If the Earth were flat---

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Dino246

Dino246

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p_rehbein said:
When you look at the universe and the way it is laid out; do you ever think that God made all the heavenly bodies round because He liked playing marbles?

(just saying)

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That reminds me of the end of a movie... I don't recall which though. The last scene is zooming out from the earth to the universe, which turns out to be a marble being played with by a dinosaur.
 
Lynx

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I think that was how Men In Black ended.

The whole movie they were chasing a universe, and it turned out to be the size of a marble, on a cat's collar. At the end of the movie they show our universe being a marble to some other aliens.
 
RealScience

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Ok. Here is a list of things that are real scientific objections to the FE idea.
No one, and I say again, NO ONE on this forum, has bothered to address even one of these ideas.
My simple question is, why doesn't anybody even bother to post on these issues?
There is an endless run of uninformed and emotional responses not in the slightest bit related to the issues.
Are we looking for real truth? I suspect not.
There is a real problem here.
I'm talking about thoughtful, informed, logical reasoning.

Here is a list of things the Flat Earth Theory cannot explain. The reason they can't be explained is because the Earth is spherical, not flat.
1. Eclipses
2. Phases of the Moon
3. Tides
4. Meteors and comets
5. Why the planets "wander"
6. Solar flares
7. Why we can have different seasons on the earth at the same time
8. Why different star constellations are visible from different latitudes
9. Why the moon looks upside down in Australia as compared with North America
10. Why the North Pole is in full sunlight all summer and full darkness all winter. (and opposite at the South Pole)
11. Time zones
12. How Gravity works and why it decreases as you go up a mountain
13. The existence of North and South Magnetic poles
14. Coriolis Force
15. How the GPS system works
16. Why weather systems in the N hemisphere are deflected to the right, in the Southern hemisphere they get deflected to the left
17. Air pressure and why it decreases as you go higher
18. Why water pressure increases with depth in the ocean
19. Why do we have 24 hours in a day? 365 days in a year? 60 minutes in an hour? 60 seconds in a minute?
20. Noah's Flood
21. Why do Civil Engineers have to allow for the curvature of the earth in large structures? - Verrazano bridge, Cern accelerator etc
22. How do you explain away all the pictures from space that show the Earth is spherical? (You mean EVERY picture taken since 1947 is fake?)

Is there anybody out there who is serious about properly debating even one of these ideas?
 
Dino246

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RealScience said:
Ok. Here is a list of things that are real scientific objections to the FE idea.
No one, and I say again, NO ONE on this forum, has bothered to address even one of these ideas.
My simple question is, why doesn't anybody even bother to post on these issues?
There is an endless run of uninformed and emotional responses not in the slightest bit related to the issues.
Are we looking for real truth? I suspect not.
There is a real problem here.
I'm talking about thoughtful, informed, logical reasoning.

Here is a list of things the Flat Earth Theory cannot explain. The reason they can't be explained is because the Earth is spherical, not flat.
1. Eclipses
2. Phases of the Moon
3. Tides
4. Meteors and comets
5. Why the planets "wander"
6. Solar flares
7. Why we can have different seasons on the earth at the same time
8. Why different star constellations are visible from different latitudes
9. Why the moon looks upside down in Australia as compared with North America
10. Why the North Pole is in full sunlight all summer and full darkness all winter. (and opposite at the South Pole)
11. Time zones
12. How Gravity works and why it decreases as you go up a mountain
13. The existence of North and South Magnetic poles
14. Coriolis Force
15. How the GPS system works
16. Why weather systems in the N hemisphere are deflected to the right, in the Southern hemisphere they get deflected to the left
17. Air pressure and why it decreases as you go higher
18. Why water pressure increases with depth in the ocean
19. Why do we have 24 hours in a day? 365 days in a year? 60 minutes in an hour? 60 seconds in a minute?
20. Noah's Flood
21. Why do Civil Engineers have to allow for the curvature of the earth in large structures? - Verrazano bridge, Cern accelerator etc
22. How do you explain away all the pictures from space that show the Earth is spherical? (You mean EVERY picture taken since 1947 is fake?)

Is there anybody out there who is serious about properly debating even one of these ideas?
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Welcome to the Forums! I see you have already discovered the paucity of scientific support for FE. You may want to make some popcorn while you wait for the overly emotional responses.

Also, FYI, there are several threads on this subject, and there have been some attempts to explain some of these issues in those threads. Check the Conspiracy forum as well.
 
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RealScience said:
Ok. Here is a list of things that are real scientific objections to the FE idea.
No one, and I say again, NO ONE on this forum, has bothered to address even one of these ideas.
My simple question is, why doesn't anybody even bother to post on these issues?
There is an endless run of uninformed and emotional responses not in the slightest bit related to the issues.
Are we looking for real truth? I suspect not.
There is a real problem here.
I'm talking about thoughtful, informed, logical reasoning.

Here is a list of things the Flat Earth Theory cannot explain. The reason they can't be explained is because the Earth is spherical, not flat.
1. Eclipses
2. Phases of the Moon
3. Tides
4. Meteors and comets
5. Why the planets "wander"
6. Solar flares
7. Why we can have different seasons on the earth at the same time
8. Why different star constellations are visible from different latitudes
9. Why the moon looks upside down in Australia as compared with North America
10. Why the North Pole is in full sunlight all summer and full darkness all winter. (and opposite at the South Pole)
11. Time zones
12. How Gravity works and why it decreases as you go up a mountain
13. The existence of North and South Magnetic poles
14. Coriolis Force
15. How the GPS system works
16. Why weather systems in the N hemisphere are deflected to the right, in the Southern hemisphere they get deflected to the left
17. Air pressure and why it decreases as you go higher
18. Why water pressure increases with depth in the ocean
19. Why do we have 24 hours in a day? 365 days in a year? 60 minutes in an hour? 60 seconds in a minute?
20. Noah's Flood
21. Why do Civil Engineers have to allow for the curvature of the earth in large structures? - Verrazano bridge, Cern accelerator etc
22. How do you explain away all the pictures from space that show the Earth is spherical? (You mean EVERY picture taken since 1947 is fake?)

Is there anybody out there who is serious about properly debating even one of these ideas?
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Eclipses definately #1. And moon phases.

Do flat earthers believe in global warming?🤪





 
JTB

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How do intelligent people even have this debate any more?

Oh, that's how...
 
Lynx

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RealScience said:
Ok. Here is a list of things that are real scientific objections to the FE idea.
No one, and I say again, NO ONE on this forum, has bothered to address even one of these ideas.
My simple question is, why doesn't anybody even bother to post on these issues?
There is an endless run of uninformed and emotional responses not in the slightest bit related to the issues.
Are we looking for real truth? I suspect not.
There is a real problem here.
I'm talking about thoughtful, informed, logical reasoning.

Here is a list of things the Flat Earth Theory cannot explain. The reason they can't be explained is because the Earth is spherical, not flat.
1. Eclipses
2. Phases of the Moon
3. Tides
4. Meteors and comets
5. Why the planets "wander"
6. Solar flares
7. Why we can have different seasons on the earth at the same time
8. Why different star constellations are visible from different latitudes
9. Why the moon looks upside down in Australia as compared with North America
10. Why the North Pole is in full sunlight all summer and full darkness all winter. (and opposite at the South Pole)
11. Time zones
12. How Gravity works and why it decreases as you go up a mountain
13. The existence of North and South Magnetic poles
14. Coriolis Force
15. How the GPS system works
16. Why weather systems in the N hemisphere are deflected to the right, in the Southern hemisphere they get deflected to the left
17. Air pressure and why it decreases as you go higher
18. Why water pressure increases with depth in the ocean
19. Why do we have 24 hours in a day? 365 days in a year? 60 minutes in an hour? 60 seconds in a minute?
20. Noah's Flood
21. Why do Civil Engineers have to allow for the curvature of the earth in large structures? - Verrazano bridge, Cern accelerator etc
22. How do you explain away all the pictures from space that show the Earth is spherical? (You mean EVERY picture taken since 1947 is fake?)

Is there anybody out there who is serious about properly debating even one of these ideas?
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Ya had to. Ya just had to dig this thread back up.
 
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Gojira

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Gardenias said:
Oh my how silly we become when we think others are serious!

I do believe this thread was meant as a joke and to have off the cuff comments intending to be funny.BUT.................
Some who believe the earth is flat have taken offense.

Gravity,man on moon,flat earth,all irrelevant.......
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I'm asking God to make a planet with a Toho ecosystem.
 
RealScience

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Lynx said:
Ya had to. Ya just had to dig this thread back up.
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Simply because my dear Lynx, nobody has ever addressed the issues.
Most of what I see here is emotional and sarcastic comment. Not objective science, and therefore there are no conclusions.
(such as "Flat Earth" is unsubstantiated nonsense. Why are we even "discussing it?)
I will not post again on this topic, due to lack of interest.
 
Lynx

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RealScience said:
Simply because my dear Lynx, nobody has ever addressed the issues.
Most of what I see here is emotional and sarcastic comment. Not objective science, and therefore there are no conclusions.
(such as "Flat Earth" is unsubstantiated nonsense. Why are we even "discussing it?)
I will not post again on this topic, due to lack of interest.
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To the contrary, all the things you mentioned have already been mentioned in this thread. I mentioned a good few of them myself.

There has been a lot of science discussed in this thread actually. How did you miss it?

There are only two theories I can think of for how you missed it.
1. You didn't read all the posts. Quite understandable as there are currently 24 pages in this thread and most of them are rather pointless.
2. You don't consider it to be real science unless it involves expensive gadgets. Making inferences from observable reality is not "real" science to you.
I'm betting on the first one.
 
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