A Saudi cleric in a recent video rejected the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun and claimed that the opposite is true, Al Arabia News reported.
His statements sparked a wave of social media remarks across the globe.
When a student questioned him about whether the Earth was stationary or moving, Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari responded with “stationary and does not move.”
To support his theory, Khaibari quoted some clerics and chose to present some religious statements. He then used some visuals to further strengthen his argument.
Holding up a sealed water cup, he questioned “First of all, where are we now? We go to Sharjah airport to travel to China by plane, clear? Focus with me, this is Earth,” he said pointing at the sealed cup.
He then argued that if a plane stops still in the air, “China would be coming towards it in case the Earth rotates in one direction. If the Earth rotates in the opposite direction, the plane would never reach China, because China is also rotating,” he explained.
A wave of controversial remarks flooded social media, following the clerics video, so much so that a new hashtag began trending on
In an interesting remark, one user tweeted: “What a coincidence that this would occur on Galileo’s birthday!”
Galileo was accused by the church for many of his beliefs including his support for the Copernican theory that the Earth and other planets revolved around the sun.
Re: Saudi cleric claims Earth is stationary, does not revolve around Sun
I knew one guy who thought Canada was last county on the earth, if you went any further you would fall off the earth.
I wonder why he did not make to the news.
Re: Saudi cleric claims Earth is stationary, does not revolve around Sun
Monk it is news that the religious right, regardless of religion, is trying it’s hardest to pull us back from progress. Examples from nuts from other religions are welcome. And am sure there will be plenty.
As we have discussed before, there is science. And there is religion. When the two are incompatible, we should go with science.
Re: Saudi cleric claims Earth is stationary, does not revolve around Sun
Monk. I said religious nuts. I also stated the religious right. Not religious people. Stop confusing the two. The flat earth society in the west are nuts, mostly religious nuts.
Definitely not addressed to folks such as you, Monk bhi…
Re: Saudi cleric claims Earth is stationary, does not revolve around Sun
Same level of intelligence as the people who consider ISIL as representative of Islam But hey these days any insecure Muslim needs a reason to make themselves feel better.
Re: Saudi cleric claims Earth is stationary, does not revolve around Sun
We always have an agreement, Monk bhi. Sometimes it just takes you a while to understand I am an equal opportunity critic of religious nuts on the extreme right - regardless of religion.
And other times, I don’t understand your circle square triangle analogy.
But hey these days any insecure Muslim needs a reason to make themselves feel better.
