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#172280
Mike
Occam's Razor disagrees.
2/28/2007 10:50:04 PM
#173191
Trilobiter
The Moon is only about 240,000 miles from the Earth. Try again.
3/1/2007 9:32:56 PM
#173273
Mark
Hindu fundie?
3/1/2007 10:49:57 PM
#173276
JaredM
You fail, please try again ^_^
3/1/2007 10:51:25 PM
#173359
Julian
The Vedic account of our planetary system is already invented, concluded, and perfectly inane.
There we go!
Go bang your tambourines somewhere else...
3/2/2007 12:08:35 AM
#173708
Metatwaddle
I'm still trying to figure this out. They think the sun is closer to the earth than the moon is to the earth? Someone help me out here.
3/2/2007 5:47:34 AM
#173839
Redhunter
Metatwaddle: No help from me, I recognize the words, but the arrangement of them has me baffled.
3/2/2007 9:25:23 AM
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3/2/2007 9:42:44 AM
#173898
Wise Son
Is he seriously suggesting that the Moon is 1 million miles further from Earth than the Sun?
That's a serious loss.
3/2/2007 11:36:08 AM
#173980
Tiny Bulcher
Does Brent know about this?
3/2/2007 1:58:08 PM
#174068
DG
Lol @Tiny Bulcher :)
3/2/2007 3:48:26 PM
#174106
Jeebus
If the moon is indeed farther from the earth than the sun, then perhaps prabhupada Hare Krishnas would like to explain how total solar eclipses can possibly occur under such a scenario.
3/2/2007 4:38:10 PM
#174134
Doctor Whom
That's quite a shoehorn you've got there. The followers of the God of Abraham must be disappointed that they don't have the only one.
3/2/2007 5:18:11 PM
#175865
David B.
So the Moon is further away from the Earth than the Sun is it? Guess it must be a bit bigger too, to look so large in the sky every night, right?
So how come our comparatively teensy-weensy likkul Earth cast such a frigging big shadow on that humungous ol' Moon during last night's lunar eclipse?
3/4/2007 6:33:51 PM
#199178
NonProphet
A Hindu fundie?
Now THIS is a new and refreshing brand of idiocy.
4/2/2007 8:13:29 PM
#205325
Matilde
Hindu fundies..................and we have the ecumenism of stupidity. The most incredible idea, this guy, whose spiritual leaders were not astronauts precisely, is asking us for proof of how something done, with no other data except his own speculations and taking as reference THE SUN!!. He should make a team with Brent.
4/10/2007 3:25:54 PM
#205413
Brian X
I don't know much about it, but apparently Hindutva is almost as big a problem in India as fundamentalism is in the Middle East and the US. Granted these are Hare Krishnas, but they're essentially Hindus anyway (with a few differences, but close enough that devout Hindus sometimes worship with them).
4/10/2007 5:01:29 PM
#278473
King Duncan
The what does what now?!?
How could one be so clear on the math and yet have the most basic part so very very wrong?
The moon farther than the sun? Sorry, the flat earthers make more sense.
8/21/2007 12:18:53 AM
#278474
anti-nonsense
Well at least this is ORIGINAL batshit insanity.
8/21/2007 12:20:08 AM
#278486
Brian X
Do these guys know, btw, that a sufficiently motivated ham radio operator can figure out the moon's distance with a handheld transmitter, a computer, and a high-gain antenna? Really hardcore hams do moon bounces all the time...
8/21/2007 12:58:29 AM
#278505
Lt. Fred
You killed all the respect I had for the Hindu religion for not appearing on this site, in one go!
8/21/2007 2:50:48 AM
#278514
Oriet
The Moon is further from the Earth than the Sun is? WTF? How do you propose that a solar eclipse of any kind can take place? Yes, the average distance from the Earth to the Sun is approximately 93 million miles, but from the Earth to the Moon is ~240 thousand miles. This makes the Sun about 388 times further away from the Earth than the Moon is.
Of course, it seems that the Vedic account says "The first stratum of the covering (earth) is calculated to extend eighty million miles..." ( http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/planetarium/index.htm in case you want to look). Now, the surface area of the Earth is about 197 million square miles including the oceans; only about 58 million square miles for just land. but even still, [color=red]square miles =/= miles distance! [color]
I guess this goes to show that not all fundies beat their brains in with the wholey babble.
8/21/2007 4:01:44 AM
#278515
Oriet
Damn, the ycodes don't seem to work right. Anyone know how to color text now?
8/21/2007 4:03:51 AM
#278523
Ambrielle
^^Did you forget a backslash somewhere :)?
8/21/2007 4:38:08 AM
#278588
Tomby Stone
Oh my God, here it is, conclusive proof that the moon landings were fake !!! There's just no other explanation. I mean other than the Vedas being utter bullshit.
8/21/2007 9:11:13 AM
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