. That's that other building, clear across campus, and not the same subject at all. Organisms evolve, earth REVOLVES.
Confused?
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