Delusions of Geocentricity

Here’s a link to the Fixed Earth website. Could it be a joke or a scam? Must be, surely? Well, have a look at this blog: Heliocentrism is an Atheist Doctrine. While it may be natural and intuitive to think that Earth is at the centre of the universe, science and logic tell us otherwise. There are an estimated 200-400 billion stars in our home galaxy alone. And it is now thought that most of these have a planetary system of some sort. Multiply this by an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe!

Does the Earth Really Move?

Our home, planet Earth, is not at the centre of the universe. It’s not even at the centre of the Solar System. Doesn’t everybody know that? Apparently not! There are people who believe the Earth is fixed in space and that the entire universe moves around it. In other words, they think the sun and all the other planets of the Solar System revolve around a stationary Earth in such a way that it creates the illusion of heliocentricity. Why on Earth would people think that?

The “Geocentricity” Malaise

People once believed that our planet was at the center of the cosmos and that the sun, moon, planets and stars all orbited around Earth. They also believed that humans were special in some way, created by the gods to fulfill a grand destiny. The idea that mankind and Earth are important and at the center of everything is intuitive, but it is simply not supported by the evidence. Regardless, I think that many people still suffer from the old geocentricity malaise.