On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:01:27 -0600, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He couldn't be arrested for countering Aristotle, so they used scripture. > But, if the earth orbiting the sun were really a theological problem, then > why in the world would Pope Gregory have consulted a number of Copernican > astronomers when he made his colander? Especially, since the Copernican > system didn't offer that big of an advantage over the Ptolemy system until > Kepler used ellipses instead of perfect circles.
Well, because obviously making a colander with epicycles is madness compared to using concentric circles. I mean, just imagine the trouble the maids would have cleaning out the axels and wiping all the holes clean! ~Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
