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Ptolemy's model that Earth stands still while celestial bodies revolve around it in circular motion.
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Geocentric model
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "and how did we become the center of the universe yes by becoming one with god who is the center of the universe no..."
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Jiang distinguishes the historical geostatic model from spiritual union talk and asks instead how humans came to build a geocentric picture of the universe.
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Jiang says the geostatic model is better attributed to Ptolemy than directly to the Bible.
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Ptolemy's geocentric model endured because it was mathematically detailed, refined by centuries of work, and aligned with theology, whereas Copernicus's Catholic-supported heliocentric model initially lacked comparable mathematical refinement.
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"and how did we become the center of the universe yes by becoming one with god who is the center of the universe no..."
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"okay uh no i think it's ptolemy who told it so right it was in the bible"
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"In about 150, a Greek scientist named Ptolemy, working in Egypt, he developed the first comprehensive cosmological system. And this cosmological system, which he..."
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"And as you can see, you can't read this, but there's a lot of mathematical detail in the book. And because Ptolemy's perspective aligned..."
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"the saying back then is, it is the job of the church, the Catholic church, to tell you how to go to heaven, not..."
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"...the heliocentric model, actually supports the heliocentric model more than the geocentric model."
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