Everyone likes a laugh, so Brownback (R) has given us this:

Blogs 4 Brownback
May 18, 2007
Heliocentrism is an Atheist Doctrine
Filed under: Faith, Science — Sisyphus @ 10:04 am

What’s even worse than the debate raging in American schools about the teaching of the soulless doctrine of evolution, is the non-debate over an issue that rational Americans have foolishly conceded to the secular among us: the issue of Heliocentrism, or the idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Now, it has to be granted that there may be some mathematical evidence going either way; mathematically speaking, Copernicus may be on ground nearly as firm as that of Tycho Brahe. Right-thinking people know the correct doctrine, however:

Heliocentrism is the view that the sun is at the center of the universe. It was proposed by some ancient Greeks,<1> and became the dominant view in the 1700s and 1800s. It was abandoned in the 20th century.

Since the advent of relativity theory in the early 1900s, the laws of physics have been written in covariant equations, meaning that they are equally valid in any frame. Heliocentric and geocentric theories are both used today, depending on which allows more convenient calculations

It seems clear that it may occasionally be convenient to assume that the calculations of Copernicus and Kepler were mathematically sound. However, for both moral and theological reasons, we should always bear in mind that the Earth does not move. If it moved, we would feel it moving. That’s called empiricism, the experience of the senses. Don’t take my word for it, or the evidence of your own senses, Copernicans. There’s also the Word of the Lord:

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http://blogs4brownback.wordpress.com/2007/05/18/heliocentrism-is-an-atheist-doctrine/

This is from someone who calims to 'blog' for him...and it is worth a serious "Holy Shit!...

On edit: It is not "his" blog, but someone who "blogs" for him, my bad, but still this is some incredible stuff!

I can't tell.

I mean...what the fuck?

dropped dead when I read it...

If this is what this batshit crazy fool thinks, he makes Ashcroft look sane!

clever too

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

:hi:

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

The moon landing wasn't the only space mission hoax.

It's like Cobert to the Nth level.

You can see where that math stuff got Newton, Copericus and Einstein...:rofl:

It got him to make some damn good cookies!

:D

did you read through the comments?

Brownback's hand shoots up with much waving accompanied by "Oooh! Oooh! Me, me, me!"

The earth doesn't move or we'd feel it. This guy's vision of the earth's orbit is a bowling ball rolling down a gravel road. :silly:

"Look, people, even your Heliocentric hero Galileo recanted his idiotic notions about the Earth revolving around the Sun. If he’s your so-called reliable source on this, I think it does wonders to shatter the idea’s credibility that one of its main proponents backed away from it so abruptly."

As we all know Galileo 'backed away abruptly' on point of death by the church!

And update 3: "To me, this settles the debate. The Earth does not move. To assert that the Earth does move is to renounce Christianity. It really is as simple as that."

Brilliant! Briliant satire. I want to link a blog to Blogs 4 Brownback! We all should!

to RW sites and general insanity in the "Links" column. I didn't try any of them, but if this IS a parody...it has to be the greatest of all time...this beats "Lincoln Rises From His Tomb To Berate GW Bush"!

But I move in an elliptical orbit around the Sun.

"...we should always bear in mind that the Earth does not move. If it moved, we would feel it moving."

:evilgrin:

I had hoped they exited with Falwell.

but there is a maniacal school of thought in the Religious Right that says there is no gravity...I guess they've never cleaned their gutters while on a rickety ladder as I have...I know from experience, gravity is a bitch...:eyes:

:rofl: This is freaking priceless!

I find it difficult to believe that anybody actually believes this crap. Please, tell me this isn't real. If somebody with opposable thumbs actually wrote this seriously, this country is in a lot more trouble than I suspected before reading the post.

The Earth is hollow, and we live inside of it with our feet up against the crust, kept there by centrifugal force. The Sun is really just a little tiny star in the center of the Earth. If you look up, really really carefully, you can see the area around the Indian subcontinent! Those star thingies are really just city lights!

That day and night stuff is all just your mind playing tricks on you...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Earth

Either that or this is one clever parody site. This guy isn't serious, is he?

This might actually be what Brownback believes. I've looked all over the place, including some of Brownback's Press Releases and some other stuff. While this may indeed be something from Right Field, I'm going w/a 51/49 shot that this is actually legit.

Someone w/more computer/research skills can debunk this if they find proof, but as loony as this whole thing sounds....it looks like this is legitimate...:shrug: