Flat Earth - It's NOT Ridiculous

[Freodin]

Books!? Really? Videos, yes, those are a dime a dozen. And they tend to make me laugh at the terrible ignorance of the creators of those videos. Almost all of those can be refuted by Desertphile's Gravity Rant. Due to just a touch, not excessive, of "foul language" I will not link it here, but if you search YouTube for it you should have no trouble finding it.

Yes, there are books. Modern books tend to be rather simplistic, or rewrites of the earlier Victorian flat earthers. Who had to write books, because their access to the internet and YouTube was rather sporadic. )
Each and every "flat earth" (or other alternative versions) model that has been presented in video or book tends to go into two directions: they either criticise parts of the "heliocentric model", and this criticism is based on ignorance of the model... or they present alternative explanations for observations, which are either unverified or contradicting.

I have yet to see an "alternative model" of the earth that is not fundamentally flawed.

But because most Flat Earthers do not have the knowledge to understand that - even disregard this knowledge as "masonic lies" - they are fundamentally unable to understand that.
The Flat Earthers that I have seen presenting their "models" are just prime examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

 

[lasthero]

... and so I come to where I now exit this debate...

There are good reasons to accept that the world is as we are told. However, there are also good reasons to accept that it's not. For me, I am now in a place of humility. I don't know and you know what else? I'm okay with not knowing. I've spent my entire life, seeking to know this or to know that. I even ventured far into the occult in pursuit of knowing.

Finally, after over 9 months of researching FE, God set my head right. I have come to understand that life isn't all about knowing or not knowing, it's about having faith and walking in spirit.

I don't think god exists, but if he did, I can't imagine he'd be happy about you deciding not to use the wonderful brain he made you.

 

[pitabread]

FE isn’t the only competing model either.

FE isn't a competing model to begin with. Just because a bunch of people come up with a crank idea doesn't mean it has any credence.

 

[AV1611VET]

FE isn't a competing model to begin with. Just because a bunch of people come up with a crank idea doesn't mean it has any credence.

So the Two Moon Theory has no credence? Phlogiston theory had none? Alchemy? dihydrogen in the water? Y2K?

None of those had any credence?

 

[HitchSlap]

So the Two Moon Theory has no credence? Phlogiston theory had none? Alchemy? dihydrogen in the water? Y2K?

None of those had any credence?

Thalidomide challenger and Pluto

 

[AV1611VET]

Thalidomide challenger and Pluto

Those comprise my primary triad.

 

[Bumble Bee]

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