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I took it that HantsUK meant (in context) that the correct position of the north pole as far as the flat earth believers are concerned is in the centre. I don't think Hants UK meant that he believes the North pole is in the centre.

Not sure maybe we should ask @HantsUK .
 
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Not sure maybe we should ask @HantsUK .
I don't think we need to because in his post he wrote: "The problem with a flat earth understanding is that it contradict reality. What we observe does not agree with what would be seen if the earth was flat." So he obviously doesn't believe in a flat earth.
 
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I took it that HantsUK meant (in context) that the correct position of the north pole as far as the flat earth believers are concerned is in the centre. I don't think Hants UK meant that he believes the North pole is in the centre.
Thanks for the comment.

I've added:
Edit: just to be clear, the descriptions above are for a flat earth. The problem with a flat earth understanding is that it contradict reality. What we observe does not agree with what would be seen if the earth was flat.

(I'm not keeping up - stopped to make a coffee).

Many flat earth videos not not understand basic flat earth concepts.
 
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I took it that HantsUK meant (in context) that the correct position of the north pole as far as the flat earth believers are concerned is in the centre. I don't think Hants UK meant that he believes the North pole is in the centre.
Yes, I agree.
 
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Your absolutely right :thumbsup:
What about his "absolutely right"? What does an "absolutely right" describe anyway and how does one obtain such a thing?
 
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I took it that HantsUK meant (in context) that the correct position of the north pole as far as the flat earth believers are concerned is in the centre. I don't think Hants UK meant that he believes the North pole is in the centre.

What ever he believes in Hants was right the North pole is at the center of earth.

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What ever he believes in Hants was right the North pole is at the center of earth.

View attachment 374105
According to Flat Earthers and very out of date maps.
In the real world, however .......

Why would it be called the North Pole if if was in the middle?
 
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From AI just cause I am lazy today. Here is the measure of the curvature of the earth.

“ The circumference of the Earth is approximately 40,075 kilometers (24,901 miles) at the equatorand 40,008 kilometers (24,860 miles) through the poles. This difference is because the Earth is not a perfect sphere; it bulges at the equator due to its rotation, making the equatorial circumference slightly larger.“

Have a nice day. :wave:
When was this measure taken :doh:
 
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Funny how nobody questions that to leave lunar surface, which is supposedly 1/3 earth gravity, you can do with a firecracker, but to leave earth you need a rocket the size of a skyscraper. And the angled shadows from supposed parallel solar rays :doh:
 
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I've been through all this in previous posts, try reading them.
And I have posted links to a website that sells tickets for sight=seeing flights over Antarctica. Where are they flying if, as the maps you posted indicate, Antarctica is beyond the edge of a flat earth? I couldn't see Antarctica on your maps. If Antarctica is not where believers in a flat earth say it is, why should the Arctic and the North Pole be at the centre as you claim?
 
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I've been through all this in previous posts, try reading them.
Try providing links to your 'explanatory' posts. Not that we haven't read them, they simply don't give a reasonable explanation.
 
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As @Apple Sky would say, "Google it". You might actually learn something :cool:
I’m pretty sure no one has taken a measuring tape and measured the circumference of the earth, in both directions. Actually, there’s no cross polar flights recorded in history even.
 
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If Antarctica is not where believers in a flat earth say it is, why should the Arctic and the North Pole be at the centre as you claim?

I've explained all this once.

The Antarctica encircles the whole earth leaving the Arctic in the center, there is no east, west & south when navigating by sea and this is why all compasses point to the Magnetic North.

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For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

Compass = Come Pass
 
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Funny how nobody questions that to leave lunar surface, which is supposedly 1/3 earth gravity, you can do with a firecracker, but to leave earth you need a rocket the size of a skyscraper.
Not remotely funny, seeing as the Apollo Lunar Ascent module had a weight of between 4.5 and 4.9 tonnes, with the Moon's gravity being 1/6 that of earth, whereas the weight of the entire rocket launching from Earth had a weight of 49.875 tonnes. The Ascent Module's engine was also hardly a fire cracker, producing 16kN of thrust, compared to the five Saturn V engines producing 34MN of thrust.
And the angled shadows from supposed parallel solar rays :doh:
You mean like this.
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