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On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

ROTFL.

Weak, weak.

Pro-tip: If you want to start an argument, you have to say things that are actually relevant to what the other guy said. Going off in a random direction only works if you happen to pick a direction the other guy cares about.

It also helps if you remember things the guy actually said in the past. For example, I never claimed there were things that could only be proven using religion, so asking me for examples of this phenomena is mere mental masturbation.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

When did I say that such a chain of inferences exists?

Like I said, your skills are weak.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll -1 points0 points ago

You are a poor excuse for a troll.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

You act like truth is a weapon to use whenever convenient, but to be avoided if it works against your preferences.

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Rape Conviction Overturned When Supposed Victim Recanted — What About the Civil Damages Award? (volokh.com)

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On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll -1 points0 points ago

Damn. You really do love to cut and paste.

Nothing like intellectual laziness - but I guess you know all about that.

Did you notice I already replied to this comment?

Edit: Here's more: By posting this comment you undermined your own arguments: You've demonstrated that at least some Catholics supported Galileo's ideas.

As an Indian, I've always wondered why India is so damn populated. Why is the subcontinent full of people? by bobloblawblablain AskHistorians

[–]obvioustroll 1 point2 points ago

And having other things to do with your time besides screw.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 1 point2 points ago

You really don't get it. We know what the evidence was. We also know that his math was wrong.

The most important part of a scientific theory is that it must be able to predict future phenomena. Galileo's theory failed, so he had no good evidence to back up his assertions.

Sheesh. I'm not even Catholic - but I know a bigot when I see one.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

Please list all the 16th century politicians who adhered to the UN charter on civil rights.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

Hoss, I've been a scientist and and an astronomer for nearly 50 years now. I don't need articles from the wayback machine to tell me things I already studied in the 1970s - particularly when I know that Galileo was, in fact, wrong.

The relevant point in all of this is that, like any other bigot, you've seized on a single incident that occurred half a millenia ago and you claim that everything "those people" do is exactly like that.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 4 points5 points ago

  1. Your boss isn't the head of the most powerful political body in Europe.
  2. You don't live in the 16th century.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 4 points5 points ago

I'm not talking about black holes. I'm talking about being unable to predict eclipses, the phases of the moon, the motion of Mars across Earth's sky.

Astronomers were able to use Ptolymy's theories predict where jupiter would be in the sky hundreds of years in advance - they couldn't do that with heliocentrism until Kepler figured out the source of the errors.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 4 points5 points ago

Errr... I missed the part where Galileo was executed for heresy.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 1 point2 points ago

If you can provide citations indicating that a significant percentage of Europeans thought the world was flat, I'd love to see them.

IBM banned employees from using Siri after it was revealed that Apple got a copy of everything you spoke to it by josefonsecain technology

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

You didn't get past the first two words of my post, did you?

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 4 points5 points ago

You really are a one-note horn, aren't you?

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 3 points4 points ago

If you write an entire book mocking the guy who has been paying you, expect him to get pissed off.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 5 points6 points ago

Despite the way it's portrayed in modern literature, Galileo's view of the solar system did not match the observations made by astronomers and could not predict the future positions of the planets - but the geocentric models derived from the Ptolemaic system could.

It wasn't till Kepler realized the orbits were ellipses that heliocentrism was able to accurately predice planetary motions.

On the myth of Christian belief in a flat earth: read this, then add it to your list of "Articles to send to people who persist in repeating ignorant declarations about Christian History." by DivineMasterin Christianity

[–]obvioustroll 2 points3 points ago

The biggest problem with heliocentrism was that it was actually less accurate at predicting the positions of the planets than the Ptolemaic system.

It wasn't till Kepler realized the orbits were ellipses that heliocentrism was able to accurately predice planetary motions.

IBM banned employees from using Siri after it was revealed that Apple got a copy of everything you spoke to it by josefonsecain technology

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

LoL. I know the feeling.

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IBM banned employees from using Siri after it was revealed that Apple got a copy of everything you spoke to it by josefonsecain technology

[–]obvioustroll 1 point2 points ago

Apparently tons of redditors think exactly that, which is hysterical because Siri works the same way Vlingo and all the other packages work, too. That's why voice recognition only works if you have a data connection.

IBM banned employees from using Siri after it was revealed that Apple got a copy of everything you spoke to it by josefonsecain technology

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

I didn't see any place in that article that says Apple collects the data long term.

IBM banned employees from using Siri after it was revealed that Apple got a copy of everything you spoke to it by josefonsecain technology

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

Because the voice system sends your voice out over the internet to a big datacenter, where bigger computers than your phone convert your voice into text and send the text back.

Seriously, I cannot believe how few redditors understand this. It's not like Apple ever hid what was going on - and all the other voice recognition software for phones does the same thing.

IBM banned employees from using Siri after it was revealed that Apple got a copy of everything you spoke to it by josefonsecain technology

[–]obvioustroll 0 points1 point ago

Silently. Right. Except it's always been completely clear that Siri simply records what you say then sends it to Apple's data center for speech-to-text processing.

Which, by the way, is exactly how all the competing products work.

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