Tootsie Roll Pops

I feel like the owl in the commercial (I think I'm dating myself) that says "how many licks does it take...?" How many looks does it take to get to the center of the universe?

In response to the comment regarding the disproof of the geocentric model:

I think I understand the argument that is being used to support geocentrism. It seems that it is based upon selecting the Earth as an alternative reference point to the sun, which can be done arbitrarily. However, I think when we do that, we make the revolving universe something that exists outside and independent of the Earth, rather than acknowledging that Earth exists inside and relationally with the universe. Arguing for selecting different points of reference is understandable, but I would be hard-pressed to accept an argument that the universe exists independently from Earth.

From the beginning of time, we have been a part of a greater universe than our own atmosphere. I'm afraid that we still want to see ourselves as the center of the cosmos, whether literally or figuratively, because we feel less important to God if we aren't. Then I think of photography, especially composition, where you typically will put your primary subject, the person or thing on which you want to focus, slighly off-center. I don't see why God wouldn't do the same. He pulls us out from the center just a little, yet never takes his focus off his most prized creation.

I can't get into the scientific arguments because I don't have the understanding or knowledge of them. The only major implication that I am aware of that I would have trouble accepting is this: If the earth is the center of the universe, why is it that all other known planets revolve around the sun, but not earth. It could possibly be argued that the other eight planets are just moons of the sun, but I think logic leads us to a different conclusion.

I am looking at the issue more though from a theological point-of-view. I question the redefinition of reference points in the universe, solely because of their implications. However, I realize that the implications of moving to a sun-centered universe were unfathomable at the time of Copernicus and Galileo, so I'm open to evidence that suggests a different orientation than is currently accepted, just not confident that such evidence will be enough to change my mind. However, if we are questioning why God would put something else at the center of the universe, I offer that it is in His composition of the cosmos and His positioning of the world that he places us at a focal point in his view. What an amazing thought that God would specifically locate us where He would be drawn to watch after us, rather than just putting us in the physical center.