Comments on: Teach geocentrism! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:56:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/comment-page-2/#comment-2101 Joker Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:24:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/#comment-2101 <b> Kevin White</b> on 20 Jun 2008 at 5:25 pm : <i> My girlfriend owns a shirt that reads: Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree. Makes perfect sense. My shirt reads: Too stupid to understand science? Try religion! We live in Texas, and we wear these to lunch at a country restaurant (Cotton Patch) right down the road from a megachurch at about 12:15pm on Sundays. It’s fun. </i> ROTFL! 8) Classic - & may I add very ballsy! Do they give you a good response!?;-) Kevin White on 20 Jun 2008 at 5:25 pm :

My girlfriend owns a shirt that reads:

Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree. Makes perfect sense.

My shirt reads:

Too stupid to understand science? Try religion!

We live in Texas, and we wear these to lunch at a country restaurant (Cotton Patch) right down the road from a megachurch at about 12:15pm on Sundays. It’s fun.

ROTFL! 8)
Classic – & may I add very ballsy! Do they give you a good response!?;-)

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/comment-page-2/#comment-2100 StevoR Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:07:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/#comment-2100 <b> Kevin White </b> on 20 Jun 2008 at 5:25 pm : <i> "My girlfriend owns a shirt that reads: Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree. Makes perfect sense. My shirt reads: Too stupid to understand science? Try religion! We live in Texas, and we wear these to lunch at a country restaurant (Cotton Patch) right down the road from a megachurch at about 12:15pm on Sundays. It’s fun." </i> Classic! ;-) And very gutsy too I may add! ;-) Get a good reaction? ;-) Kevin White on 20 Jun 2008 at 5:25 pm :


“My girlfriend owns a shirt that reads:

Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree. Makes perfect sense.

My shirt reads:

Too stupid to understand science? Try religion!

We live in Texas, and we wear these to lunch at a country restaurant (Cotton Patch) right down the road from a megachurch at about 12:15pm on Sundays. It’s fun.”

Classic! ;-)

And very gutsy too I may add! ;-)

Get a good reaction? ;-)

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/comment-page-2/#comment-2099 StevoR Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:02:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/#comment-2099 Well that went slowly but seems to have worked. Now I'll try sending this as a test with my usual tagline & see if that works. Folks I know I've sometimes posted some strong opinions but I believe I've always been polite and rational & I do NOT believe in letting "sacred cows" or any mythical "right" certain folks seem to have that they (or anyone) has some kind of right to see nothing that they may disagree with or be offended by .. I think I've kept things within the bounds of this blog. If the <b>Bad Astronomer </b> or one of his key moderators disagrees with my asessment of this then please could you let me know and discuss it reasonably with me. I do try to do the right thing here. Well that went slowly but seems to have worked. Now I’ll try sending this as a test with my usual tagline & see if that works.

Folks I know I’ve sometimes posted some strong opinions but I believe I’ve always been polite and rational & I do NOT believe in letting “sacred cows” or any mythical “right” certain folks seem to have that they (or anyone) has some kind of right to see nothing that they may disagree with or be offended by ..

I think I’ve kept things within the bounds of this blog. If the Bad Astronomer or one of his key moderators disagrees with my asessment of this then please could you let me know and discuss it reasonably with me.

I do try to do the right thing here.

]]> By: SCR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/comment-page-2/#comment-2098 SCR Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:53:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/#comment-2098 Tried posting only to keep getting this annoying message : "Sorry, but your comment has been flagged by the spam filter running on this blog: this might be an error, in which case all apologies. Your comment will be presented to the blog admin who will be able to restore it immediately. You may want to contact the blog admin via e-mail to notify him." & sometimes a code to type in thingummy too ... Is something up? Some commenst I tried to post on another thread earlier - non-political ones & all too - were also initially "awaiting moderation" then disappeared .. Am I in trouble here or something? :-( Is this going to appear and stay appeared? .... Guess I'm about to find out. here's hopinbg (& cut & pasting) If someone out there does know what's up can you please at least have the courtesy of letting me know & give me achance to clear up any misunderstanding or confusion there may be? a.k.a. StevoR Tried posting only to keep getting this annoying message :

“Sorry, but your comment has been flagged by the spam filter running on this blog: this might be an error, in which case all apologies. Your comment will be presented to the blog admin who will be able to restore it immediately.
You may want to contact the blog admin via e-mail to notify him.”

& sometimes a code to type in thingummy too … Is something up? Some commenst I tried to post on another thread earlier – non-political ones & all too – were also initially “awaiting moderation” then disappeared .. Am I in trouble here or something? :-(

Is this going to appear and stay appeared?

…. Guess I’m about to find out. here’s hopinbg (& cut & pasting)

If someone out there does know what’s up can you please at least have the courtesy of letting me know & give me achance to clear up any misunderstanding or confusion there may be?

a.k.a. StevoR

]]> By: JokeR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/comment-page-2/#comment-2097 JokeR Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:47:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/#comment-2097 Great T-shirts - classic. 8) A phlogiston <i> (pretty sure that's the right spelling) </i> one would be great! ;-) Great T-shirts – classic. 8)
A phlogiston (pretty sure that’s the right spelling) one would be great! ;-)

]]> By: Stars are places http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/comment-page-2/#comment-2096 Stars are places Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:46:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/#comment-2096 Great T-shirts - classic. 8) A phlogiston <i> (pretty sure that's the right spelling) </i> one would be great! ;-) Great T-shirts – classic. 8)
A phlogiston (pretty sure that’s the right spelling) one would be great! ;-)

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/comment-page-2/#comment-2095 StevoR Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:45:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/06/20/teach-geocentrism/#comment-2095 D'oh! I just tried to post & got this annoying message : "Sorry, but your comment has been flagged by the spam filter running on this blog: this might be an error, in which case all apologies. Your comment will be presented to the blog admin who will be able to restore it immediately. You may want to contact the blog admin via e-mail to notify him." What the blazes?? :-( D’oh! I just tried to post & got this annoying message :

“Sorry, but your comment has been flagged by the spam filter running on this blog: this might be an error, in which case all apologies. Your comment will be presented to the blog admin who will be able to restore it immediately.
You may want to contact the blog admin via e-mail to notify him.”

What the blazes?? :-(

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