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Old 06-January-2005, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by worzel
Often these arguments against Geocentrism that you talk about are given out of ignorance about GR, but quite frequently they are given because a Geocentric can't consistently refute them and refute GR in favour of a Newtonian universe.
The arguments were against geocentrism, not Geocentrism, that he was talking about. But I wonder--are you suggesting that the arguments are OK, just because the opponent can't refute them? Or are you saying that that is the reason that people use such arguments, and it's an easy way out?