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From: larry@grkermit.UUCP (Larry Kolodney)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.misc
Subject: Re: Earth Centered Universe
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Date: Fri, 15-Jul-83 08:39:32 EDT
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From: charlie@cca.UUCP (Charlie Kaufman)
I  find it interesting to watch the "science" contingent make fun of the
"religion" contingent based  on  the  biblical  statement  of  an  earth
centered  universe  when "everyone knows" the earth spins, it orbits the
sun, which orbits the  galaxy...   What's  amusing  is  that  scientific
doctrine  has  changed  and  no one seems to have noticed.  According to
relativity theory, which is not wholly accepted, but is the current most
widely  recognized  model  of  physics,  there  is  no prefered frame of
reference.  This means that  a  stationary  earth  (the  universe  spins
around it) is as valid a model as any other.


I don't believe this is correct.  What physics says is that any INERTIAL
frame is equally valid.  The earth is not an INERTIAL frame of reference
because you are constantly being accelerated by the earths spin in a direction
relative the the frame of reference.

Can anybody confirm this?
-- 
Larry Kolodney #13 (I try harder)
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