The real truth about it is that the sun is NOT moving -- it is all the planets
in the solar system that are revolving around the sun!

Also, the Earth isn't truly circular. Because of the spin of the Earth there
is an equilateral bulge going on that makes it not truly circular.



On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:26:42 -0800, Dave Oksner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>If there's one constant, it's that there are crackpots EVERYWHERE.  :-)
>
>Dave
>
>On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 04:40:46PM -0800, Craig Lalley wrote:
>>           A debate between an Iraqi "Researcher on Astronomy" and a
physicist on Iraqi television. Apparently, this is an important question in
the Islamic world...
>>
>> -From the transcript-
>>
>> Interviewer: Lunar and solar eclipses, sunset and sunrise, and the
changing of seasons -- how would you explain all these phenomena, if the
Earth is not round, as you claim?
>>
>> Fadhel Al-Sa'd: The sun circles the Earth because it is smaller than the
Earth, as is evident in Koranic verses.
>>
>> Have you ever seen how the sun moves? I have seen the sun moving. The sun
makes one move every 24 hours.
>> *********************
>>
>>   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wppjYDj9JUc
>>
>>   -Craig
>>
>>
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