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his own writings which were quoted in previous issues of Flat Earth News.
.. The modern conception of the theory of universal attraction involves an endless chain of worlds, each attended by its solar system and each millions of diameters larger than its dependednt. Our sun, according to this conception. is 1,300,000 times lasger than the earth, and is the center of our universe. It is hoiding the earth, moon, and planets in positions by its powerful arm of gravity, But the sun is not at rest; 'it is racing wildly toward Lyra, and it constitutes a small part of another giant universe millions of times larger than ours, and this gianr universe is only a small part of another still more gigantic system and so on ad infinitum. In theory, it is necessary to have each successive system millions of times greater than its dependent, in order that its gravitational power would be sufficient to hold its dependent system. Oar sun is, according to the modem conception, only one of the stars, and the very smallest one too. It is 864,390 miles in diameter according to some, while Arcturs, which is the star next larger than the sun, and the next nearest to us, is 21,000,000 miles in diameter, and Antares, one on the larger stars is 400,000,000 miles in diameter,
. "There is evidence that some of the most distant stars may be as much as 1,000,000 light years away". One million light years represent 5,882, 336,640,000,000,000 miles into space. This is nothing but a row of digits and ciphers, and has no meaning which is intelligible to men and women, regardless of their education and training.
There is no such a distance SO far as this world is concened. Every human experience and all the powers of reason cry out against such phantasy. Who that knows the logical conclusion that must follow such a train of reasoning, as we have outlined aboye, can stand upright and look one in the face, and declare that he believes in such a system? The unthinking mass believe it because they do not know what is involved. They forget that the system is supported by theories only, and that those who oppose it have all the facts on their side, together with their reason and the Plain Teaching of The Bible,
A thing falls because it is heavier than the air it displaces, or it floats away in space because it is lighter than air. The theory of universal attraction is a myth. There is no law of gravity.
Good bye, again, Mr. Newton
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