From: martinharran@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:15:23 -0600, RonO    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2/20/2026 8:07 PM, John Harshman wrote:   
      
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   >> How many of the church fathers ever mentioned geocentrissm?   
   >   
   >As far as I know the   
      
   In other words, you are guessing.   
      
   > "Taught" change was only implemented after the   
   >geocentric beliefs of the church fathers was found to be wanting.  At   
   >the time of Galileo the Inquisition was going with what the Council of   
   >Trent had laid down.   
   >   
   >Elsewhere I put up 4 of them that used Bible verses to support   
   >geocentrism.  The rest wrote about the creation as if it were geocentric   
   >and did not dismiss the Biblical belief.  Just like the authors of the   
   >Bible and the New testament wrote about what they understood to be the   
   >case.  This is not considered "teaching" geocentrism by the wafflers.   
      
   According to your logic, the astronomers and meteorologists of today   
   are also geocentrists because they tell me that the sun will "rise" at   
   my home at 7:34 a.m. tomorrow, will "reach" its highest point at  1:28   
   p.m. and will "set" at 5:53p.m..   
      
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