Jump to navigationOdd BooksReviews and News of Very Strange Books Search form Search You are here 1. Home› 2. Odd Books› Does the Earth Rotate? NO! Author(s): William Westfield [pseudonym of William Edgell?] Publisher: The Author Edition / Year: 1919 Inexact Science In the compiling of this little book as a contradiction of the theory of the present Astronomers I have made a special pointof being as concise and plainas possible in putting forward my proofs, and to do so I have used simple languagenot indulging in astronomical terms. My intention is to place all my facts in aplainand simple methodso that allmay conceive what I wish toprove, as the use of unnecessary terms and huge wording would only tend topuzzleand fog one in reading, hence I hope that those who peruse this book will be able to follow any argument and agree with my conviction that the earth is afixtureand the sun does certainly move. Thus begins this uncommon little tract, by which William Westfield hoped in vain to persuade the “Educational Authorities” to abandon the idea that the earth rotates, or indeed moves at all, in space.
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Anonymous replied on June 26, 2008 - 3:01pm Permalink
wow thats a good book I'm Muslim and many times Muslims disagreed the world and the scientists in some
theories , and after few years (or more) they find that Muslims were right. Example : for the new babies
,scientists said that meat forms before bones , where Islam disagreed that because the holey Q'uran says
that bones forms before meat. So,in Islam we the Muslims first refer to the Q'uran ,then we study it by
science. But in this case , we the Muslims are different with our opinions about this thing. Thanks for
reading my comment.
Anonymous replied on August 1, 2008 - 7:06pm Permalink
First of all, dumberst arguments ever. I could literally sit here for days giving REAL evidence why these
theories are horrible. Second, to the "Muslim" contributor. First off, being in the medical field I can tell you
for a fact that Muslims weren't the only ones who have those thories. In fact, about half of the world's MD'sbelieved that. As for the Q'uran and science. I noticed how you didn't mention the many, many, many other
things the Q'uran has been 100% wrong about when dealing with science? Summary: Both of you are
wasting everyone's time. By all means, keep believing in what you believe in, that is your right (at least in
America, not so much in many Muslim taught countries), but quit bothering the rest of us with your
conspiraacy theories that are universally rejected by anyone with a 4th grade education.
joy replied on February 18, 2010 - 12:14pm Permalink
YOU MAY B IN THE MEDICAL FIELD BUT YOU CERTAINLY DIDNT LEARN THE HOW TO
RESPECT SOMEONES OPINION N BELIEFS. IM A NON MUSLIM BUT I FEEL KNOW THE
OTHER PERSON SAID ABOUT QURAN IS TRUE, THAT DOESNT MAKE HER WRONG AND
YOUR COMMENT "(at least in America, not so much in many Muslim taught countries), " I FEEL YOU
SHOULD ALSO B TAUGHT SOME MANNERS, RESPECT AND CULTURE. JOY
Anonymous replied on May 24, 2011 - 11:06pm Permalink
Why are you so stupid?
Anonymous replied on February 24, 2011 - 3:13pm Permalink
lol..i quite agree with you..the comment above refering to quran being the ultimate truth is quite hilarious..
the quran also mentiones funny imaginative stuffs like earth being flat and spread like a carpet and held by
mountain tops amd wot not..! rubbish.... there are photographs of earth taken from space that clearly show
the earth is round... anyways, the rotation and revolving is only proved by the pendulam expirement and the
time lapse video recorded from space which cud well be due to other factors.... it is an assumption of
science that the earth moves.. and this theory very well supports the day night, season changes we see on
earth.... anyways, man cannot say for sure if our very own earth rotates and revolves then what makes him
assume he will reach other universes and galaxies and find out the secrets of the universe creation!?
Anonymous replied on April 21, 2011 - 9:59pm Permalink
salam you said "earth being flat and spread like a carpet and held by mountain tops amd wot not..!
rubbish.." first its not rubbish its word from our creator Allah he said what you mansion when he was
describing what will happen when the word end and nothing for sure mansion if our earth rotates just the
sun rotate
Anonymous replied on August 29, 2008 - 1:59pm Permalink
Thank you for wasting my time. 17+3=? see you in heaven
Anonymous replied on November 28, 2010 - 2:54am Permalink
the earth spins you have day and night as for the stone always landing in the same spot go sit in a train
plane car tank and throw it up.......the earth speed is 1000 mls per hr if GODS hand suddenly stopped it you
can bet that stone will fall many mls away travlling at mach1 along with yourself and the seas and any
thing no bolted down to bedrock cheers
Anonymous replied on August 29, 2008 - 2:06pm Permalink
So Newton was a jerk.. gravity doesn't exist right? Or maybe it does, but the Earth is much bigger than thesun? or Maybe our friend was broken and needed some money for his garden, so he wrote this book..
maybe
Anonymous replied on September 7, 2010 - 12:06pm Permalink
you're wrong......... gravity really exist... even you argue about the earth's rotation the gravity can't be
argued,, because gravity is a name of a force that pulls things down/ like when we jump we will land......
and also this is a reply to the other comments, the earth is not flat,,, these theories would prove it: if the
earth is flat//... when you are standing at a pier you should see a boat going ahead getting smaller, and as it
gets farther it is still visible to our eyes.. but that did not happen when we watch boats go ahead it gets
smaller as it gets farther but it looks like being swallowed by the sea... it didn't remain visible to our eyes//
it means that the earth is round....... and if the earth is flat, if we travel why do earth has no end? if we gowest west and west we will be back to the place to where we started... and if the earth is flat why can't we
see other countries by watching on tallest buildings? .........
Anonymous replied on October 29, 2008 - 9:04am Permalink
Why get annoyed about someone who thinks the world is flat, if his arguments are so bad you have to like
him?
Anonymous replied on January 3, 2009 - 8:22pm Permalink
I agree with you man, the earth is fixed and a clear evidence that will support your article, is that why in
any branch of science they always assume that the rotation is zero to solve any problem? does not therotation effect the credibility of the equation so why to set it zero and yet that means the earth does not
rotate. isn't this convincing. see you yesterday
Anonymous replied on January 4, 2009 - 5:29am Permalink
If the earth rotated how does a blimp photograph a ball game when it(the blimp) is stationary. How can the
earth move at about 1000mph and we cannot feel the movement. How can airplanes fly west and get to
their destinations. Wouldn't their destinations be rotating out of their way?. Do not believe everything you
hear, read or learn.
Sol replied on August 4, 2011 - 7:28pm Permalink
The reason an object appears stationary because it is caught in the same speed and rotation as the earth, the
earth may be moving fast but it's also huge the scale is so large that the turns are subtle and gentle likewaves in the sea. It doesn't take much to get off the ground and escape only 11 KM/S. But as long as your
inside the earth the pull holds you to it like the moon the moon rotates with the earth yet it's out in space
slowly rotating but it barely moves a blimp is fully capable of compensating for small movements. Wind
gust air speed and more, just because you don't think something is possible doesn't mean you should
dismiss it it means you need to read into it rather then hold a closed off view. We all grow up as children
but not all of us become adults.
Anonymous replied on August 30, 2011 - 6:25pm Permalink
Great response. Bet all of these guys think we went tithe moon as well.
Anonymous replied on February 11, 2009 - 5:37am Permalink
Sometimes the comments here are considerably odder than the books.
Alfred Armstrong replied on February 11, 2009 - 12:11pm Permalink
You're not wrong there. For years this site did not have a commenting facility. What wonders did we miss?
Anonymous replied on March 16, 2009 - 7:58pm Permalink
REFUTATION THAT THE EARTH ROTATES By AHMED RAZA KHAN a muslim scholar (1856-
1921) The earth moves constantly about its own axis and also round the sun, which is stationary. This
theory espoused by Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei, gained popularity all overthe world. The theory says that the speed of rotation of earth is 1036 miles per hour, i.e., 17.26 miles per
minute i.e., 30,389 yards per minute, i.e., 506.4 yards per second. Against this theory, nobody could speak.
It was A‘lahazrat who challenged it and declared:- "The Islamic principle is that the sky and earth are
stationary and the planets rotate. It is sun that moves round the earth; it is not earth that moves round the
sun." In order to substantiate it, A‘lahazrat put forward two-tier arguments. First, he quoted a number of
verses from Holy Qur’an and Hadith, the translation of some of which is given below: 1. The movement of
Sun and Moon is according to a course. 2. The sun and the moon are sailing within a circle. 3. The moon
and the sun were besieged for you which are constantly moving. [For detailed study, please see "Nuzool-i-
Ayat-i-Furqan Besukoon-i-Zameen-o-Aasman" of A‘lahazrat written in 1339 A.H, published from Riza
Academy, Bombay.] In 1920, he presented his book "Fauz-i-Mubin Dar Radd-i-Harkat-i-Zamin",
Published from Idara Sunni Dunia, Saudagran, Bareilly. This book contains 105 arguments, dozens of
diagrams and lots of calculations in refuting the said theory. Out of 105, I am giving below gist of only five
logical and axiomatic arguments which are quite easy and which can be understood by a man of average
intelligence. 1. If a heavy stone is thrown up straight, it would fall on the same place from where it was
thrown, whereas according to the theory of movement of earth, it must not happen. According to it, if the
earth were moving towards east, the stone would fall in west because during the time it went up and came
down, that place of earth from where the stone was thrown up, due to movement of earth, would slip away
towards east. Suppose, the process of stone going up and coming down took a time of 5 seconds, then
according to the said speed of movement of earth, that is, 506.4 yards per second, the earth would slip away
towards east by 2532 yards i.e. about one and a half miles In other words, the stone must fall in the west of
that place (place of throwing up the stone) at a distance of about one and a half miles but actually it would
fall on the same place from where it was thrown up. It shows that the said theory of movement of Earth is
wrong. 2. If two stones are thrown away at the same time and with the same power — one towards east and
the other towards west, then what should happen according to the said theory of movement of earth, is that
the stone going towards west must appear to be going very fast and that the stone going towards east very
lazy. Suppose the power of throwing the stone is 19 yards within three seconds, then the respective stones
would fall in the east and west at a distance of 19 yards only but according to the said theory, by the time
the westward stone would cover a distance of 19 yards in three seconds, the place from where the stoneswere thrown, would slip away towards east by 1519 yards (506.4 x 3) In this way, it must fall at a distance
of 1519+19 i.e. 1538 yards, whereas it would actually fall only at a distance of 19 yards. Similarly, the
other stone going towards east must fall in the west at a distance of 1519-19 i.e. 1500 yards, whereas
actually it would fall in the very east at a distance of 19 yards only. It shows that the said theory of
Movement of Earth is wrong. 3. Suppose, from a tree, two birds fly with equal speed and for equal period,
one of them goes towards east and the other towards west. Now if their flying speed is equal to the speed of
movement of earth, that is, if they fly at a speed of 1036 miles per hour, then according to the said theory,
bird going towards west must fly at a speed of 1036+1036 i.e. 2072 miles per hour (being its own speed
added by the speed of movement of earth), while the bird going towards east would not be able to move
even an inch as its speed after adjusting the speed of movement of earth (both being equal) would become
zero. On the contrary, what would actually happen is that the bird going eastward would go in the east to a
distance of 1036 miles during an hour and the bird going westward would go in the west at a distance of
1036 miles. It shows that the said theory of movement of Earth is wrong. For a bird, the abnormal speed offlight of 1036 miles per hour has been assumed only to bring it parallel to the speed of movement of earth
and simply to prove that according to the said theory, the bird flying towards east would not be able to
cover any distance even if it comes abreast of a plane in the matter of speed and flies at a rate of 1036 miles
per hour. 4. If it is intended to kill a bird appearing at a distance of 10 yards in the air from a particular
place and suppose it takes two seconds in stringing the bow and shooting the arrow, then by the time the
arrow is shot, that particular place would slip away within these two seconds at a distance of 1013 yards at
a speed of 506.4 yards per second being the speed of movement of earth and thus the arrow can never reach
the target, whereas it may be taken for granted that the arrow would hit the target. It shows that the theory
of movement of Earth is wrong. 5. If a bird is sitting on a pillar near its nest just at a distance of one yard,
even then it can never reach the nest, because in order to reach the nest, the bird shall have to fly — may it
be for a second or part thereof. The fact is that, the bird can never surpass the speed of 1036 miles per hour,
which is said to be the speed of movement of earth. It shows that the theory of Movement of the Earth is
wrong. Need you go yet for further arguments? Go on thinking over plane, gun, cannon, missile squad and
so forth. Thus, it's easy to come to the conclusion that a person who challenged the great scientists like
Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton etc, must have been a great scientist himself. What is required to
disprove the theories of these scientists, A‘lahazrat has done ahead of it but sooner or later its credit will be
bagged by someone else who will win the fight in the name of a scientist for, Ahmed Rida Khan is better
known as a Muslim theologian rather than a scientist. The above mentioned cases have no standing in the
science of physics. It is very obvious that the author and Mr. Ahmad Rida had no knowledge in the field of
physics, and if they did, it was not adequate.
Anonymous replied on April 24, 2009 - 5:07am Permalink
This is Great Stuff. I think many of us would love to hear you go into depth to reasons why the earth is
portrayed as spinning. Is it a giant conspiracy? Also: does the sun spin around the earth? how do night andday work? and the seasons? The apparent movement of stars? Does the entire universe spin around the
earth? How does The Foucault Pendulum work? If the truth ever becomes manifestly obvious to the world
what major outcomes do you predict? Mass conversion to Islam? the end of the pork industry? If you know
the truth it is your duty to pursue it!
Anonymous replied on July 16, 2009 - 8:08pm Permalink
1. You forgot to take in account the 1st Newton's laws of motion...(mostly inertia)
Last week I took a high speed train (150 mph) and I had to jump a couple of times while trying to get my
get my backpack. So if this scholar was right my half a second jumps could have made me fly 38 yardas
across the wagon! But I just jumped and landed more or less in the same place, having unstuck the
backpack strap with a tug and got my magazine from it.
Sol replied on August 4, 2011 - 7:35pm Permalink
I love Inertia :D it makes the world work literally and keeps us on the ground. <3 Without it we would all
be dead flung into space like little bits of cosmic derby 'billions and billions' of years ago.
Anonymous replied on June 8, 2011 - 1:33pm Permalink
the earths atmosphere rotates along with the earth answers all the above questions..
Seadolphin1253 replied on June 11, 2009 - 11:33pm Permalink
These comments are by far the oddest and funniest that I have ever come across!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!That was fun.
Anonymous replied on June 21, 2009 - 8:50pm Permalink
to all the uneducated people that believe they are right, that the earth does not rotate do you not see that
anything is relative to your frame of reference. what that means is that if you are at the ball game looking at
the blimp hovering above you, to you from your frame of reference the blimp is stationary. to an observer
in space the blimp would be moving at the speed the earth is turning. two people looking at the same object
from a different frame of reference see two different things. if the blimp were to fly in the same direction as
the earth rotates at a relative 10 mph, the observer on earth sees the blimp move at 10mph. the observer in
space observes the blimp move at the speed the earth is rotating plus 10mph. the blimp moves at 10mph
relative to the earth and its atmosphere, this is why blimps can fly east and west. if you do not understandthis please refrain from commenting and please do not pass on your wisdom about the earth being flat or
not rotating to anyone.
Anonymous replied on August 21, 2009 - 9:52am Permalink
Meanwhile, they claim there is an intellectual elite out there out to get them. That's not the elite trying to
conspire against you.. it's 82% (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_47/b3960108.htm) of
the american population.
Anonymous replied on August 30, 2011 - 7:20pm Permalink
You show your own foolishness by your arrogance. If we evolved. Why is the DNA record have noevidence of this. Why don't fish and mammals and apes and man have the same DNA sequences etc. DNA
proves no link. No record of mans DNA in other species. Hello. You now have another missing link. Just
this one is beyond reasoning. No genetic timeline present. I can trace human beans to genetic ancestors no
problem yet never, not a single gene from another species or mans in lower species. You are blind to what
is in your own microscopes. You have sacrificed the quest for knowledge to be accepted among your
labotamized colleagues. Every strand of DNA should have a piece which would show a direct timeline
from lower to higher DNA. Yet no DNA record to back up a word of your so called educated nonsense you
feed each other and say how great your are for dumbing up all of society with your pschobabel.
But my mighty internet mindreading powers predict you will have an answer to that. It won't be a good
answer and it'll probably involve insulting me and anyone else who dares disagree with you, but you'll hit
that submit button just the same.
I love the smell of troll. It's just like unwashed crotch.
Thelonious replied on July 14, 2009 - 1:50am Permalink
Surely the train cannot be moving for otherwise when the porter spilled my drink, it should have drenched
the t-shirt of the nubile lass behind me rather than my pantaloons.
Anonymous replied on July 14, 2009 - 4:53am Permalink
I love these comments. So wait a minute, I throw a stone up and it lands in the same place, yes you are right
actually, everything they have taught me in school is wrong and you are right. What a great argument. You
know, I threw up a stone on an airplane once (it was rotating the earth like the earth rotates around the sun)
and sure enough it landed in my hand. But I knew the plane was not moving and it was all an elaborate
illusion to make me think the plane was really moving. Do you people stop and think about what you are
saying, or just say it? Where do you think the laws of gravity etc. come from?
Anonymous replied on July 14, 2009 - 5:35am Permalink
Can I subscribe to the comments? I don't want to miss any! I am trying to decipher the battle over whether
it was a muslim or a british dude who discovered that the Sun rotates around the Earth.
Alfred Armstrong replied on July 14, 2009 - 2:28pm Permalink
See further down the page for a link to the comment feed for this article.
Anonymous replied on July 20, 2009 - 11:31pm Permalink
Just to make it clear for everyone, the comment made by the muslim is not shared by muslims in the world.
he is probably a part of a muslim organization or subculture or whatever that translates the koran however
they wish. Anyway, im a muslim and i believe the earth rotates, and theres no contradiction to that in the
koran
Anonymous replied on July 28, 2009 - 1:07pm Permalink
to all muslims who thinks sun rotates around earth, I'm a muslim to and there is nothing in Quran thatproves your theory, don't be stupid and linking Quran to your stupid ideas. the Quran shouldn't be linked to
any scientific invention, dicovery for one simple reason : if you do believe in Quran you will know that it is
fixed , it doesn't change, its the same as it was 1400 years ago and you cannot link something fixed to
something that changes (science). please be intellegient enough and don't link Quran to this crab. excuse
my english. thanks
Anonymous replied on December 12, 2009 - 8:55am Permalink
Bridget replied on June 29, 2011 - 2:07am Permalink
Oh, that's an easy one. Most of the creationists I know believe in micro-evolution and claim that is how
God wants it. They just disbelieve in MACRO-evolution - the idea that those small changes over time can
lead to a change in species.
Anonymous replied on August 30, 2011 - 7:01pm Permalink
Passing on traits is far from going from a fish to a land animal or birds. How does a gill which breaths
through water go to a lung which breaths air? Does half a lung work? Or half a central nervous SYSTEM.
Define system. Ever ask yourself why they call it the missing link? It is MISSING. Your great proof the
NEBRASKA MAN. A dawm pigs tooth. Hahaha. Missing link. Still missing. Always has. Always will be.
DNA keeps a horse a horse. Only with man and intelligence can we mix DNA from different species. Try
breeding a cat with a dog. Won't work. Takes an intelligence to manipulate the system. T
Alfred Armstrong replied on August 30, 2011 - 7:07pm Permalink
Boy, aren't you clever. Cleverer for sure than all those people who study evolutionary biology for years, for
example, who haven't spent any time at all considering such questions as these.
Read up on the subject with humility and an open mind. You might actually learn something.
Anonymous replied on August 30, 2011 - 7:23pm Permalink
Again. No actual argument. Just insults. I do study biology. Why you avoided my last comments and chose
to slander. Proof of a weak argument. Lol
Anonymous replied on August 30, 2011 - 7:26pm Permalink
What's wrong Alfred. Upset Nebraska man was a pigs tooth after you guys put it in all your nonsense
textbooks. Hahaha
pseudonym replied on August 30, 2011 - 7:53pm Permalink
pigs tooth? burying the lead a little, for every species on earth there are a million extinct species that came
before, did the great creator in their wisdom manage to fuck up that badly or is evolution a mindless,
random system that produces what ever it can and what ever works sticks? also yes nebraska man was
taken out of textbooks (though I doubt it was featured in any) when scientific consensus determined it was
a hoax. When was the bible last revised in the same way?
Anonymous replied on August 30, 2011 - 8:11pm Permalink
I still have copies of my old texts with Nebraska man in it. Same old story. Act like the scientificcommunity didn't rally around Nebraska man as proof. It was inspected by experts from all over the world.
And it was not the biological community which exposed the fraud. Notice that you no longer travel around
hyping your finds after your many frauds have been proven. It is just one example of the fraud. Also this
site has banned my post. Has to use another location. What are you Aafraid of?
Alfred Armstrong replied on August 30, 2011 - 8:20pm Permalink
People aren't afraid of you, you wally, they just find you boring.
Anonymous replied on August 30, 2011 - 7:46pm Permalink
Noticed you avoided the facts and did the old we gave each other pieces of paper proving i am right. Don't
care if you work for NASA. Still wrong and the facts prove it with true open investigation using the
scientific method and not crazy theories which you cling to like a junky afraid to be exposed to the truth of
his addiction. And like all junkies. You want company so you feed your bs on everywhere and call facts
fiction and theories as facts. Always ignoring what does not fit your little world of bs.
Sol replied on August 4, 2011 - 7:51pm Permalink
The bible doesn't have a word for evolution.. I don't place my faith in Evolution or the bible. But I sure as
hell know the earth isn't some center. The sun is life it has turned this barren world into a livable place as
much as water without sunlight and water this world would be a dead cold place. Center of the universe or
not. I've been in enough plans traveled far enough lived long enough to know the changes. The sun has
been something worshiped by man. Religion changes it gets adapted the bible is nothing more then a
collection of stories and icons from Greek and roman lore changed to suit christian and Jewish morals. A
harsh truth but if you want to be harsh to science that's my harshness to religion. Man places faith and gives
strength to icons.
Anonymous replied on September 25, 2009 - 1:42am Permalink
every one knows that the Earth rotates not the freakin Sun
Alfred Armstrong replied on September 25, 2009 - 1:24pm Permalink
The sun does rotate around its own axis, but I assume that's not what you mean. The author of this book
thought the Earth was flat, so I don't think he was worried about the general consensus of opinion.
Anonymous replied on October 2, 2009 - 12:33am Permalink
Assalam alaikum to all Muslims, If you are a True Muslim dont Belive any stupid informations whichagaints the quran. The words of quran from only Allah not by any humans. One days all of us we need to
give answers in front of allah, Belive in Judjement day on that day every soul came to know the true. This
world is just an a Exam hall, we all came here for the practical test one day we must know of result of this
examination. Excuse my english please.
kerry replied on June 4, 2010 - 4:50am Permalink
good stuff, love the fact that muslims, believe as christians, that there is a judgment for all, maybe then will
all great mysteries be solved. peace to you and your family.
Lord Kefka replied on September 27, 2010 - 2:42am Permalink
Thats a pretty glum view of the world isn't it? An Exam hall? Well exams can be fun. I used to go to
college finals, write out my papers and then force down alot of whiskey so that I could look over
everything in a second frame of mine. I graduated with honors.
FrancoisTremblay replied on October 3, 2009 - 9:19am Permalink
What the...? Why is there an islamist-on-islamist flame war going on in this site? Aren't there message
Anonymous replied on September 22, 2010 - 9:42am Permalink
The SUN shifts its pattern. In other words, it MOVES.
Anonymous replied on August 30, 2011 - 7:35pm Permalink
Your argument holds no water. The sun could be moving up and down as rotating. Grab a lamp and a ball.
Rotate the lamp around the ball while moving it up and down from the north to he south. Same effect your
now a monkey I guess.
Anonymous replied on January 19, 2010 - 2:42am Permalink
Here is one this was never brought up. Since ever other religion has posted. 6) In possibly the oldest book
of the Bible, Job asserted that God hung the earth on nothing (Job 26:7). The first scientist having this
understanding would appear to be Copernicus around 1500. 7) The rotation of the earth was likely revealed
in Job 38:12, where God asks of Job: Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the
dayspring to know his place; that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be
shaken out of it? It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. God asks Job if he has ever
dictated the time of the morning or the location of the sunrise (dayspring). As soon as the sun is risen, itslight will take hold of the ends of the earth in the sense that it touches all of the landscape, and the wicked
are shaken out of it (the earth) in the sense that thieves, drunkards, adulterers, and others who practice their
sins in darkness are forced to desist from these activities as they retreat from the light. Also, the beauties of
the earth are revealed by the light, and its coloration is made to appear as that of a beautiful garment.
Finally, the text asserts that God's command of the morning derives from His control of the earth, which is
turned as clay to the seal. Hence, the suggestion is that God regulates the morning by rotating the earth as a
potter rotates the clay. Yet ancient wisdom would have asserted that God regulated the morning by control
of the Sun, and indeed, this is the perception of any uninformed mind.
hamy replied on January 26, 2010 - 9:39pm Permalink
i m a muslim and in our holy book QURAN it is written allready that earth doesnt moves. moon and sunand other planets moves around earth and middle of the earth there is KAHAN E KABA of muslims. there
r many things written in our QURAN and all is true, no need to proof. everything u want to know just get it
from QURAN.
Alfred Armstrong replied on January 27, 2010 - 2:22pm Permalink
I wouldn't pretend to know much about Islam, but not all muslims agree with you.
Ok that is fair play i will have to find this book elsewhere then. Just it's a rare book i need to buy it for a flat
earther i know. Just a question about the website. I think this is a good website to document rare books, just
i don't quite understand about it. In every review of the books you have done (the owner of this site) you
just laugh at the people who wrote them and call them 'quacks' or 'mad men'. Was this website just made to
laugh at people? That is not very nice. Usually people who collect these rare books actually follow the
teachings of the books yet you seem to be laughing at every book on this site. Why do you collect these
books Alfred if you think the people who wrote them are 'idiots'? Do you just keep the books for moneyvalue? Let's take this example of the book Does the Earth Rotate? NO! You obviously believe the earth is a
globe so what is the point in buying a book you disagree with? Just to laugh at it? Confusing!!!!! Please
explain. I am interested to know why you made this website. As i said it's a great little site with some
rarities on, it's just a shame your reviews are so negative.
Alfred Armstrong replied on April 28, 2010 - 11:55pm Permalink
Do I really have to explain my sense of humour, or justify it to you? There's plenty of sites around where
the blatherings of blithering idiots are taken seriously: this just isn't one of them.
This is MY site and I write stuff on it that reflects my own opinions and tastes. If you don't like it, you don't
have to read it. You can set up your own web site and wibble on in your own sweet way, but if you comewhinging and complaining round here, you'll get short shrift.
Alfred Armstrong replied on April 29, 2010 - 10:13am Permalink
Recent commenters: if you leave comments attacking or questioning me personally, from now on I shall
be deleting them. Not because I care, but because it's boring, and other visitors to this site don't give a stuff
what you think of me or my views.
Bear in mind that all comments are moderated, so you'll be wasting your energies in raising a protest.
Round here, it's an absolute dictatorship.
August replied on May 27, 2011 - 1:17am Permalink
...this site IS called "Odd Books", is it not? I get your humor, Alfred ('scuse me, "humour") and I think this
site is great. I wonder how all these other folks find this site and DON'T get it. Cheers!
Alfred Armstrong replied on May 30, 2011 - 8:14pm Permalink
Thanks August. Glad you like the site. Please ignore the nitwittery, it's the weather of the internet.
FrancoisTremblay replied on May 30, 2011 - 11:20pm Permalink
Someone doesn't understand outsider art appreciation...
Anonymous replied on June 3, 2010 - 7:01am Permalink
I would just like to point out, all your 'reasons' that you think are refuting the earth spinning, are wrong, and
right, at the same time. Everything in this universe is relative. Go and look it up. If a bird is flying with or
against the earths directional spin, it makes no difference, as we cannot perceive a difference. If we were
looking from a 3rd perspective, out in space, then yes, one bird would not move, and one would be going
twice as fast as the original flight speed. This may seem tricky to get your head around, but it really isn't.
And basically refutes nearly everything said about earth rotation.
Alfred Armstrong replied on June 3, 2010 - 3:17pm Permalink
Dear anonymous, thanks for your comment, but these birds that fly at 1000mph are a bit of a puzzle.
kerry replied on June 4, 2010 - 5:11am Permalink
I love it Alfred, it has been good reading, and makes you think, especially how the World sees all this so
differently, very Enlightening, and I only came here doing a search on Google looking for why the Earth
rotates, because for the first time in my life I though hey man what makes it spin. and I am 60years old
been into everything, and love science and Science fiction, and any good story, have read all religions with
an open heart, and still have love for my fellow man. Loved it man, great, keep it up.
Anonymous replied on July 11, 2010 - 8:43am Permalink
I have read several arguments on here, all of which sound convincing when presented. I almost bought into
the idea that the earth actually does not rotate after reading these arguments. However, the one thing that
stops me from being convinced is not my having been taught a different way growing up, but a thought that
came to me while reading this page. Here is my thought. If I am in an airplane, and I toss a marble up into
the air, the marble comes back down to my hand, it does not go flying backwards, being left behind by theplane hurtling forward at 500 to 600 mph (800 to 960 km/hr). It is because of things being geosynchronous.
If someone has a counter argument to my idea, please tell me.
Alfred Armstrong replied on July 11, 2010 - 1:17pm Permalink
You are right that the marble doesn't fly backwards, however, this is nothing to do with geosynchronicity.
It's simply the case that the marble is already travelling with the same forward velocity as the plane when
you toss it upwards. For it to fly backwards would require it to change its velocity in that direction, in other
words to accelerate, which it won't do in the absence of any backward force acting on it.
If the plane speeds up while the marble is in the air, then it will appear to travel backwards but in fact it will
be continuing its previous forward motion. Exactly the same effects can be observed in a moving car ortrain. The fact that the plane is flying far above the earth is irrelevant in this instance.
There are lots of online resources to basic physics if you want to understand this stuff better. Here's one:
Anonymous replied on July 13, 2010 - 7:27am Permalink
if the earth rotates why do we not observe it moving? why is it always still?
Adam replied on July 18, 2010 - 3:19pm Permalink
How come we don't feel the earth moving at 1,000 mph? And what about the Southern Hemisphere?Shouldn't all of us here in Australia be upside down? I can assure you that we are definitely right side up.
And...if a plane is travelling 500 mph from London to Australia, shouldn't the trip be cut in half if the Earth
is travelling 1,000 mph in the other direction? For every 500 miles you travel forwards, the Earth should be
rotating 500 towards the plane, so the plane would actually cover a distance of 1,000 miles per hour. And
what about the clouds? Is gravity that strong that it can hold wispy clouds aloft in perfect form when the
Earth is rotating at such a speed? If it's that powerful would it even let a plane fly in any direction at all? I
don't think you've really thought about this too much. You just want to ridicule an opposing opinion
without really delving into the possibility that you may be wrong. And when was the last time you saw any
Thank you, Alfred, for that information about what we're told about the Earth spinning. However, it's still
hard to believe sometimes. 1,000 mph is very fast. And centrifugal force usually spins things outwards, as
it does in a cream separator. Anyway...I'm sure I won't win this argument. But, as you can see by the
comments on this web-page, not everyone thinks the same, whatever the topic happens to be.
Chris Hunt replied on July 28, 2010 - 3:26pm Permalink
The Earth DOES rotate, but only with mechanical assistance and under very specific circumstances. I went
to a fairground last week and boarded a device called a "carousel". I paid a little money, sat on a wooden
horse and a man pulled a lever. The whole world began to rotate around me! If you felt a bit wobbly theother day, this probably explains it. Though I do wonder whether it's wise that a machine of such power
should be entrusted to some guy on a fairground?
Alfred Armstrong replied on July 28, 2010 - 4:35pm Permalink
I can't believe in such a thing. I went out into my garden this afternoon and demonstrated that it was
impossible.
Ray replied on August 9, 2010 - 6:51am Permalink
Perhaps we should all verify science by personal experience. I reciently traveled to Alaska and can verify
that the days are longer in Fairbanks during the summer months. This is because of the tilt of the Earthaway from the Sun at the North Pole during the Summer months. As the Earth circumnavates the Sun to the
other side of the Sun the Earths North Pole points the other direction and the Nights are long. The facts of
the solar system are very established. You can go to any obseritory and verify for yourself the system of the
planets. I wish every Muslim would do so and find out for themselves how out of touch their religion is
with reality. Not all scientists are Christian, But Christianity does not contradict Science. The more we
learn, the more we find out we don't know. But the one thing I do know is that Muslims would do well to
study Phisics and Astronomy. Then they may become aware of the true nature of their religion.
Anonymous replied on August 30, 2011 - 8:00pm Permalink
No nit a fact. If you moved the sun up and down while in rotation around the earth it would do the same
thing.
Bill replied on August 11, 2010 - 2:01am Permalink
I do not know if anyone mentioned this facts: 1. If you believe the Bible, Joshua did not command the earth
to stand still. Think about it. 2. All satellite and rocket launches, their trajectories are figured on a fixed,
stable earth platform...go figure. 3. There is a 'conspiracy' of nuts to change true science to make it fit their
New Guy replied on September 20, 2010 - 3:47pm Permalink
If everybody can just look at all these boats we have every day that are travelling around the Earth in a
circle and getting back from just where they started, you can easily see that the Earth is round. Or you have
to have an IQ under 50 to think otherwise
Elder TruthTeller replied on September 22, 2010 - 10:46am Permalink
These ROUND EARTHERS, i tell ya. The poor lot of them. Still thinking the Earth is Round. Or worse,
that it ROTATES. Good lawd! lol! I wonder if any of them realize that if the Earth was, indeed, Round and
Rotating, you wouldnt have GRAVITY. You would have CENTRIFUGAL FORCE. Yet, you are told its
Gravity that is in effect! Oh the Horror! Haaaa! Any simple Experiment will PROVE this. Or better yet,
just go to the MOON! lol! Its (allegedly) ROUND and ROTATES--and yet, has (little) or NO Gravity. Yet,
the EARTH which is allegedly doing the same thing is supposed to have Gravity? Hmmmm? I smell BAD
science (as usual). Indeed. The EARTH does NOT Rotate. If it does, STOP it so i can get off...lol!
Alfred Armstrong replied on September 22, 2010 - 12:20pm Permalink
Thanks for the handy link to your attractive and informative website. I am sure that given your commentsabove you are indeed one of the wisest men on earth, with access to truths hidden from the rest of us.
... or on the other hand you may be a bit of a twit.
jeff daniels replied on September 22, 2010 - 6:46pm Permalink
Satellites launched from our earth orbit our earth do they not? All satellites must orbit the earth (else they
fall into it or arc out into space) If the earth was not rotating then geostationary satellites could not exist.
And yet ... Geostationary satellites, launched from our planet exist do they not? Therefore - the earth
rotates. L8rs
Uncle Samurai replied on September 26, 2010 - 12:23pm Permalink
Oh good, I'm in the right thread. Question: do ALL solar systems (that we know of in sight) rotate on
parallel axis'? Is there a universal compass?
Alfred Armstrong replied on September 26, 2010 - 1:05pm Permalink
No, you aren't on the right thread. Mostly, this page is about ignorance of astronomy, not knowledge of it.
My guess at an answer would be no, because if it were true it would be an astonishing observation and
there'd have been a big fuss about it. But as I don't have the facts to back it up, I can't be sure. Go ask an
astronomer, not random idiots on the internet.
Uncle Samurai replied on September 26, 2010 - 7:07pm Permalink
hahaha Thanks for an honest answer
Lord Kefka replied on September 27, 2010 - 2:27am Permalink
I once beloved that the earth was round but, like all the rest of you, I soon discovered that it is all a strange
conspiracy. Why would anyone want to lie to us about it? All you have to do to prove that it is flat is go to
a very high place, in my case Mount Olympus in Washington, and take an expensive telescope and look at
the horizon. If it is a fantastically clear day you can see Japan, China, and all the little boats in between. 1
proof that the earth is truly flat: the moon. It never seems to rotate, because its flat too. In other words we
only ever see ONE side of the moon. EXPLAIN THAT! And the shadow that makes it wax and wane? That
is simply mold. Another way to check to see if the earth is flat is just getting into an airplane and traveling
to the edge of the world. I work for a fishing/salvage/waste disposal company and we go out there and cast
nets to get some of the fish flopping over the edge. Its an incredibly profitable business but you need tohave the right permits and clearance to do it. What is gravity? Gravity is simply the pull of sin, toward hell.
Have you ever noticed that newborn babies, who don't have sin to begin with besides original sin (and
sometimes spicy nacho sin), float slightly off the ground? its true. Babies also have less friction. That is
how Jesus could walk on water and why hell is subterranean.
Anonymous replied on September 29, 2010 - 1:18am Permalink
exponet of 2 10 is 1024
Alfred Armstrong replied on September 29, 2010 - 10:44am Permalink
Thanks for your pointless and doubly-wrong comment.
Anonymous replied on October 4, 2010 - 4:06pm Permalink
To be honest this is probably one of the most interesting blogs ive ever seen, even if its not a blog or
discussion or argument or whatever. Point is if you have been though highschool and earth science you
would understand that the earth revolves around the sun becuase the sun has a much larger mass and
gravitational pull on the earth giving it an eliptical orbit. This applies to all the planets caught in the sun's
gravitational pull. Regardless i don't have time to get into all of it.
Anonymous replied on October 5, 2010 - 2:11pm Permalink
I am also in favor of flat earth. But, the only thing which disturbs my thinking is the rotation ofgeosynchronous satellites. Can anybody prove that why these satellites do rotate (as they say to sync up
with earth's so called rotation!), if our earth is flat? I really would like to hear the answer for this as this is
the only thing which prevents me from setting my mind to flat earth concept. Plz can anybody give me
answer. Plz, only flat earth supporters do reply to this, I don't want this question to be ignored in flow of
other comments or topics, as this is much important for my understanding. Sorry if I am being selfish or
rude. Plz do answer...
Lord Kefka replied on October 18, 2010 - 10:45pm Permalink
First of all you need to scrap your idea of gravity. Flat earth theories and Newtonian gravity don't mix
because gravity would wad the flat earth into a ball. Also you don't need Satellites. Instead all you need to
do to broadcast signals over the earth is to build a network of towers on mountains, the only thing which
will stop them sending signals to any point on earth is other mountains. See the picture at the top of the
article.
Anonymous replied on October 18, 2010 - 11:54am Permalink
no comments.......... anybody plz...........
skip replied on October 18, 2010 - 7:26pm Permalink
Hi. Sorry I'm not a flat Earth believer, but I'm starting to think the Earth is stationary. I went to school in
the West, and have a Christian outlook on life. Without quoting the Bible and the various references
already made, just observing the world around us, makes me question the validity of the "scientific facts" as
we've been taught. for instance, IF the Earth IS rotating around the Sun as taught, then we're traveling in
space at a pretty alarming rate, not only the spin of the Earth on its' axis, but the trip around the Sun, in
conjunction with the spin speed. Then you add the speed of the Sun and it's little journey through the Milky
Way, and we're moving pretty good. We'll stop there, no use in going overboard by adding the "supposed"speed of the Milky Way... Now, if we're spinning and moving so fast, how come the stars aren't just a blur?
Why do they appear "fixed" in the night sky? just curious.....
Alfred Armstrong replied on October 18, 2010 - 7:32pm Permalink
Simple observation will show that the stars do move in the sky, albeit slowly. This is one of the reasons we
know that our planet is moving. They don't move quickly because they are a very, very long way away.
When you are driving alongside distant hills, don't they seem to move much more slowly than nearby trees?
That is the same phenomenon on a smaller scale.
skip replied on October 18, 2010 - 8:37pm Permalink
No, I don't think they are the same Alfred. One is the 3D effect, the trees and hills in the background. The
other is a legit question to be answered. You say the movement of the stars is how we 'know' our Earth
rotates. I asked why the stars didn't appear as a blur to us from our point of view, IF the Earth is spinning at
1036MPH. Having only went close to two hundred MPH on my motorcycle, I can tell you
EVERYTHINGS a blur, at that speed, so WHY at 5 times that speed is everything so clear and in focus?
Are all the stars and distant galaxys moving at EXACTLY the same rate and direction we are? that's the
only way they'd stay 'right". Well, either that or the Earth IS stationary. They'd be "right" then too.
Comment?
Guy Fulton replied on October 18, 2010 - 10:12pm Permalink
Look, if you have ever been in a plane you will have gone a good deal faster than 200 miles per hour. Look
out side the window at Mount St. Helens and you will see it moving past very slowly. Perhaps you didn't
actually observe very well on your motorcycle. Alpha Centauri, the closest star to us, is 25.8 trillion miles
away, so perhaps the slowness of movement that far away can be grasped when you think about that scale...
why am I wasting my time explaining this? Next people will start saying that coffee is hot because it is full
of little demons who get angry when you boil them. Which is true, but quite unprovable.
skip replied on October 18, 2010 - 7:47pm Permalink
Why do astronomers say that EVERYTHING is moving away from us? They say the red shift in the light
coming from the various objects in space, other galaxys, other stars in our galaxy, etc. is ALL moving away
from us. How is this possible unless we are at the center. Why don't planes use more fuel following the
rotation (East) than the ones going West, which should use less because their destination is coming up
under them at 1036 MPH. Just curious.
Alfred Armstrong replied on October 18, 2010 - 7:58pm Permalink
Man, you are curious, aren't you? But also too lazy to look things up for yourself, I see,
Guy Fulton replied on October 18, 2010 - 10:25pm Permalink
If I remember my college cosmology correctly all the galaxies are moving away from each-other too. Space
itself is expanding. Also I believe that many astronomers think that there is no center of space, rather all
points are the center, and if you were to travel in one direction you would end up in the place you had
started. Ahem. NASA says: "Imagine a loaf of raisin bread as it is baking. The raisins in the bread spread
away from one another as the loaf rises and expands during the baking. Pick any raisin and pretend you are
standing on it (you're very small now!) and measuring the rate at which the other raisins are moving away
from you. You will find that, no matter which raisin you choose, all other raisins appear to be moving awayfrom you, with the furthest raisins receding the fastest."
would happen if I got in a plane and just kept flying in one direction, I would love to hear your viewpoint.
Thanks guys.
Anonymous replied on February 15, 2011 - 2:16pm Permalink
First of all, the Earth doesn't exist. 55% of all scholars in the world know that, the other 45% just keeps
pointing out questions that will drive our attention off the truth. Secondly, a great evidence of the flatnessof the Middle-earth is that when we play Age of Mythology, you can see the entire world by dragging your
mouse around, and when you reach the limits of the terrain, all you see is layers and layers of (plain) soil,
and then, black forever. The movement of the screen stops, indicating that the earth really ends there. In
Civilization this doesn't work, but Civilization was made by the 45% evil scholars from Muslim communist
monarchies.
Anonymous replied on February 23, 2011 - 6:58pm Permalink
What crap this is lmao people still living in the dark ages? or what? what crap do people teach these days
The world isn't flat if facking round i think we know by now people falling off the sides geez -_-
Shaamil replied on March 18, 2011 - 6:51pm Permalink
How do you know that the Quran teaches that the earth is flat? I heard the opposite.
Shaamil replied on March 18, 2011 - 6:38pm Permalink
The simplest proof that the earth rotates around the sun is the Foucault pendulum. Quoted from Wikipedia:
The Foucault pendulum (play /fuːˈkoʊ / foo-KOH), or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French
physicist Léon Foucault, is a simple device conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the
Earth. While it had long been known that the Earth rotated, the introduction of the Foucault pendulum in
1851 was the first simple proof of the rotation in an easy-to-see experiment. Today, they are popular
displays in science museums and universities. Link: Foucault pendulum
Shaamil replied on March 18, 2011 - 6:47pm Permalink
Is not He Who has made the earth as a fixed abode. (Qur'an 27:61) What is the Tafsir (explanation) of this
verse. What does the Islamic scholars say about the meaning of this verse. Does' it really mean that the
earth is not moving?
Alfred Armstrong replied on March 18, 2011 - 6:59pm Permalink
Please take the discussions of Islam somewhere else. It's not really relevant to the discussion of this book,
which will remain idiotic regardless of what the Koran says.
Anonymous replied on May 26, 2011 - 8:20am Permalink
If you all believe in science and revolution then you would also believe that your ancestors were monkeys
in the first place and then became humans (atleast this is what I have read) I donot believe in the fact that
Earth revolves around the sun, it is the sun that revolves. END OF Discussion
Alfred Armstrong replied on May 26, 2011 - 10:34am Permalink
It's a good thing you are such a master of rhetoric, otherwise people might think you a fool.
FrancoisTremblay replied on May 30, 2011 - 11:24pm Permalink
Gravity is proportional to mass, therefore the Sun must attract other objects must more than the Earth does.
That is incontrovertible logic. So how can it be the Sun that revolves around the Earth?
pseudonym replied on May 31, 2011 - 2:44pm Permalink
In the unlikely event that you read this response I feel it is my responsibility to inform you that if you are
talking on the subject of ancestors then you must be talking about the branch of biology called evolution,
no r. Evolution does indeed state that humans ancestors many millions of years ago were a different
species, but certainly not monkeys, otherwise monkeys would become extinct as we would have out
competed them for resources or vice-versa, though if that were the case we would not be having this
conversation. Evolution is the results of inherited characteristic, like vision, breathing oxygen or walking
upright giving one species an advantage over another or even with random variation in each generation the
ability to survive and reproduce more successfuly than it's parent or siblings and pass on their characters to
the next generation. Characteristic are the result of special bio-chemical coding in the cells of all life
including plants that we call DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid), it is what gives us the hair color or eye color of our parent, the leaf color and bark thickness of a trees parent and the muscles mass or excellent eyesight of
a wildcats parent. DNA is in males sperm and females eggs and varies wildly and further varies through
mixing the two and in some circumstances varies even further through disease and environmental radiation.
This variation can lead to new sets of characteristics that advantage a sub-species who could later develop
even more new DNA sets called genes to the point that they are distinct from their original species and
while they can breed with the transitory sub-group they can no longer breed with the original species.
Hopefully this explains a little of how it is that monkeys and humans evolved at the same time from proto-
monkeys and proto-humans, if you go further into the past you will find one species that is the ancestor of
both humans and monkeys, but without a time machine it's too hard find the exact point. I'm not sure if
anyone reading this will learn from it but it was an interesting exercise or me, but next time I might just cut
and paste a biology text book.
Anonymous replied on May 31, 2011 - 4:27am Permalink
The fact that this discussion has been going on for over two years is unbelievable.. i'm going back to live
my life now... i was trying to find out the difference in flight time west coast to east coast.. and vice versa..
now i'm late for my flight
Anonymous replied on August 10, 2011 - 7:32pm Permalink
So guys I am not a Muslim or in that instance no faith at all, yet it is very convincing me to accept a
geocentric flat earth where sun orbits over the earth and I do not feel seasonal changes as being near to the
equator. The string theories, space-time fabrics and Hawking’s new theories and all are fine but one should