I think you have good intentions and a good heart, so I will take you seriously and not be offended. Most of my knowledge comes from education and trust in a system that has ultimately betrayed humanity, but beforehand that trust was bred into us by the need to evolve in a wild unknown world. Our sense of community has been used against us; knowledge used to be passed down from people we could trust. But, until i have proof that what I was taught is wrong, it's impulsive for me to believe in something that gives me common ground with the rest of humanity and makes me not feel crazy.
But, there are so many unknowns to me. What caused the beggining of time and the universe? Where did energy come from? What are all the nuances of entropy, though the universe will eventually run out of energy and all life will die in an unfathomable time in the future, how is evolution a form of entropy yet if done right we can achieve a more perfect form through thoughtful evolution? If energy cannot be created or destroyed, where does it go? Why is there so much space between atoms and how can it possibly make a solid mass? Like, I get alot of the science until we get down to the atomic level. Then, I understand atoms and that theres space between, but theres a missing link. I'm frustrated because I feel like I'm so close and so far away from understanding it all.
(Edit) If you have articles you would like to share with me other than the one link you already shared, I would be interested enough to check them out. Because I believe they faked the moonlanding already, I wouldnt be suprised if they were using the wrong info to just make themselves look sophisticated enough to land. Perhaps the russians did land on the moon, but didnt use this formula for example.
Ive been all over the USA and I can see the curve of the earth on the mountains, oceans, and in the middle of our country on the big flatlands. In the flatlands I remember the clouds being below the horizon line because, I assume, of the spherical nature of the earth. Same with the oceans I've sailed on. From my personal experience, I would surmise the earth is a sphere.
If you don't believe in God, then I cannot help you. Life is nihalism without a Creator.
until i have proof that what I was taught is wrong
This is a logical fallacy. You should demand proof before you believe. What we have been taught to do is accept the theory of the masters and demand that everyone else prove it is wrong.
Hitchens's razor
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
Globe earth is asserted without evidence. Therefore, i will rejct it until it is proven.
I will give you emperical evidence
We do not experience a moving earth
We see the sun passing over us.
Therefore, emperically, we are on a fixed plane with a sun that is moving independently over us.
THAT is emperical. We are taught to deny our own eyes. Sounds crazy because you, like me, have grown up being told that we're on a sphere, so we fit what we see around us into that model. That model has never been emperically proven to be true.
I can run the laws of physics through my head to the best of my knowledge and create the universe in which we live. it makes sense to me. But, I have ran other scenerios through my head that could also be true, but i chalk up to fantasy because, within the many theories and scenerios I have ran though my head, not all of them can be true because of conflicting values.
For example, for a story I would like to write one day, I imagine the universe was started by a male and female dragon and they laid a clutch of eggs that gravitated towords each other to form a sphere. It remained stationary as the Father turned into a sun, and the Mother turned into a moon in order to incubate the eggs. The growing baby dragon dreams effected the evolution of the bacteria from their eggs on the planet developing all different kinds of life until a more perfect life form evolved that could be a conduit of the dragons life force because their anatomy was upright. Eventually the eggs would hatch destroying all life that evolved on the planet except those who realized who and what they were and either became divine beings or developed tech that would allow them to escape the planet. The survivors with tech would one day colonize other planets, while the divine beings would eventually be precieved as gods.
But that can't be true, theres too many other probabilities.
I'm reading through the book of Enoch (removed from the bible) and it's implying the earth is stationary and the moon and sun travel through portals. havnt finished the book yet. So don't get all defensive and weird on me just yet, I too contemplate all facets of reality, even just for fun, and sometimes it results in a better understanding of the universe.
Although, I cant fathom why or how we ended up on a flat earth. You have yet to provide any compelling evidence of your claims simply because I do what a hell of a lot of people do, believe in a God. I still do not have a good reason to not believe in Him and telling me thats enough for you to give up on your quest suggests you are acting under false pretenses. It doesnt matter if what you believe is true if youre not willing to put the work in to help others achieve a higher level of understanding despite you coming in hot acting like you know and want to share something important
if youre not willing to put the work in to help others achieve a higher level of understanding despite you coming in hot acting like you know and want to share something important
I do the work. I have put my money, time, and effort into providing a service to this community for free for over 5 years.
I am writing this to you in the faint hope that God may open your eyes to the truth, as He has done for me.
I have shown you that your beliefs are based on false premise, but this is not enough for you. I keep telling people to pray about this stuff, but most don't want to hear it. They would rather lean on their own understanding.
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