On the contrary, the sermon assumes a geocentric view of the universe.
The geocentric, spherical universe contains a further element of design - the most important creatures (us) are at the centre of the universe.
It was a terrible mistake to require that solar system mechanics look simple in a geocentric frame of reference.
The book gives us a new astronomy even though it retains a geocentric framework within which all motions are circular and uniform.
We are thus in need of a definition of life which is not focused on geocentric details, but rather on the essential features of life, as we understand it.
This illusion caused ancients to falsely believe in a geocentric universe rather than the currently accepted heliocentric view.
In most applications the perspective is geocentric (heliocentric astrology being one exception).
These geocentric ellipsoids are usually within 100m of the geoid.
