Saturday, April 19, 2008

What's so Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Aristarchus?

Whether the Sun or the Earth is at the center of the solar system is simply a matter of perception. To go to blows over the arbitrary definitions and approximations preferred by one group or another is in itself the very madness that separates humanity from the divine.

Aristarchus of Samos was no more a prophet than a pioneer. He was no less a heathen than a saint. He simply favored one set of approximate estimates over another.

Nevertheless, until I have it in God's own script, you will not find me turning to bloodshed in His name.

(Thanks go to theturtlewatch.com for the pic.)

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