On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:14:26 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/17/14, 9:41 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:22:44 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/17/14, 9:19 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:29:20 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

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.

Of course you do but do you actually have any basis in fact beyond
your prejudice?

I know a few people who believe in creation and that the earth is 8000
years old but they still agree the solar system revolves around the
sun.


So, they got one out of three right. Great.

It is the one you are talking about


It's not the only one I was talking about, and it isn't the point. The
point was that the sort of ignorance under discussion, e.g., the earth
is less than 10,000 years old, is taught at home or at a religious
institution or gathering. These superstitious concepts aren't ideas that
spontaneously pop into someone's head.

Where? Show us. Is this your version of 'mainstream' religious thinking?