On Monday, February 17, 2014 5:29:20 PM UTC-6, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/17/14, 5:57 PM, wrote:

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:20:34 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:







You are the one who mentioned the ancient Egyptians...I merely was

indicating that it was religious ignorance from before then to well

after the death of Galileo that keep the belief of the sun revolving

around the earth...alive.



I am not sure of any wide spread religious belief that the earth is at

the center of the solar system.

I think you are just calling out the wide spread ignorance that is

coming out of our school system.



They may have heard something about astronomy in elementary or middle

school but they quickly forgot it.







You think such foolishness springs *spontaneously* from the minds of the

badly educated? I don't. I think it is taught...at home and among those

with fundamentalist beliefs.



What's harder to believe:



1. An uncreated god takes on human flesh.



2. A piece of bread transmogrifies into that same flesh.



3. The sun orbits the earth.


You're swaying wwwwaaaayyyy off your original post, Harry. What'd you say about 'losing the point?