The question no flat-earther can answer
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The length of daylight is not determined by the speed of the sun; rather, it is determined by the distance and arc of its movement along its circuit path from first-light to last-light.
On any day of the year, the sun moves 15 degrees per hour. The 'rate' factor is constant; therefore, length of daylight will be approximately the same for every day of the year - different only due to changes in the arc of the path of the movement of the sun.
You have to consider the arc of the sun as it moves along its circuit path - relative to the point-in-question.
What is significant is the speed at which first-light "comes" and last-light "goes" --- it is well-reported that in "southern" areas, it is much faster than it is in "northern" areas.
On any day of the year, the sun moves 15 degrees per hour. The 'rate' factor is constant; therefore, length of daylight will be approximately the same for every day of the year - different only due to changes in the arc of the path of the movement of the sun.
You have to consider the arc of the sun as it moves along its circuit path - relative to the point-in-question.
What is significant is the speed at which first-light "comes" and last-light "goes" --- it is well-reported that in "southern" areas, it is much faster than it is in "northern" areas.
You did not ask me to give you supporting evidence "on a silver platter" -- you said you wondered where the evidence could be found -- so, I told you... 
It is up to you to do some research of/on your own.
It is up to you to do some research of/on your own.
"It is up to you to do some research of/on your own"
Hey Gary, this statement of yours really depends on the context.
You DO need to provide research and proof it you're in a debate, and you're trying to prove your case.
Under those circumstance, you need to provide the research, and show the proof.
That's how debate works.
If you and I were in a debate, and I was taking the affirmative of some proposition, it would be reasonable and expected for you to ask me for proof of my assertions, and to demand to see whatever research and evidence I claimed supported that proof.
If I fail to provide the proof and research to support my claims, it is reasonable for you to claim a "win by default", under the principle that I cannot support my claims.
* In a debate, if you're trying to prove your position, then you need to provide the proof.
* If it's not a debate, and you're not really trying to prove anything... then it doesn't matter.
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And, right now, it is proving to be quite an effort to write posts on a smartphone...
Just let people know.
Even your opponents will cut you a break, lol.
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I know, max. I know.
The thing is - even though for centuries everyone has been taught from birth that the earth is a spinning ball flying through space, no one has ever actually shown any [real] scientific proof that it is true.
Modern science assumes the ball-earth model as fact instead of requiring proof of it. Not very scientific - is it?
Rather than debate the flat-earth model -- why doesn't someone take the affirmative of the proposition that the ball-earth model is true - and support it with some actual bona fide proof...???
The thing is - even though for centuries everyone has been taught from birth that the earth is a spinning ball flying through space, no one has ever actually shown any [real] scientific proof that it is true.
Modern science assumes the ball-earth model as fact instead of requiring proof of it. Not very scientific - is it?
Rather than debate the flat-earth model -- why doesn't someone take the affirmative of the proposition that the ball-earth model is true - and support it with some actual bona fide proof...???
You did not ask me to give you supporting evidence "on a silver platter" -- you said you wondered where the evidence could be found -- so, I told you...
It is up to you to do some research of/on your own.
It is up to you to do some research of/on your own.
"The North is always much warmer than [the same relative position in] the South - in varying degree according to season. This fact alone denies the ball-earth model."
Here is your "pointer" to the evidence:
"Recorded in the journals of people who have explored those regions and described what they found there."
Think about it for a moment: explorers who kept journals while they explored polar regions would likely have no idea what the concurrent temperature was at the opposite end of the world. They would have been making assumptions. So your evidence doesn't support your assertion. Perhaps a different phrasing would make your assertion valid.
GaryA, consider this evidence:
Sydney, Australia, is at about 33 degrees south, ten degrees south of the Tropic of Capricorn. The sun is never directly overhead in Sydney. In the North-centric flat earth model, the sun could never appear directly east, directly west, or south of either. Yet in southern summer, the sun rises to the southeast of Sydney, and sets to the southwest. This is easily explained on a ball earth, and impossible on a north-centric flat earth.
It is reasonable to ignore evidence for the impossible and to assume what is possible, plausible and testable.
Sydney, Australia, is at about 33 degrees south, ten degrees south of the Tropic of Capricorn. The sun is never directly overhead in Sydney. In the North-centric flat earth model, the sun could never appear directly east, directly west, or south of either. Yet in southern summer, the sun rises to the southeast of Sydney, and sets to the southwest. This is easily explained on a ball earth, and impossible on a north-centric flat earth.
It is reasonable to ignore evidence for the impossible and to assume what is possible, plausible and testable.
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