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Quote #131 "To Assert That The Earth Revolves Around The Sun Is As Erroneous As To Claim That Jesus Was Not Born Of A Virgin.
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"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to
claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin."
-- Cardinal Bellarmine 1615, during the trial of Galileo
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Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus the Pythagorean believes that, like the sun and moon, it revolves around the fire in an oblique circle.
Heraclides of Pontus and Ecphantus the Pythagorean make the earth move, not in a progressive motion, but like a wheel in rotation from west to east around its own center....
Born again virgin.
Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun.
Beneath this stone a virgin lies, For her life held no terrors.
A virgin born, a virgin died: No hits, no runs, no errors....