All you guys are wrong. The flat earth con is a master troll operation to see exactly how stupid and easily misled people can be. They are doing it for the laughs. Anytime the glowies feel a little down in the dumps they fire up the flat earth truther vlogs and have a good laugh.
No one in the middle ages thought the earth was flat, no one since prehistoric times has thought the earth was flat, so long ago people didn't even have the ability to scribble it on some cave walls.
Travel, ancient astrology/astronomy, certain fields of math altogether are dependent on the earth being round and it's circumference/arc lengths being exactly that; the characteristics of a sphere.
We were all told back "before we knew the earth was a sphere" that people would watch ships disappear over the horizon and the people watching on the shore would think the ships fell off the Earth. Fucking seriously? That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE SAME SHIPS RETURNED TO PORT LATER?
"Omg we seen your ship fall off the Earth yesterday!"
"Wtf? Dude we went fishing. I'm standing right in front of you. We didn't fall off the earth, that's stupid."
With binoculars or telescope, the hull of the ship is visible once more. It is all about perspective and the visual acuity of the observer, not going over a curve. No curve in Lake Michigan where Chicago skyline is clearly visible with the naked eye, even the bases of the buildings, over 60 miles away and viewing from the beach. This is inexplicable in your model.
Really? So whip out your telescope and view Burj Khalifa from your porch. Better yet zoom past the Burj and focus tightly on that huge ice wall barrier of the earth you people claim exists. You can see celestial objects thousands and thousands and thousands of miles away with a telescope but you can't see Mt everest from the same location. Lmfao. Go troll some other simpleton
There are obstacles and haze from clouds and condensation obstructing the line of sight, and moreover the light cannot be resolved at such distance (acuity). Our eyes cannot see things that are trillions of miles distant.
To me, it initially seemed like an experiment in understanding how people know the truth about a commonly accepted idea regarding the fundamental nature of reality. How can you truly know anything that you have not observed and calculated yourself? How do people react when presented an idea that contradicts their understanding of what they have accepted as absolute truth? Most of the arguments for or against FE theory seem to depend on either accepting other people's observations, or questioning them. A lot of people engaged in the debate react with indignation, dogmatic skepticism, and a zealous belief that their side maintains the truth, rather than delving into an honest, deeper understanding of the principles involved in a search for the truth in whatever form it might actually take.
But the experiment went off the rails, and has since devolved into a mostly nonsensical slap fight between zealots. And in its current form, it does seem more like an operation to see how easy it is to mislead people like you're saying.
The best, probably most intelligent reply I've yet encountered here on this platform
All you guys are wrong. The flat earth con is a master troll operation to see exactly how stupid and easily misled people can be.
I thought the master troll was convincing everyone we lived on a sphere. After all, it helped them see which ones were loyal to God's teachings and who were occultists. Sort of the same thing it's doing now. Dividing us up further to get us infighting among other purposes I'm sure.
OR maybe you think the Earth is pear-shaped. LMFAO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7T2H6jwlg
The only reference in the Bible that people confuse with Earth being flat is the whole "four corners of the Earth" line. And the heavens being held above the Earth by some firmament. Cardinal directions aren't exclusive to any shaped land mass. Who is to say firmament isn't gravity, dark energy, or dark matter? It's a weak lead to an assumption.
Maybe you and others are the ones who think the phrase "four corners of the Earth" is not exactly what it says it means.
I have looked at the flat earth thing in-depth. Honestly, after considering the evidence put forth, I'm not sure that we do live on a ball-shaped chunk of rock.
See, this is the great thing about what America used to be. I'm allowed to think this way. I choose to question NASA and other agencies based on their words and actions in addition to evidence that others have found that says the opposite of what we're being told by said agencies. Instead of the media and public schools would broach such topics, they would actually be teaching critical thinking skills. Alas, nobody wants critical thinkers in society, so children and adults are taught to shut down critical thinkers and muzzle them. Don't worry though, the GLOBALISTS are vying for control and everyone who disagrees with them will go to a death camp.
Considering everything going on in the world, does it really matter what shape of rock we're living on?
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