# You are unawarely worshipping the Sun. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788 "2014-04-10T08:55:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/21 "2014-04-10T14:20:19Z")
Dilation, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/22 "2014-04-10T14:25:38Z")
Just to let you know, **karol** , the ice is getting thin here. Last month [you were warned](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17158086&postcount=20) about starting content-free threads, and the only reason this one didn’t meet the same fate is because you gave a _slight_ amount of content in your OP this time. But be aware – this thread is quickly heading to a lockdown if it’s just going to degenerate into people calling you out for not giving sufficient response. * * * **Hal Briston** - MPSIMS Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/23 "2014-04-10T14:30:26Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Dilation, of course! Hmmm, has the virtue of not being “magic”. I’m sold! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/24 "2014-04-10T14:38:49Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Of course if we’re actually inside the earth why to seismic waves propagate as if we’re on a sphere? Wait a second. I probably have a YouTube video that explains it… https://www.youtube.com/embed/WKzaXrP1nnw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/25 "2014-04-10T14:56:45Z")
Brilliant, but I was secretly hoping it would be the catapult one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/26 "2014-04-10T14:58:28Z")
> [@karol](#): > > Think again what the properties of water are. Think. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/27 "2014-04-10T16:08:02Z")
I’m very aware of my Sun worship, thank you very much. All hail Sol Invictus! ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/28 "2014-04-10T16:22:54Z")
> [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](#): > > Unawarely? You’ve never heard “Teddy Bearly Picnic”? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/29 "2014-04-10T16:49:45Z")
Wait… why would this matter? The people are unaware of their worship. The sun is unaware of their worship. Nobody else has a stake in the game. So what? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/30 "2014-04-10T16:53:02Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > So what? karol has been, over the last couple months, obtusely advocating for a position that the Earth is hollow, and that the Sun, stars and planets are all at the center of it. He believes we live on the concave surface of the Earth, and that every piece of evidence against that position is propaganda. Our “worship of the Sun” prevents us from accepting The Truth. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/31 "2014-04-10T16:58:42Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > karol has been, over the last couple months, obtusely advocating for a position that the Earth is hollow, and that the Sun, stars and planets are all at the center of it. He believes we live on the concave surface of the Earth, and that every piece of evidence against that position is propaganda. Our “worship of the Sun” prevents us from accepting The Truth. Oh! Right. Somehow I missed that. That’s. . . different. ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/32 "2014-04-10T17:02:31Z")
‘Unawarely’? what is ‘unawarely’? That’s not even English! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/33 "2014-04-10T17:22:10Z")
There is only one god And he is the sun god Ra! Ra! Ra! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/34 "2014-04-10T17:25:11Z")
> [@Melchior](#): > > ‘Unawarely’? what is ‘unawarely’? That’s not even English! It’s Englisher than his previous posts. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/35 "2014-04-10T17:32:15Z")
I was fool enough to actually click on the link. Once again I am reminded that it is possible to know less after reading something than when you started reading it. **karol** , you do recognize that [Star Trek: TOS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-9fXz3Oog0) is not a documentary, don’t you? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/36 "2014-04-10T18:04:49Z")
“Oh, hello there. I will stay behind, to gaze at the sun. The sun is a wondrous body. Like a magnificent father! If only I could be so grossly incandescent!” – Solaire [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR6N_3G1Vca9T0Tx5CJTwOJLUjeGOF_DKqRhWrzUQrYrS1nEu56kg) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR6N_3G1Vca9T0Tx5CJTwOJLUjeGOF_DKqRhWrzUQrYrS1nEu56kg) [https://archive.nyafuu.org/foolfuuka/boards/wg/image/1369/42/1369425128875.jpg](https://archive.nyafuu.org/foolfuuka/boards/wg/image/1369/42/1369425128875.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/37 "2014-04-10T20:08:39Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > karol has been, over the last couple months, obtusely advocating for a position that the Earth is hollow, and that the Sun, stars and planets are all at the center of it. He believes we live on the concave surface of the Earth, and that every piece of evidence against that position is propaganda. Our “worship of the Sun” prevents us from accepting The Truth. Instead, we should worship the god who is an infinitesimal speck at the centre of the hollow earth (living clothed in the middle of the sky). I mean, doesn’t that make more sense? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/38 "2014-04-10T20:31:08Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > karol has been, over the last couple months, obtusely advocating for a position that the Earth is hollow, and that the Sun, stars and planets are all at the center of it. … I’m sure this question has been asked before, but, in that case, on a clear day why can’t I look up and see Europe from Australia? ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/39 "2014-04-10T20:48:55Z")
Otherside of the sky - duh. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788/40 "2014-04-10T21:01:28Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I’m sure this question has been asked before, but, in that case, on a clear day why can’t I look up and see Europe from Australia? It’s an optical illusion, apparently. When you look downwards, the Earth seems convex (because a fisheye lens does that, so does reality) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-unawarely-worshipping-the-sun/685788.md?page=3)