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2015/02/17 15:40:21
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
Fortunately some of his compatriots disagree with him.
Its hard to be awesome, when your playing with little plastic men. Welcome to Fantasy 40k
If you think your important, in the great scheme of things. Do the water test.
Put your hands in a bucket of warm water,
then pull them out fast. The size of the hole shows how important you are.
I think we should roll some dice, to see if we should roll some dice, To decide if all this dice rolling is good for the game.
2015/02/17 15:43:57
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2015/02/17 15:53:47
Subject: Re:Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2015/02/17 16:19:34
Subject: Re:Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
2015/02/17 16:21:04
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
I've figured it out, he isn't getting any. It's been a long time since the earth moved for him.
Its hard to be awesome, when your playing with little plastic men. Welcome to Fantasy 40k
If you think your important, in the great scheme of things. Do the water test.
Put your hands in a bucket of warm water,
then pull them out fast. The size of the hole shows how important you are.
I think we should roll some dice, to see if we should roll some dice, To decide if all this dice rolling is good for the game.
2015/02/17 22:24:29
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
Just because something is flat doesn't mean it lacks depth. The earth could still be hollow and flat. Anyway, if the earth isn't hollow then where do the ufos come from?
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2015/02/17 23:33:06
Subject: Re:Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
Just because something is flat doesn't mean it lacks depth. The earth could still be hollow and flat. Anyway, if the earth isn't hollow then where do the ufos come from?
The moon, didn't you know it's just a big spaceship.
Its hard to be awesome, when your playing with little plastic men. Welcome to Fantasy 40k
If you think your important, in the great scheme of things. Do the water test.
Put your hands in a bucket of warm water,
then pull them out fast. The size of the hole shows how important you are.
I think we should roll some dice, to see if we should roll some dice, To decide if all this dice rolling is good for the game.
2015/02/17 23:42:37
Subject: Re:Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
Just because something is flat doesn't mean it lacks depth. The earth could still be hollow and flat. Anyway, if the earth isn't hollow then where do the ufos come from?
The moon, didn't you know it's just a big spaceship.
No,
the UFO's come from Mars & Venus.
See Christians and Muslims have common flat ground
2015/02/17 23:44:27
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
Manchu - "But so what? The Bible also says the flood destroyed the world. You only need an allegorical boat to tackle an allegorical flood."
Shespits "Anything i see with YOLO has half naked eleventeen year olds Girls. And of course booze and drugs and more half naked elventeen yearolds Girls. O how i wish to YOLO again!"
Rubiksnoob "Next you'll say driving a stick with a Scandinavian supermodel on your lap while ripping a bong impairs your driving. And you know what, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP, YOU FILTHY COMMUNIST"
2015/02/18 04:25:28
Subject: Re:Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
The irony is, he uses a plane in his example. Which would imply that he might have been on a plane, and noticed how his coffee did not suddenly flit to the rear at 400 mph. Could it be that the same forces that make coffee appear stationary while on a fast moving plane, also make planes appear stationary on a fast moving Earth? For a plane to remain truly "still" relative to the Earth, as he suggests, and wait for China to come to it, the plane would need to burn huge amounts of fuel in order to overcome that initial inertia and slow down (to say nothing of the atmosphere).
Interestingly, scientist have used the cosmic background radiation to measure the speed of The Earth, going around The Sun, going around The Galaxy, flying through The Universe. The CBR is about the closest thing we have to a fixed point, and our actual speed is about 1.3 million miles per hour.
2015/02/18 04:37:26
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
No Flat Earthers here to agree with him? I am disappointed, Dakka!
The Earth cannot be hollow if it is flat!
It's both simultaneously... Seriously, the Earth is like a giant Oreo cookie... It just so happens that when you travel over the "edge" the switch happens so quickly you don't even notice it happening!
2015/02/18 06:16:37
Subject: Re:Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
While everyone recognises this guy is a complete idiot, it's interesting to note how much his argument relies on the same kind of 'common sense' anecdotes that the anti-science arguments uses in supposed controversies like vaccination and climate change. Next time you hear someone trying to challenge the scientific establishment with arguments from common sense, just remember it's the same kind of crap that led at least one idiot to believe the Earth doesn't rotate the Sun.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2015/02/18 06:34:25
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
Manchu - "But so what? The Bible also says the flood destroyed the world. You only need an allegorical boat to tackle an allegorical flood."
Shespits "Anything i see with YOLO has half naked eleventeen year olds Girls. And of course booze and drugs and more half naked elventeen yearolds Girls. O how i wish to YOLO again!"
Rubiksnoob "Next you'll say driving a stick with a Scandinavian supermodel on your lap while ripping a bong impairs your driving. And you know what, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP, YOU FILTHY COMMUNIST"
2015/02/18 07:06:56
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
david choe wrote: Is it just my computer or the guy is speaking in arabic.... so how can any of you guys know he is talking about the earth?
Oh it is a joke right?
I've not watched the embedded version, but I've seen a translated one.
It's not a joke.
I train Royal Saudi Air Force personnel out in KSA.
One of the flight training navigation manuals states "For the purposes of this training exercise we will assume the earth is round"
If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it. item 87, skippys list
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2015/02/18 07:20:16
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
marv335 wrote: I train Royal Saudi Air Force personnel out in KSA.
One of the flight training navigation manuals states "For the purposes of this training exercise we will assume the earth is round"
Well, tecnically it's legitimate, cause earth not spherical, it's more of an ellipsoid.
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"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It is a waste of your time, and it annoys the pig."
2015/02/18 08:19:38
Subject: Re:Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
Just because something is flat doesn't mean it lacks depth. The earth could still be hollow and flat. Anyway, if the earth isn't hollow then where do the ufos come from?
The moon, didn't you know it's just a big spaceship.
No,
the UFO's come from Mars & Venus.
See Christians and Muslims have common flat ground
Fools! UFO's are coming out of the Ocean, from their secret bases in Hollow Earth! They live their with the Lizardmen, they only leave to lay down chem trails and abduct civilians for "testing".
2015/02/18 09:34:47
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2015/02/18 10:47:24
Subject: Saudi cleric says Earth doesn’t revolve around sun
david choe wrote: Is it just my computer or the guy is speaking in arabic.... so how can any of you guys know he is talking about the earth?
Oh it is a joke right?
I train Royal Saudi Air Force personnel out in KSA.
One of the flight training navigation manuals states "For the purposes of this training exercise we will assume the earth is round"
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"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It is a waste of your time, and it annoys the pig." 