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Related: About this forumCleric provides irrefutable proof that the Sun rotates around Earth.
"He then attempted to support his argument by quoting some clerics and selected religious statements. But his most controversial method to debunk the rotation theory was a "logical" deduction in which he used a visual.
First of all, where are we now? we go to Sharjah airport to travel to China by plane, clear?! focus with me, this is Earth; he said, holding a sealed water cup.
He argued that if a plane stops still in air China would be coming towards it in case the Earth rotates on one direction. It the Earth rotates on opposite direction, the plane would never reach China, because China is also rotating. "
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2015/02/16/Saudi-cleric-Sun-revolves-around-stationary-Earth.html
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(5,829 posts)"You can't teach logic to a world that thinks the sun is setting when in reality, the horizon's rising."
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Guy in line at airport. Hears ticket agent tell person ahead that their flight will take off from O'Hare at 11:07 and land in Indianapolis at 11:15.
Guy says, "Wow! I have to see that take off!"