Fact: Earth's orbit is fine tuned

[Armchair Mountaineering]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1

FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!

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[linuxgal]

Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>
> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>

So you're saying orbital eccentricity is zero, not 0.01671022. Where
did you get that, Book of Illusions?


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[Father Haskell]

On Aug 14, 9:58 pm, to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair
Mountaineering ) wrote:
> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.28444483...

>
> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>
> ---
> Voting: A religious delusion that cultists and atheists agree on

Inverse square law * 92 - 94 million miles +/- 10 feet = fuckall
of a difference.

[Armchair Mountaineering]

linuxgal <linu...@cleanposts.com> wrote:
>Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
>> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>So you're saying orbital eccentricity is zero, not 0.01671022. Where
>did you get that, Book of Illusions?

It is from some Republican Christianic posting to Facebook -- which
is why I included the Facebook link. :)

[BroilJAB]

Father Haskell <father...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> > if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
> >
> > ---
> > Voting: A religious delusion that cultists and atheists agree on
>

> Inverse square law * 92 - 94 million miles +/- 10 feet =3D fuckall
> of a difference.

Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little
children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes
will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I
will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold
will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young
people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will
show no compassion for the children.

[Bill Hernstead]

linuxgal <linu...@cleanposts.com> wrote:
> >
> > FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> > if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
> >
>
> So you're saying orbital eccentricity is zero, not 0.01671022. Where
> did you get that, Book of Illusions?
>

"Those weren't real believers. They just claimed to be believers as some
sort of excuse."

This is rather like the No True Scotsman fallacy.

What makes a real believer? There are so many One True Religions it's
hard to tell. Look at Christianity: there are many competing groups, all
convinced that they are the only true Christians. Sometimes they even
fight and kill each other. How is an atheist supposed to decide who's a
real Christian and who isn't, when even the major Christian churches
like the Catholic Church and the Church of England can't decide amongst
themselves?

In the end, most atheists take a pragmatic view, and decide that anyone
who calls himself a Christian, and uses Christian belief or dogma to
justify his actions, should be considered a Christian. Maybe some of
those Christians are just perverting Christian teaching for their own
ends--but surely if the Bible can be so readily used to support
un-Christian acts it can't be much of a moral code? If the Bible is the
word of God, why couldn't he have made it less easy to misinterpret? And
how do you know that your beliefs aren't a perversion of what your God
intended?

If there is no single unambiguous interpretation of the Bible, then why
should an atheist take one interpretation over another just on your
say-so? Sorry, but if someone claims that he believes in Jesus and that
he murdered others because Jesus and the Bible told him to do so, we
must call him a Christian.

[Olrik]

�Do not feed the troll�

Indeed.

<plonk>

[Chris Diesel]

"Armchair Mountaineering " <to...@armchairmountaineering.com> wrote in
message news:JOydnXvm6Jzcn7bN...@posted.sonicnet...

> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>
> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!

This 'fact' was brought to you by the same people who once burned those who
dared to say the earth was not flat and orbited the sun.

[Calvin Ramsey]

Red Herring fallacy noted.

[Syd M.]

On Aug 14, 9:58 pm, to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair
Mountaineering ) wrote:
> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.28444483...
>

> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>
>

The last part is an unsupported assertion.
Try again, loser.

[Tim]

"BroilJAB" wrote in message news:a7f473f...@swing.com...

-----------

In your dreams, fuckwad.

[Don Martin]

linuxgal <linu...@cleanposts.com> wrote:
> Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>>> and > if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>>
> So you're saying orbital eccentricity is zero, not 0.01671022. Where did
> you get that, Book of Illusions?
>

AM was making a joke, and a rather good one. Apparently, your humorectomy
was successful.

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[Dakota]

So is the first part.

[Christopher A. Lee]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:47:52 GMT, Don Martin <drdon...@comcast.net>
wrote:

>linuxgal <linu...@cleanposts.com> wrote:
>> Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>>>> and > if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>>>
>> So you're saying orbital eccentricity is zero, not 0.01671022. Where did
>> you get that, Book of Illusions?
>
>AM was making a joke, and a rather good one. Apparently, your humorectomy
>was successful.

"Armchair Mountaineering" is Fred Rice's latest attempt to get around
killfiles.

[MarkA]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:58:21 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:

> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>
> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>

Heh. The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is
elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is about
5,000,000 km

If you asked him how long a day is, to the nearest second, I wonder what
his answer would be?

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If you can read this, you can stop reading now.

[Mike Painter]

False. The orbit is a chaotic ellipse and could fly off into the sun or
space at any moment.

[Christopher A. Lee]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <som...@somewhere.invalid>
wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:58:21 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>
>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>>
>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
>> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>
>Heh. The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is
>elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is about
>5,000,000 km

One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!

[Armchair Mountaineering]

Don Martin <drdon...@comcast.net> wrote:
>linuxgal <linu...@cleanposts.com> wrote:
>> Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>>>> and > if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>> So you're saying orbital eccentricity is zero, not 0.01671022. Where did
>> you get that, Book of Illusions?
>AM was making a joke, and a rather good one. Apparently, your humorectomy
>was successful.

It is actually from a Facebook page, a page dedinated to laughing at
fundies.

[Armchair Mountaineering]

Aw, the shitbox thinks it's all about him. How special.

[Armchair Mountaineering]

These Christians appear to read things that their cult leaders give
them or perhaps their leaders tell them this stuff from the pulpit.
They then go home, post the lunacy to Facebook while mangling what
their cult leaders told them even more badly. 10 feet. I wonder if
they ghot that value from their cult leader or whether the cult leader
told them 10 miles and the cultist got it wrong. So very amusing.

[Armchair Mountaineering]

There are a *lot* of Geocentricism believers on Facebook also.

[Slade]

On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Mike Painter wrote:
> On 8/14/2012 6:58 PM, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:

>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
>> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!

> False. The orbit is a chaotic ellipse and could fly off into the sun or
> space at any moment.

Due to your incessant predilection at telling lies and then never
answering for them, I'm going to have to ask for either a proof for that
assertion, or for a cite of your source.

Are you able to provide either one? No? I didn't think so.

It's so easy catching you in a lie. All I have to do is wait for you to
post something.

Are you not even the least concerned over how embarrassed your
descendents will be after reading the legacy of lies you have left
behind? They will disown you. Some will disavow even being related to
you at all.

It's only your life your destroying.

[Mike Painter]

On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Slade wrote:
> On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Mike Painter wrote:
>> On 8/14/2012 6:58 PM, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>
>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>>> and
>>> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>
>> False. The orbit is a chaotic ellipse and could fly off into the sun or
>> space at any moment.
>
> Due to your incessant predilection at telling lies and then never
> answering for them, I'm going to have to ask for either a proof for that
> assertion, or for a cite of your source.

Do to your supreme ignorance in ability to do basic research, I'm going
to have to ask you to explain why the use of "proof" in something that
is science is a sign of ignorance the first few times and stupidity from
then on.

>
> Are you able to provide either one? No? I didn't think so.
>
> It's so easy catching you in a lie. All I have to do is wait for you to
> post something.
>
> Are you not even the least concerned over how embarrassed your
> descendents will be after reading the legacy of lies you have left
> behind? They will disown you. Some will disavow even being related to
> you at all.
>
> It's only your life your destroying.
>

Yawn.

[Smiler]

Glad to see that your humour bypass operation was a complete success.

--
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The godless one. a.a.# 2279

All gods are tailored to order. They're made to

exactly fit the prejudices of their believers.

[Gray Guest]

to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair Mountaineering ) wrote in
news:JOydnXvm6Jzcn7bN...@posted.sonicnet:

> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267

> 041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>
> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
> and if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is
> amazing!
>
> ---
> Voting: A religious delusion that cultists and atheists agree on
>
>

I'm pretty sure the orbital variance far exceeds that number.

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[Gray Guest]

MarkA <som...@somewhere.invalid> wrote in
news:pan.2012.08.15....@somewhere.invalid:

He is "unaware" of a lot of things, his own ignorance being the promary
item on the list.

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[Armchair Mountaineering]

Mike Painter <md.pa...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Slade wrote:
>> On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Mike Painter wrote:
>>> On 8/14/2012 6:58 PM, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>>>> and if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>>> False. The orbit is a chaotic ellipse and could fly off into the sun or
>>> space at any moment.

LOL.

>> Due to your incessant predilection at telling lies and then never
>> answering for them, I'm going to have to ask for either a proof for that
>> assertion, or for a cite of your source.
>Do to your supreme ignorance in ability to do basic research, I'm going
>to have to ask you to explain why the use of "proof" in something that
>is science is a sign of ignorance the first few times and stupidity from
>then on.

I always find it twice amusing that cultists are incapable of realizing
when atheists are joking. :) Cultists have such poor grasp of even the
simplest of science that theyu lack any knowledge to make the distinction.

[Armchair Mountaineering]

Gray Guest <No_email...@wahoo.com> wrote:
>to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair Mountaineering ) wrote in
>news:JOydnXvm6Jzcn7bN...@posted.sonicnet:
>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267
>> 041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>> and if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is
>> amazing!

>I'm pretty sure the orbital variance far exceeds that number.

Very much so. :)

[Mike Painter]

I find it amusing that none of the people who say I am wrong have had
the brains to find out if maybe I was not wrong.

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

A simple search would have shown that I was correct.

[Olrik]

Le 2012-08-15 21:30, Gray Guest a �crit :

Woooooooooooshhhhhhh!

[Father Haskell]

On Aug 15, 1:03 pm, MarkA <some...@somewhere.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:58:21 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:

> >http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.28444483...

>
> > FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> > if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>
> Heh.  The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is
> elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is about
> 5,000,000 km

I think he's well aware.

Add that perihelion occurs on January 2, during the northern
hemisphere's winter.

[Father Haskell]

On Aug 15, 2:43 pm, Christopher A. Lee <chrislee95...@comcast.net>
wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <some...@somewhere.invalid>
> wrote:
> >Heh.  The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is
> >elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is about
> >5,000,000 km
>
> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!

Kent Hovind is a perfect idiot.

[Armchair Mountaineering]

The Ringworld is unstable!

[Armchair Mountaineering]

Father Haskell <father...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Aug 15, 2:43=A0pm, Christopher A. Lee <chrislee95...@comcast.net>

>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <some...@somewhere.invalid>

>>>Heh. =A0The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is

>>>elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is about
>>>5,000,000 km
>> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
>Kent Hovind is a perfect idiot.

How DARE you talk about a man of god like that?! He's as upright
and scientifically sound as Jimmy Swaggart!

[Samuel Harrigon]

to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair Mountaineering ) wrote:
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stability_of_the_Solar_System.
> >A simple search would have shown that I was correct.
>
> The Ringworld is unstable!
>
> ---
> Voting: A religious delusion that cultists and atheists agree on
>

If they gave Jerry Falwell an enema, they could bury him in a matchbox.

[Father Haskell]

On Aug 16, 1:30 am, to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair
Mountaineering ) wrote:

> Father Haskell <fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Aug 15, 2:43=A0pm, Christopher A. Lee <chrislee95...@comcast.net>
> >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <some...@somewhere.invalid>
> >>>Heh. =A0The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is
> >>>elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is about
> >>>5,000,000 km
> >> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
> >Kent Hovind is a perfect idiot.
>
> How DARE you talk about a man of god like that?! He's as upright
> and scientifically sound as Jimmy Swaggart!

Hovind got busted with a prostitute? When?

[Yap]

On Aug 15, 12:31 pm, Calvin Ramsey <calvinram...@live.com> wrote:

> On 8/15/2012 12:00 AM, Chris Diesel wrote:
>
> > "Armchair Mountaineering "<to...@armchairmountaineering.com>  wrote in
> > messagenews:JOydnXvm6Jzcn7bN...@posted.sonicnet...

> >>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.28444483...
>
> >> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> >> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>

> > This 'fact' was brought to you by the same people who once burned those who
> > dared to say the earth was not flat and orbited the sun.
>

> Red Herring fallacy noted.

No, those are same as you, bigoted and stupid.

[Yap]

On Aug 16, 9:19 am, Smiler <Youmus...@JoeKing.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:21:16 -0400, Slade wrote:
> > On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Mike Painter wrote:
> >> On 8/14/2012 6:58 PM, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>
> >>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
> >>> and if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is
> >>> amazing!
>
> >> False. The orbit is a chaotic ellipse and could fly off into the sun or
> >> space at any moment.
>
> > Due to your incessant predilection at telling lies and then never
> > answering for them, I'm going to have to ask for either a proof for that
> > assertion, or for a cite of your source.
>
> > Are you able to provide either one?   No?  I didn't think so.
>
> > It's so easy catching you in a lie. All I have to do is wait for you to
> > post something.
>
> > Are you not even the least concerned over how embarrassed your descendents
> > will be after reading the legacy of lies you have left behind?  They will
> > disown you. Some will disavow even being related to you at all.
>
> > It's only your life your destroying.
>
> Glad to see that your humour bypass operation was a complete success.

The humour part of the brain is not easily accessible, he should get
his whole brain washed out of the loony dirts first before
contamination sets in.

[Yap]

And he has many many perfect followers too.

[linuxgal]

Armchair Mountaineering wrote:

> There are a *lot* of Geocentricism believers on Facebook also.
>

Actually, they believe the world revolves around themselves.

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[MarkA]

Very true. I wonder if they avoid going above the 2nd floor of
skyscrapers, for fear that they will "burn up"?

>
> ---
> Voting: A religious delusion that cultists and atheists agree on

[Armchair Mountaineering]

MarkA <som...@somewhere.invalid> wrote:
>On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:05:52 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>> MarkA <som...@somewhere.invalid> wrote:
>>>On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:58:21 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>>>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>>>> and if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is
>>>> amazing!

> I wonder if they avoid going above the 2nd floor of
>skyscrapers, for fear that they will "burn up"?

Oh yeah! I didn't think of that. And does the Chrtistian who posted that
to Facebook live at sea level and refuses to climb any higher for fear of
burning up?

[Father Haskell]

On Aug 16, 12:55 pm, to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair
Mountaineering ) wrote:

> MarkA <some...@somewhere.invalid> wrote:
> >On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:05:52 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
> >> MarkA <some...@somewhere.invalid> wrote:
> >>>On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:58:21 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:

> >>>>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.28444483...

> >>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
> >>>> and if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is
> >>>> amazing!
> > I wonder if they avoid going above the 2nd floor of
> >skyscrapers, for fear that they will "burn up"?
>
> Oh yeah! I didn't think of that. And does the Chrtistian who posted that
> to Facebook live at sea level and refuses to climb any higher for fear of
> burning up?

Yahweh will be struck with skyscraper envy and smote it
before that ever happens.

[Armchair Mountaineering]

linuxgal <linu...@cleanposts.com> wrote:
>Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>> There are a *lot* of Geocentricism believers on Facebook also.
>Actually, they believe the world revolves around themselves.

Which is why they created gods for themselves to play with. The
Geocentric believers on Facebook all proclaim their belief with
references to the contemporary versions of the classical Christanic
mythologies.

[duke]

to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair Mountaineering ) wrote:
>

> Oh yeah! I didn't think of that. And does the Chrtistian who posted that
> to Facebook live at sea level and refuses to climb any higher for fear of
> burning up?
>
> ---
> Voting: A religious delusion that cultists and atheists agree on
>

The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his
certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.

This is the place for theists.

[Zacharias Mulletstein]

Father Haskell <father...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >skyscrapers, for fear that they will "burn up"?
> >
> > Oh yeah! I didn't think of that. And does the Chrtistian who posted that
> > to Facebook live at sea level and refuses to climb any higher for fear of
> > burning up?
>
> Yahweh will be struck with skyscraper envy and smote it
> before that ever happens.

There are many important ideas atheists promote. The following are just
a few of them; don't be surprised to see ideas which are also present in
some religions.

- There is more to moral behavior than mindlessly following rules.
- Be especially skeptical of positive claims.
- If you want your life to have some sort of meaning, it's up to you to
find it.
- Search for what is true, even if it makes you uncomfortable.
- Make the most of your life, as it's probably the only one you'll have.
- It's no good relying on some external power to change you; you must
change yourself.
- Just because something's popular doesn't mean it's good.
- If you must assume something, assume something easy to test.
- Don't believe things just because you want them to be true.

And finally (and most importantly):

- All beliefs should be open to question.

[Slade]

On 8/16/2012 12:05 AM, Mike Painter wrote:
> On 8/15/2012 8:13 PM, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>> Mike Painter <md.pa...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Slade wrote:
>>>> On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Mike Painter wrote:
>>>>> On 8/14/2012 6:58 PM, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>>>>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>>>>>> and if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is
>>>>>> amazing!
>>>>> False. The orbit is a chaotic ellipse and could fly off into the
>>>>> sun or
>>>>> space at any moment.
>>
>> LOL.
>>
>>>> Due to your incessant predilection at telling lies and then never
>>>> answering for them, I'm going to have to ask for either a proof for
>>>> that
>>>> assertion, or for a cite of your source.

>>> Do to your [snip]

Never mind. That's all I needed to see.

The proper spelling for the word you used was in the sentence just
previous to this one.

But you misspelled it anyway.

I see, more plainer than ever before, just what type of low-class
individual you really are.

That's all I needed to see to know that you were lying, since you also
failed to provide a cite for a source, or two.

How proud of you do you think your descendents will be now?

[Mike Painter]

On 8/16/2012 3:39 PM, Slade wrote:
>
> Never mind. That's all I needed to see.
>
> The proper spelling for the word you used was in the sentence just
> previous to this one.
>
> But you misspelled it anyway.
>
> I see, more plainer than ever before, just what type of low-class
> individual you really are.
>
> That's all I needed to see to know that you were lying, since you also
> failed to provide a cite for a source, or two.
>
> How proud of you do you think your descendents will be now?
>

I may mispeel (sic) words but am careful not to point it out to others.
I may say something like "I see, more plainer" while trying to avoid the
content of the argument.

The earths orbit in chaotic and even if it was not the ten foot idea
shows a lack of understanding of the concept of an ellipse.

[Smiler]

Wait!...

[Father Haskell]

On Aug 16, 9:01 pm, Smiler <Youmus...@JoeKing.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:40:06 -0700, Father Haskell wrote:
> > On Aug 16, 1:30 am, to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair
> > Mountaineering ) wrote:
> >> Father Haskell <fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >On Aug 15, 2:43=A0pm, Christopher A. Lee <chrislee95...@comcast.net>
> >> >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <some...@somewhere.invalid>
> >> >>>Heh. =A0The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is
> >> >>>elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is
> >> >>>about 5,000,000 km
> >> >> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
> >> >Kent Hovind is a perfect idiot.
>
> >> How DARE you talk about a man of god like that?! He's as upright and
> >> scientifically sound as Jimmy Swaggart!
>
> > Hovind got busted with a prostitute?  When?
>
> Wait!...

I'm too impatient. Let's send him one. Anyone know
if Hovind is into any kinky stuff?

[Chris Diesel]

"Armchair Mountaineering " <to...@armchairmountaineering.com> wrote in

message news:TqKdnXynZMF3uLDN...@posted.sonicnet...

If we stick to this same flawed logic. If hell is below us, then wouldn't
hell have frozen over?

[Armchair Mountaineering]

Slade <sl...@here.now> wrote:
>On 8/16/2012 12:05 AM, Mike Painter wrote:
>> On 8/15/2012 8:13 PM, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>>> Mike Painter <md.pa...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Slade wrote:
>>>>> On 8/15/2012 2:21 PM, Mike Painter wrote:
>>>>>> On 8/14/2012 6:58 PM, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>>>>>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>>>>>>> and if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is
>>>>>>> amazing!
>>>>>> False. The orbit is a chaotic ellipse and could fly off into the
>>>>>> sun or
>>>>>> space at any moment.
>>>
>>> LOL.
>>>
>>>>> Due to your incessant predilection at telling lies and then never
>>>>> answering for them, I'm going to have to ask for either a proof for
>>>>> that
>>>>> assertion, or for a cite of your source.
>>>> Do to your [snip]

>Never mind. That's all I needed to see.

You're incapable of seeing. You have religious FOX "News" blinders on.

--- Looks like vegetables he can cram up his Christian ass.

[Armchair Mountaineering]

Father Haskell <father...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Aug 16, 9:01=A0pm, Smiler <Youmus...@JoeKing.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:40:06 -0700, Father Haskell wrote:
>>> On Aug 16, 1:30 am, to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair
>>> Mountaineering ) wrote:
>>>> Father Haskell <fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>>On Aug 15, 2:43=3DA0pm, Christopher A. Lee <chrislee95...@comcast.net=
>>>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <some...@somewhere.invali=
>>>>>>>Heh. =3DA0The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is

>>>>>>>elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is
>>>>>>>about 5,000,000 km
>>>>>> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
>>>>>Kent Hovind is a perfect idiot.
>>>> How DARE you talk about a man of god like that?! He's as upright and
>>>> scientifically sound as Jimmy Swaggart!

>>> Hovind got busted with a prostitute? =A0When?

>> Wait!...
>I'm too impatient. Let's send him one. Anyone know
>if Hovind is into any kinky stuff?

Hovind is still in prison for his frauds against Christians, hopefully
getting a daily gentile reminder that rooking money from the faithful
has consequences.

[Slade]

You're the one who keeps dancing around to avoid the content of the
argument.

Can you, or can you not give a cite for your source?

Your descendents will be sitting on the edge of their seats right about
now, waiting to see if you due (sic), or not.

[MarkA]

You forget that Xtian wack-a-loons have no understanding of
thermodynamics, hence their silly insistence that the theory of evolution
violates the 2nd law of it.

[Father Haskell]

On Aug 17, 12:39 am, wblev...@fbi.gov (Armchair Mountaineering )

wrote:
> Father Haskell <fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Aug 16, 9:01=A0pm, Smiler <Youmus...@JoeKing.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:40:06 -0700, Father Haskell wrote:
> >>> On Aug 16, 1:30 am, to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair
> >>> Mountaineering ) wrote:
> >>>> Father Haskell <fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>>On Aug 15, 2:43=3DA0pm, Christopher A. Lee <chrislee95...@comcast.net=
> >>>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <some...@somewhere.invali=
> >>>>>>>Heh. =3DA0The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is
> >>>>>>>elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is
> >>>>>>>about 5,000,000 km
> >>>>>> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
> >>>>>Kent Hovind is a perfect idiot.
> >>>> How DARE you talk about a man of god like that?! He's as upright and
> >>>> scientifically sound as Jimmy Swaggart!
> >>> Hovind got busted with a prostitute? =A0When?
> >> Wait!...
> >I'm too impatient.  Let's send him one.  Anyone know
> >if Hovind is into any kinky stuff?
>
> Hovind is still in prison for his frauds against Christians, hopefully
> getting a daily gentile reminder that rooking money from the faithful
> has consequences.
>
> --- Looks like vegetables he can cram up his Christian ass.

Ah, yes. Kent Hovind and his cellmate, aka Mr. and Mrs.
Tossed Salad Man.

[Joe Derte']

Robert Parker <robpa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:37:49 +1000, "Chris Diesel"

>How can people be so stupid as to believe this shit, and believe there are
>others as stupid as them.

Jesus is the answer.

Nobody ever accused Republicans of being smart. Ever.

---
"I VOTED!" stickers:
Idiots labeling themselves to show everyone that they're gullible idiots

[Bert]

In news:W_6dneuB2LJnUrPN...@posted.sonicnet
wble...@fbi.gov (Joe Derte') wrote:

> Jesus is the answer.

What's the question?

--
be...@iphouse.com St. Paul, MN

[Smiler]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:41:05 -0500, Robert Parker wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:37:49 +1000, "Chris Diesel"
> <die...@no.real.address.com.au> wrote:
>
>

> How can people be so stupid as to believe this shit, and believe there are
> others as stupid as them.

No belief neccessary, as it's a fact that THERE ARE others a stupid as
them.

[Smiler]

Slade is a Calvin Ramsey sock.

[Smiler]

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:39:54 -0700, Budikka666 wrote:

> On Aug 14, 8:58�pm, to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair
> Mountaineering ) wrote:
>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.28444483...

>>
>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up
>> and if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is
>> amazing!
>

> FACT: You are far too ignorant and stupid, especially regarding the
> reality of Earth's elliptical orbit to even merit any effort to slam you
> with a better insult.
>
> Budikka

Budikka,
Armchair Mountaineering was QUOTING a Christianic moron on Facebook.
Those were not his words.

[linuxgal]

Christopher A. Lee wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <som...@somewhere.invalid>

> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:58:21 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>>>

>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
>>> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!

>> Heh. The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is

>> elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is about
>> 5,000,000 km
>
> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
>

Sure. Perfect. 7900 miles x 7297 miles.


--
Sixty-five million (32%) of American women are overweight. These are
round figures.

[Father Haskell]

On Aug 18, 10:45 am, linuxgal <linux...@cleanposts.com> wrote:
> Christopher A. Lee wrote:

> > On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <some...@somewhere.invalid>

> > wrote:
>
> >> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:58:21 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>

> >>>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.28444483...

>
> >>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
> >>> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
> >> Heh.  The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is
> >> elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is about
> >> 5,000,000 km
>
> > One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
>
> Sure. Perfect.  7900 miles x 7297 miles.

That, and a perfect sphere would have no mountains.

[Christopher A. Lee]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:53:07 -0500, Robert Parker
<robpa...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:45:15 -0700, linuxgal <linu...@cleanposts.com>
>wrote:

>
>>Christopher A. Lee wrote:
>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:03:23 -0400, MarkA <som...@somewhere.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:58:21 +0000, Armchair Mountaineering wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=445207845524072&set=a.284444838267041..74398..284438941600964&type=1&permPage=1
>>>>>
>>>>> FACT: If the Earth was 10 feet closer to the sun we would all burn up and
>>>>> if it was 10 feet further we would freeze to death... GOD is amazing!
>>>> Heh. The poster seems to be unaware that the orbit of Earth is
>>>> elliptical, and the difference between aphelion and perihelion is about
>>>> 5,000,000 km
>>>
>>> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!

>Sure problem it's not a sphere it a oval.
>BTW the earth is closer to the Sun in the winter further during the summer.
>Look it up.

>>>
>>Sure. Perfect. 7900 miles x 7297 miles.

We were talking about the Earth's orbit, and Hovind said _that_ was a
perfect sphere.

It's not a sphere and not even a circle, but as the earlier poster
said, it's an ellipse.

It's the axial tilt that causes winter - It's not just the shorter
days, but also Lambert's cosine law: a beam a metre square strikes the
Earth at an angle, to illuminate or heat an area proportional to the
cosine of that angle. The lower the sun, the larger the area it needs
to illuminate with the same amount of energy.

[Slade]

On 8/18/2012 2:53 PM, Robert Parker wrote:

>>> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!

> Sure problem it's not a sphere it a oval.

Inconsistency noted.
A sphere is a 3-dimensional object, whereas an oval is a 2-dimensional
object.
The Earth is an ellipsoid.

> BTW the earth is closer to the Sun in the winter further during the summer.
> Look it up.

When it's summer in the Northern hemisphere, it is winter in the
Southern hemisphere, and vice-versa.

You need to be more specific. Which of those two possible options are
you referring to?

[Smiler]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:11:37 -0400, Slade wrote:

> On 8/18/2012 2:53 PM, Robert Parker wrote:
>
>>>> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
>
>> Sure problem it's not a sphere it a oval.
>
> Inconsistency noted.
> A sphere is a 3-dimensional object, whereas an oval is a 2-dimensional
> object.
> The Earth is an ellipsoid.

Bwahahaha! An elipsoid is also a two dimensional object, moron.
Try again, Calvin.

The Earth's an oblate spheroid.

[Slade]

On 8/18/2012 8:50 PM, Smiler wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:11:37 -0400, Slade wrote:
>
>> On 8/18/2012 2:53 PM, Robert Parker wrote:
>>
>>>>> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
>>
>>> Sure problem it's not a sphere it a oval.
>>
>> Inconsistency noted.
>> A sphere is a 3-dimensional object, whereas an oval is a 2-dimensional
>> object.
>> The Earth is an ellipsoid.
>
> Bwahahaha! An elipsoid is also a two dimensional object, moron.

tic toc tic toc tic toc tic toc

[linuxgal]

Smiler wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:11:37 -0400, Slade wrote:
>
>> On 8/18/2012 2:53 PM, Robert Parker wrote:
>>
>>>>> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
>>> Sure problem it's not a sphere it a oval.
>> Inconsistency noted.
>> A sphere is a 3-dimensional object, whereas an oval is a 2-dimensional
>> object.
>> The Earth is an ellipsoid.
>
> Bwahahaha! An elipsoid is also a two dimensional object, moron.
> Try again, Calvin.
>
> The Earth's an oblate spheroid.
>

Actually, an ellipsoid has three dimensions, but it is symmetrical about
a long axis, like a football. A spheroid is symmetrical about a short
axis, like a tomato.

[Mike Painter]

Context, the word you want to understand is context.

[Calvin Ramsey]

[Slade]

You can only make empty and, most of the time, false accusations.

But you never can finish explaining what you mean to say.

Anybody can do the first one.

The second one is a little bit harder.

[Olrik]

Le 2012-08-18 23:01, Slade a �crit :

KOOK FIGHT!


>

[Black Coffee]

Slade <sl...@here.now> wrote:
>On 8/18/2012 2:53 PM, Robert Parker wrote:
>>>> One of Kent Hovind's videos says it's a pefect sphere!
>> Sure problem it's not a sphere it a oval.
>Inconsistency noted.
>A sphere is a 3-dimensional object, whereas an oval is a 2-dimensional

>object. he Earth is an ellipsoid.

>> BTW the earth is closer to the Sun in the winter further during the summer.
>> Look it up.
>When it's summer in the Northern hemisphere, it is winter in the
>Southern hemisphere, and vice-versa.
>You need to be more specific. Which of those two possible options are
>you referring to?

It's the angle of insolation that determines the seasons, not
whether the planet is approaching perigee or apogee.

Winter Solstice only roughly equates to perigee because the people who
marked the solstice lived in the Northern hemisphere. Geography decided
the issue. :)