Re: Before the nonsense breaks out

Hi Bob,

Greetings from York, UK.

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed and appreciated your debate with
Oriel on the sci.astro.amateur newsgroup. I take my hat off to you.. Others
have challenged him before, but have given up in the face of his unshakable
delusions. I am delighted and very impressed to see you push him to the
point where even his over inflated ego has faltered and stuttered to retain
his flawed arguments.

All the years he has been pushing his "ideas" have lead me to the obvious
conclusion that he is totally fixated on a non-issue and obsessed with
criticising Newton.

I find he is incapable of explaing his point, and when cornered frequently
resorts to claiming "we" are unable to understand him, or "we" are not worth
reasoning with.

In the thread, you and others got him to state he believes the earth rotates
through 360 degrees in 24 hours ! Somehow he just doesn't see the plain
facts of axial rotation period, and daily rotation relative to local noon.
At the end of the day (no pun intended), it's all relative to the measurment
reference points selected.

I laugh to myself when I see him claiming we, as astronomers, don't
understand the rotation of the Earth, it's eliptical orbit around the sun,
it's axial tilt, and the relation between sidereal and local noon time. The
gall of the man! And frequently he insults us for taking images and using
our "magnifying" telescopes :-).

Anyway, well done once again, and very best wishes. If you are ever passing
Yotk, in the UK, do seek out the York AS, and drop in to see us.

Clear, dark skies.

Paul Buglass, York, UK.

www.yorkastro.co.uk

"Bob Remeaux" <brem@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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oriel36 wrote:
On Apr 14, 10:27 pm, Bob Remeaux <b...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

oriel36 wrote:

On Apr 14, 7:59 pm, Bob Remeaux <b...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you are incapable of sustaining your argument it is sheer delusion
to
blame it on anyone but yourself. Having no arguments, you squirm and
turn to avoid giving an honest answer to a simple question. Worst of
all, you do the gravest dishonour to the name of the religion you claim
to follow.- Hide quoted text -

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No offence but insisting that the Earth rotates through 360 degrees in
23 hours 56 minutes 04 seconds is comparable to the insistance of flat
Earthers or 7 day evolutionary creationists,I am not joking,it really
is that catastrophic and there are so many of you.

But since you have not explained *why* you believe this, we need give no
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No group of people have ever behaved like this,although it is a 100%
geometric certainty that axial rotation through 360 degrees is Not
anywhere close to 23 hours 56 minutes 04 seconds,

Your second problem is that you are wishing to use a moving hypothetical
reference (the 'mean' sun) for your fiducial marker.


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