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ZachKessin
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Joseph, your knowledge of Torah may be quite good but your knowledge of astronomy and physics is to be blunt totally wrong.

You can not accurately say that the Sun moves around the earth using Newtionain Physics or relativity. It just does not work that way, and all the hand waving won’t make it work. The Earth goes around the Sun. (Well technically they both go around the common center of mass, but the sun is about 1,000,000 times as massive as the Earth so thats a rather academic point).

It may surprise you but in the 400 years since the telescope was first pointed at the night sky (and it is 400 years this year) our knowledge has expanded beyond what you probably imagine. If you really want to learn about it google “Richard Pogge Astronomy 161” and listen to his podcasts. (also 162)

Eppuir Si Mouve (and yet still it moves)