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US conservatives confounded about having to agree with Saudi cleric:A Saudi cleric has drawn ridicule on social media after claiming that the Earth does not rotate, and that the Sun orbits the Earth.
Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari, answering questions from students at a university in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, told his audience the Earth is "stationary and does not move".
To prove his point, Mr Khaibari launched into a convoluted effort to explain his theory using the example of an airplane flying to China.
"If we leave Sharjah airport on an international flight to China... the Earth is rotating, right?" he asked sarcastically. "So, if the plane stops still on air, wouldn't China be coming towards it? True or not?"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/11419428/Watch-Saudi-cleric-tells-students-Earth-does-not-rotate.html
FSogol
(45,488 posts)lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)Anyone who chooses to listen for any amount of time will come away with anti-science conclusions like this.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)Gman
(24,780 posts)Just like evolution gets in the way.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)We ain't movin'! Shouldn't the branches been leaning one way or the other with the wind created?
Archae
(46,335 posts)Ron Paul gave a keynote speech to them.
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2013/9/6/195018/9064/Dominionism_in_the_military/Ron_Paul_to_Speak_at_Holocaust_Denier_s_Gala_Dinner_Fundraiser_
samsingh
(17,599 posts)maybe in 500 years they'll evolve as well
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I'm pretty sure a fair number of Saudis have this figured out...
samsingh
(17,599 posts)"If we leave Sharjah airport on an international flight to China... the Earth is rotating, right?" he asked sarcastically. "So, if the plane stops still on air, wouldn't China be coming towards it? True or not?"
Enrique
(27,461 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...is that this assclown wouldn't be able to figure out how to fly a plane into a building.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)edhopper
(33,587 posts)he is right. To the people on the plane, China is coming towards them.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)spouting complete nonsense with absolute assuredness.
Apparently he's not a scientist either. Amazing !
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)that orbits the earth.
The solar system...the galaxy...the entire universe...
they all revolve around HIM.
oy
malaise
(269,049 posts)no biggie - the home grown fools say the earth is 6,000 years and there were no dinosaurs.
CanonRay
(14,104 posts)benld74
(9,904 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)If it did, we would always be dizzy.
Basic common fucking sense.
edhopper
(33,587 posts)we have people in Congress this stupid as well.