I've seen that Chicago skyline footage before. A couple of flat earthers rented a boat, waited for a day with similar optical conditions, and then took the boat right up to the city, demonstrating the entire time that the city skyline remained in direct line of sight and could not be a mirage. Anyways, a superior mirage is inverted, not simply moved upwards.
So, the Chicago skyline footage is evidence that the Earth is NOT a globe.... but it could support a flat earth view. It could also support your concave hollow Earth view with your hypothesis that light swoops or curves, because to the boaters coming in, they would perceive the light as if it were coming to them in a straight line.
So in this case, the Chicago skyline being visible at ridiculous range cannot be explained by the globers. You just need to show why the concave hollow explanation is better than flat earth or why flat earth doesn't work.
I will say that a big Scriptural hurdle I see for the concave hollow Earth is also a big problem for the globers: a lack of a real absolute directional up or down, which the Scriptures seems to support:
(Isa 40:22) "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:"
It would seem to me that the concave hollow Earth with God at the center has a big directional problem with this verse here... He is now sitting within the Earth, not UPON, ON, ABOVE, or OVER it.
So, the Chicago skyline footage is evidence that the Earth is NOT a globe.... but it could support a flat earth view. It could also support your concave hollow Earth view with your hypothesis that light swoops or curves, because to the boaters coming in, they would perceive the light as if it were coming to them in a straight line.
So in this case, the Chicago skyline being visible at ridiculous range cannot be explained by the globers. You just need to show why the concave hollow explanation is better than flat earth or why flat earth doesn't work.
I will say that a big Scriptural hurdle I see for the concave hollow Earth is also a big problem for the globers: a lack of a real absolute directional up or down, which the Scriptures seems to support:
(Isa 40:22) "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:"
It would seem to me that the concave hollow Earth with God at the center has a big directional problem with this verse here... He is now sitting within the Earth, not UPON, ON, ABOVE, or OVER it.
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