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| Saudi cleric claims Sun rotates around the Earth |
| 2015-02-22 |
| [SG.NEWS.YAHOO] A Saudi cleric has become the topic of discussion on Twitter after he rejected the scientific fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun, claiming the exact opposite and added that the Earth is stationary. "E pur se muove." A video posted on YouTube shows Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari answering students' questions and rejecting the centuries-old discovery that the Sun stays still, while Earth and other planets rotate around it. When a student asked the cleric whether the Earth was stationary or moving, he replied "stationary and [it] does not move". Then he went on to explain his theory while holding on to a sealed water cup and said: "First of all, where are we now? We go to Sharjah airport to travel to China by plane." The cleric then asked the students to focus and continued, "This is Earth, if you say it rotates, if we leave Sharjah airport on international flight to China, the Earth is rotating right? So if the plane stands still in the air, wouldn't China be coming towards it? "If the Earth rotates on the other direction, the plane will not be able to reach China. Because China is also rotating as the plane rotates." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 D *** NG, I KNEW IT! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-02-22 22:19 |
| #8 And this is the best scholars that the middle east can produce. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-02-22 21:28 |
| #7 So you gotta be careful, if you miss China you could fall off the edge. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2015-02-22 18:20 |
| #6 Yeah. The Earth is flat too. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2015-02-22 18:19 |
| #5 So...he is saying the earth is the airplane and everything rotates around it. I think I got a nosebleed. Let me take a wild ass guess. Everything revolves around mecca. Sheikh Bandar doesn't walk...he moves the universe. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-02-22 17:51 |
| #4 A true seventh century man! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-02-22 12:52 |
| #3 So this genius turban says that the earth neither orbits the sun or rotates on its axis. How about we send him to the moon to watch? He can bring his own suit and air. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-02-22 07:41 |
| #2 Real Men of Geniusâ„¢ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-02-22 07:11 |
| #1 To think that all the (little) time of my studying Copernicus was for nothing... |
| Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp15048 2015-02-22 00:35 |