Nlatio Turbocharged February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Saw this in Yahoo web page..... so he is the modern astronomer Galileo??? Saudi cleric claims Sun rotates around the Earth Saudi cleric has become the topic of discussion on Twitter after he rejected the scientific fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun, claiming the exact opposite and added that the Earth is stationary. A video posted on YouTube shows Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari answering students' questions and rejecting the centuries-old discovery that the Sun stays still, while Earth and other planets rotate around it. When a student asked the cleric whether the Earth was stationary or moving, he replied "stationary and [it] does not move". Then he went on to explain his theory while holding on to a sealed water cup and said: "First of all, where are we now? We go to Sharjah airport to travel to China by plane." The cleric then asked the students to focus and continued, "This is Earth, if you say it rotates, if we leave Sharjah airport on international flight to China, the Earth is rotating right? So if the plane stands still in the air, wouldn't China be coming towards it? "If the Earth rotates on the other direction, the plane will not be able to reach China. Because China is also rotating as the plane rotates." The irony of his comment is that it came on the birthday of great astronomer Galileo Galilei. The Italian astronomer was born on 15 February 1564, and has supported the Copernican theory that says the Earth and planets revolved around the Sun. The cleric's answer triggered some hilarious responses with the hashtag #cleric_rejects_rotation_of_Earth on Twitter . ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kb27 Supersonic February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 He better be careful. He might fall off to hell at the edge of horizon. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count-Bracula Twincharged February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Bird brain 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kklim Supercharged February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 (edited) Brain baked by the desert sun. Either that or too much alcohol. Either one makes your head spin so it appears as if things revolve around you Edited February 18, 2015 by Kklim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sabian Turbocharged February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 This cleric is living proof that the time machine exists... Must have offended some bigwig from the past and kenna sent to the future. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 What a slap in the face of medieval Islamic astronomy and science. a**hole. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 What a slap in the face of medieval Islamic astronomy and science. a**hole. i watch histroy channel they say last time Arab people invented 1234567890, algebra...... discovered: light travel in straight line jin staki mens! jit tong cheng 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count-Bracula Twincharged February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 (edited) i watch histroy channel they say last time Arab people invented 1234567890, algebra...... discovered: light travel in straight line jin staki mens! jit tong cheng where got so many? they only invented spice Tong Tong Cheng . . Jit Tong Cheng!! Edited February 18, 2015 by Count-Bracula 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angcheek Hypersonic February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Invite him to MCF .... hahaha 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid Hypersonic February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 ......... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 So to him., the earth move around the moon also .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 So to him., the earth move around the moon also .... Actually if talking about relative to point of the observer on earth, the cleric is not wrong. Likewise is put the observer on the moon, then his observation will be the earth moves around the moon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxcvb Turbocharged February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Actually if talking about relative to point of the observer on earth, the cleric is not wrong. Likewise is put the observer on the moon, then his observation will be the earth moves around the moon. I once have the same notion as the cleric as if earth rotates, then an airplane or helicopter will just stay airborne and wait for the destination to rotate to them. But of course as I grew older, realise the gravitational pull is still acting on the plane or helicopter even though it's still airborne. Unless of course if it's a spacecraft many thousands kilometers away from earth, so far out that the gravitational force have no effect - then the theory applies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angcheek Hypersonic February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 (edited) In a way u r rite. Thats how olden day , human see it. Its relative to themselves. Even when we said the solar system rotates around the sun ... again its relative . To the sun in this case. And our solar rotates ard the center of milkyway. That theory assume the universe is finite. But what if space is nonfix and not finite... then there is NO actual way to say where is the center . In this case , u can even say the whole universe is rotating around earth. Actually if talking about relative to point of the observer on earth, the cleric is not wrong. Likewise is put the observer on the moon, then his observation will be the earth moves around the moon. Edited February 18, 2015 by Angcheek 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 In a way u r rite. Thats how olden day , human see it. Its relative to themselves. Even when we said the solar system rotates around the sun ... again its relative . To the sun in this case. And our solar rotates ard the center of milkyway. That theory assume the universe is finite. But what if space is nonfix and not finite... then there is actual way to say where is the center . In this case , u can even say the whole universe is rotating around earth. If I go northern or southern pole, take time lapse picture, can see the stars rotate around earth. ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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