How to prove that the Earth is flat, and not a sphere...

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breno785au

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Very well done, in fact he nails it.

The worldly teaches "science" that not only disputes scripture, but mocks it by claiming the exact opposite. Truth is not mainstream, nor is it popular. Most people don't care, they'd rather go along to get along. Too afraid to seem "different" from the crowd..afraid of the truth, afraid the truth will change their lives. It will. The truth will set you free. It'll probably make you mad first, to see how deep the deceptions go, but after you get over that, your love for the Creator grows, appreciation gratitude for how patient He is, while you've been following philosophy and vain deceit...it's beautiful, this perfectly made still flat earth, but oh what a shaking He will give it one day, then we will know what a moving earth really feels like. No one will be laughing then, no, that will not amuse.
Stop trying to manipulate people to believe what you do with your religious speech. Discuss the topic decently.
 

EarnestQ

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Some years ago I was in bed and just outside my window the neighbors were having an argument. He was drunk and yelling at her for having an affair. She was trying to reason with him, but he would have none of it.

I observed that "You can't reason with a drunk."

Throughout my life I have interacted with people who were mentally ill and/or delusional. Nothing anyone could say would change their mind about something once it was made up. I observed, "You can't reason with insanity."

Posters to this thread continue to ask rational questions and present conclusive proof of a spherical earth. The FENSers* WILL NEVER respond to legitimate questions or try to account for legitimate evidence.

After an honest attempt at reasoning with them, and their insistence in continuing with their delusion and deception, there is no point in further trying to reason with them.

Some Bible verses that support this follow.


Proverbs 14
7. Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.
15. A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.

Proverbs 18
2. A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.

Proverbs 23
9. Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 26
4. Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.

5. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

These last two make it clear that no matter what you say or do, you can't reason with a fool.
If you answer him according to his folly, you become a fool yourself.

Those who are so deluded as to hold to the FENS* are Biblical fools, IMO.

*FENS - Flat Earth Non-Sense
 

Bladerunner

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i don't question as much if the earth is round or flat. The question is about spinning at 3,000 mpr, seems like we'd be falling down dizzy. The reasons scientist give us don't make much sense to me. Whats the word with that?

let me jump in here and make you that much more dizzy..... I am going to ask you and the other round-earthers how this happens.?


we are spinning at 1,000 MPH......we are circling the Sun at 66,000 mph.....and we are going through the Milky Way Galaxy at 44,000 mph..

Yet, our star system known as the zodiac has stayed the same over 6,000 years. Are they not millions of light years away?????????

Better yet,,,How is the NORTH STAR Polaris stay at our North Pole every night.

Oh, scientist tell us we are 14 Bil. years....... Surely they have moved since then.


We are on a Flat Earth Believe it or not........Having said that,,, it really does not matter because most of you believe in Global warming as well and will believe in the little green men that are fixing to land in Rome.

I guess common sense is in short supply these days.



Wise up----The Bible is the WORD of GOD. It tells us the earth is flat. Do you not believe GOD?????????????
 
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GaryA

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I guess common sense is in short supply these days.
Yes - I like to call it "rare sense" - because, it just doesn't seem to be all that 'common' anymore... ;)

:)
 

posthuman

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Have you ever ridden in a car, Blade runner?

Ever noticed that as long as you are not accelerating, any loose object can sit on the dashboard perfectly as-you-please and not be immediately flung into the backseat, no matter how fast you go?

And have you ever looked out of the window of a car while it went down a highway? Did you ever notice how signs and rails and trees close to the car seemed to zip by quickly, but things further away, buildings, towns, hills, mountains - these all seemed to be moving much slower, if even at all? Possibly if you paid close attention you might notice the apparent change in angle seemed directly proportional to distance?



How much do you understand about what words like inertia, parallax or field-of-view mean? Do you know very much about distance and time scales and geometry? Could you actually draw the triangles and do the math yourself to see how much stars should have shifted over a few thousand years?

Will you accept the fact of the historical record of the old Chinese and Arab and Indian, and the evidence of the ancient astronomical megalithic structures alignments?

Will you accept the evidence God Himself shows every seeing eye twice a day, at sunrise and sunset? 4 times daily what He shows you if you merely watch the moon?



Can you do the math? Show me. i will listen to it.
The physics? Can you draw the free body diagram? Show the forces all accounted for, explain them and calculate the resulting vector? i want to see.


Please.
Thank you
 
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Karraster

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Interesting what John Calvin had to say about Copernicus~theory of heliocentric model~ and also what other "religious" leaders back in the day.. Calvin warns against those who say “that the sun does not move and that it is the earth that moves.” He describes those who hold this view as “stark raving mad” and as “possessed” by the Devil.


As to the shape of heavenly bodies, can't say I know. Scripture has a lot to say about the earth, but doesn't compare earth to any other place, does it? How is that relevant?
 
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GaryA

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Very well done, in fact he nails it.

The worldly teaches "science" that not only disputes scripture, but mocks it by claiming the exact opposite. Truth is not mainstream, nor is it popular. Most people don't care, they'd rather go along to get along. Too afraid to seem "different" from the crowd..afraid of the truth, afraid the truth will change their lives. It will. The truth will set you free. It'll probably make you mad first, to see how deep the deceptions go, but after you get over that, your love for the Creator grows, appreciation gratitude for how patient He is, while you've been following philosophy and vain deceit...it's beautiful, this perfectly made still flat earth, but oh what a shaking He will give it one day, then we will know what a moving earth really feels like. No one will be laughing then, no, that will not amuse.
Stop trying to manipulate people to believe what you do with your religious speech. Discuss the topic decently.
That was totally unnecessary, don't you think?

I thought what she said was discussing the topic decently...

Why don't you stop the personal attacks and "discuss the topic decently" ??? :p

Did you even bother to watch the video??????????

:( SMH
 
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GaryA

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And have you ever looked out of the window of a car while it went down a highway? Did you ever notice how signs and rails and trees close to the car seemed to zip by quickly, but things further away, buildings, towns, hills, mountains - these all seemed to be moving much slower, if even at all?
Have you ever noticed that the NASA video footage of the Earth from the space station does not do this? How that, even though it is supposed to be looking out across the [ vast surface of the ] Earth - to the horizon, every part of the Earth is moving at the same rate - rather than - moving faster at a closer distance while slower at a farther distance?

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GaryA

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Scripture has a lot to say about the earth, but doesn't compare earth to any other place, does it? How is that relevant?
It also never refers to the sun as a star, and actually seems to 'classify' and 'describe' them as being different things.

:)
 

RickyZ

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Wise up----The Bible is the WORD of GOD. It tells us the earth is flat. Do you not believe GOD?????????????
You know, an answer to this has been reverberating in my spirit all day (how did I know someone would ask?)

1. The word of God is infallible.

2. The interpretation thereof is not.

3. A world full of empirical and scientific evidence proves the world is spherical

ergo

4. Flat earthers must be interpreting scripture wrong.

Yep. In short supply indeed.
 
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GaryA

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I observed that "You can't reason with a drunk."
I have observed that you cannot reason with those who are 'drunk' on the MATRIX cocktail.


I observed, "You can't reason with insanity."
I have observed that you cannot reason with those who cannot escape the 'insanity' of modern-day pseudo-science delusion.


Posters to this thread continue to ask rational questions and present conclusive proof of a spherical earth. The FENSers* WILL NEVER respond to legitimate questions or try to account for legitimate evidence.
As far as I am concerned ( right now ), unless some people show me some evidence that they are willing to AT LEAST watch the videos posted -- I have no interest in answering any of their questions...

The videos answer a lot of questions. Why are Ball Earth folks not interested in that?

"Whats-a-matter - afraid you might learn some truth and have to deal with it?" :rolleyes:


After an honest attempt at reasoning with them, and their insistence in continuing with their delusion and deception, there is no point in further trying to reason with them.
"Exactly!" ;)

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GaryA

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You know, an answer to this has been reverberating in my spirit all day (how did I know someone would ask?)

1. The word of God is infallible.

2. The interpretation thereof is not.

3. A world full of empirical and scientific evidence proves the world is spherical

ergo

4. Flat earthers must be interpreting scripture wrong.

Yep. In short supply indeed.
People who "more correctly" interpret scripture see and understand the truth about the world they live in with "more clarity"... :D :cool:

( And, are less prone to having their faith in "what God says" overrun, overtaken, and overwritten by "what the world says"... ;) )

:)
 

breno785au

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That was totally unnecessary, don't you think?

I thought what she said was discussing the topic decently...

Why don't you stop the personal attacks and "discuss the topic decently" ??? :p

Did you even bother to watch the video??????????

:( SMH
If I thought it was unnecessary I wouldn't have posted it. We dont need to tell people who don't believe what they do that they don't care about the truth, or are scared for looking different. Heck, believing in Jesus is the ultimate standout. Nor acting as if believing in a flat earth will bring you closer to God or something...and I replied to her because it's not the first but numerous of such posts.

I like coming here because the banter between two parties is interesting, especially posthumans because he uses mathematics etc and seems to have a firm understanding of it vs well..flat earth youtube videos lol
I do occasionally have questions that usually take a week to be answered if at all but I'm not very scientifically minded so I'm limited.

If you think my post was unnecessary, report it.

And also, I'm not a fan of some of earnestHQ's (I think that's his name) posts either just so you know I'm not being biased.
 

EarnestQ

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Have you ever ridden in a car, Blade runner?

Ever noticed that as long as you are not accelerating, any loose object can sit on the dashboard perfectly as-you-please and not be immediately flung into the backseat, no matter how fast you go?

And have you ever looked out of the window of a car while it went down a highway? Did you ever notice how signs and rails and trees close to the car seemed to zip by quickly, but things further away, buildings, towns, hills, mountains - these all seemed to be moving much slower, if even at all? Possibly if you paid close attention you might notice the apparent change in angle seemed directly proportional to distance?



How much do you understand about what words like inertia, parallax or field-of-view mean? Do you know very much about distance and time scales and geometry? Could you actually draw the triangles and do the math yourself to see how much stars should have shifted over a few thousand years?

Will you accept the fact of the historical record of the old Chinese and Arab and Indian, and the evidence of the ancient astronomical megalithic structures alignments?

Will you accept the evidence God Himself shows every seeing eye twice a day, at sunrise and sunset? 4 times daily what He shows you if you merely watch the moon?



Can you do the math? Show me. i will listen to it.
The physics? Can you draw the free body diagram? Show the forces all accounted for, explain them and calculate the resulting vector? i want to see.


Please.
Thank you



You can't reason with insanity.


Proverbs 26
4. Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.

5. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

v4 Answer a fool according to his folly and you will be like him.
v5 Do not answer a fool according to his folly and he will be wise in his own eyes.

You can't win a argument with a fool.

 

posthuman

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Have you ever noticed that the NASA video footage of the Earth from the space station does not do this? How that, even though it is supposed to be looking out across the [ vast surface of the ] Earth - to the horizon, every part of the Earth is moving at the same rate - rather than - moving faster at a closer distance while slower at a farther distance?

:)
of course i haven't noticed any such lack of reality.

because you're lying.
((and deflecting))

watch closely:


[video=youtube;XG90YYHCSeA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG90YYHCSeA[/video]

compare the apparent speed of the features in the bottom of the screen to those towards the top, and the edges, remembering that all these features are quite a distance from the onboard cameras taking the footage.
 
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maxwel

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I know how to prove the earth is round.

We just take a giant ball of twine, head in one direction,
and wrap it around the earth!



[video=youtube;ZTKkM6VEWNQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKkM6VEWNQ[/video]
 
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jennymae

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I know how to prove the earth is round.

We just take a giant ball of twine, head in one direction,
and wrap it around the earth!



[video=youtube;ZTKkM6VEWNQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKkM6VEWNQ[/video]
Cool, finally the "Rollin' a House" theory will get its scientific revival.