Is the Kaba the center of earth?

[Darkhole]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgIudyllJyw

I am not a expert but this seems BS to me?

 

[KingMerv00]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgIudyllJyw

I am not a expert but this seems BS to me?

I can't watch the video right now but how could the Kaaba be the center of the Earth when it is on the Earth's surface?

 

[Darkhole]

I can't watch the video right now but how could the Kaaba be the center of the Earth when it is on the Earth's surface?

I am just the messenger.

 

[Steve001]

C'mon, Do you really have to ask if this video is BS ?

 

[KingMerv00]

I am just the messenger.

Well your parcel smells like ********. I'm not signing for it.

 

[Darkhole]

Well your parcel smells like ********. I'm not signing for it.

It stinks to me as well.

I hope some one will debunk this.

 

[geni]

I'd really rather not watch 9 minuites of video. Can you provide a summery of the claims?

 

[shadron]

Pyramid numerology, supported by Google maps.

 

[BenBurch]

An equally good case could be made for; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boleskine_House

(In other words, NOT.)

 

[RoboTimbo]

It stinks to me as well.

I hope some one will debunk this.

The Kaaba is not the center of the earth. What else needs debunking?

 

[theprestige]

Darkhole, the Kaaba is on the surface of a sphere. There is no center to the surface of a sphere, any more than there is a mid-point to the circumference of a circle. Please consider the claim debunked.

 

[jasonpatterson]

I tried watching the movie, but it was just too stupid to put up with. Sometimes claims are so asinine that debunking them it not worth anyone's time.

 

[Dancing David]

Well this silly web page says that all the tectonic plates turn around the arabian plate:
http://ilalliqa.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/mecaa-is-the-center-of-the-earth/

But this seems to say otherwise:
http://geology.about.com/library/bl/maps/blplatemo_atlas.htm

 

[Aepervius]

Nobody need to watch the video. Earth in first aproximation is a sphere. The center is usually defined at a point to which everything else is equidistant right smack in the middle of the sphere. So.... Basic geometry first grade... FAIL. But it is certainly more or elss the center of faith for the muslim world, AFAIK.

 

[shadron]

The argument is not really based on the true center; center is used metaphorically. Instead the argument is that it is located on the surface where multiple use of the "magic ratio", 1.618, centers upon it. Among other indicators are its latitude and longitude, and its position on a standard Mercator projection map, all of which involve coincidences too numerous to mention. It's the same sort of arguments used in pyramidology.

 

[godless dave]

It stinks to me as well.

I hope some one will debunk this.

Can't you debunk it yourself? Maps of the earth's tectonic plates are readily available online.

 

[Marduk]

Your error here is that you are attempting to debunk a spiritual claim with a geographical awareness

the Kaaba is claimed to be the centre of the earth because it is the piece of rock which Allah was said to have stood on when he created the rest of the planet, So to a person of Moslem faith it is the centre of the earth and also the spot on earth which is closest to heaven, so its probably more apt to refer to it as the Earths navel than its centre

This isn't an idea confined just to Islam
The Jews have exactly the same myth surrounding the foundation stone which is housed in the Dome of the rock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_Stone
which is also the centre of their religious world view, its this that they are actually praying towards while at the wailing wall in the same way that all Moslems arent actually praying towards mecca, they are praying towards the Kaba


If this was the religious forum I would now spend quite a lot of time expounding all the other pieces of rock that ancient world religions believed was the worlds naval, because all ancient cultures in Eurasia shared this belief from China to Mesopotamia that there was a special rock at the centre of the world (what do you think Mt Olympus was), but I think you get my point, so I won't bore you

 

[six7s]

the "magic ratio", 1.618, centers upon it

Noticing the Fibonacci Sequence (in 'great' to art, architecture, etc) is merely an example of confirmation-bias, ain't it?

 

[Ferguson]

The premise of the video is that Mecca is the "golden ratio point" on the earth. Ignoring for a moment that such a point would have no meaning or importance even if it did exist in some objective manner (which it doesn't):

The projection of a 3d world on to a 2d map is arbitrary and can not have the correct sizes and distances, the projection we use is mostly just so Europe looks big.
The center (and alignment) of a 2d map is arbitrary, muslims used Mecca as the center, Europe used Europe or Jerusalem, etc.
I tried the method with the first map I found, and it seems Turkmenistan is the center of the world.
Or maybe Kansas.
Depending on the projection you use, where you split east/west, and where you put the larger side of the ratio, you could make pretty much any point on earth the center.

But this crap gets pulled out all the time, like that Neil Armstrong admitted that Mecca is the magnetic center of the earth and blah blah, just complete nonsense based on nothing.

 

[Complexity]

It stinks to me as well.

I hope some one will debunk this.

There is nothing to debunk.

There is no reason to click on that link or to watch the video.

The idea is absurd on its surface.

Shame on you for starting this thread.