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Article #4345Re: The Flat Earth? - Conclusion
From: David Smyth
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:00
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In article <3s8bj6$ao3@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au>, shelter@peg.apc.org (Madhudvisah dasa Swami) says: > >dp025@un.seqeb.gov.au ( DAVID PRITCHARD) wrote: > >> To all you sceptical types out there let me just say that not only has >>Mad' baby _seen_ the light...he's actually gone _faster_ than it.....and >>y'all shoulda seen the red-shift effect on his saffron robe!!! Outasite!!! >> :-) :-) >> Luv yaz all! >> Bear > >Dear David, > >Thanks for the input... My theory doesn't really have an edge... but >that's another story. My sister just sent me a photo she took so I put it >on my home page at http://www.peg.apc.org/~shelter The red-shift didn't >come out very well though... > >Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! > > > >Thank you. Hare Krishna! > >Madhudvisah dasa Swami >(shelter@peg.apc.org) http://www.peg.apc.org/~shelter/ctfote > >Quotes from His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada >(c)Bhaktivedanta Book Trust > > Everybody here is talking about relativity, rotating frames of reference, speed of light etc. All you need do is place a large pendulum anywhere on the planet (except at or near the equator) and you may observe the earth rotate beneath it. But I guess Swami Mad-what's-his-name will just define the pendulum as the rest-of-the-universe other than earth and say it is attached to the rotating stars. Even though it is here on dear old centre-of-the-universe planet earth. This guy has obviously fallen out of a very tall tree and no matter what you say he is going to be blissfully happy with the thorough completeness of his ignorance. Dave
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f66d0,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf66d0,public X-Google-Thread: f44bc,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf44bc,public X-Google-Thread: fc158,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidfc158,public X-Google-Thread: 10f18e,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid10f18e,public X-Google-Thread: 10b363,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid10b363,public X-Google-Thread: 1038c2,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gid1038c2,public X-Google-Thread: f74ae,bd5c6f53c27c37d X-Google-Attributes: gidf74ae,public From: davidcs@psych.psy.uq.oz.au (David Smyth) Subject: Re: The Flat Earth? - Conclusion Date: 1995/06/22 Message-ID: <3sao8d$nts@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> X-Deja-AN: 104920994 references: <O1iblelgYjV9079yn@calvados.apna.org.au> <3r599o$frs@cronkite.cisco.com> <3rqcr9$a4g@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> <DAH2KL.HvK@un.seqeb.gov.au> <3s8bj6$ao3@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> organization: Univerity of Queensland newsgroups: sci.astro,talk.origins,sci.anthropology,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,sci.skeptic,aus.religion,alt.religion.christian