Why People Believe The Earth is Flat

[Apple Sky]

Just our every day common sense of perception of the earth, it is flat as far as we can tell, it is motionless as far as we can tell & every thing in the sky is revolving around us as far as we can tell.

Curvature is 8" per mile, here is the longest bridge in the world the 'Danyang - Kunshan - Grand Bridge China, 102.4 miles long there should exist 7,000 feet drop of curvature but there isn't.

Go to the beach and watch any boat or ship disappear over the horizon, now take your binoculars, telescope or camera and the zoom in, the boat or ship comes back into full view, they don't disappear because of curvature.

The sun is defiantly not 93 million miles away.

There is a place in Bolvia and it's called selar de uni which is a salt flat, it is literally 100 miles one way way and 80 miles across & it is perfectly flat & when it rains you get like a 1" of water & it looks like a perfect mirror, it shows that you can see prfeclty clear to the other end which is 100 miles away.
How does that happen on sphere ?

Apparently there are 10 to thousands of satellites orbiting earth.

We can't even get any close ups of earth, we cant get a view of Australia of buildings up side down, & the sun sets & rises due to prospective it being to far away to view.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

People believe the earth is flat, because their tire is always flat. Therefore, everything else must be flat.

 

[Apple Sky]

People believe the earth is flat, because their tire is always flat. Therefore, everything else must be flat.

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[trophy33]

Why People Believe The Earth is Flat​

Because those people have some reasoning and logical thinking impairment. Its frequently associated with mental problems like paranoia and the inclination to absurdly huge conspiracy theories.

There may be also some psychological needs, like an inclination to be a part of a cult, an "inner circle" of those who "really know what is going on". Many flat earthers are socially isolated and this is their coping mechanism.

And also many other reasons like a huge lack of education and a general mistrust towards other people etc are in the mix.

 

[Mark Quayle]

Why People Believe The Earth is Flat​

Because those people have some reasoning and logical thinking impairment. Its frequently associated with mental problems like paranoia and the inclination to absurdly huge conspiracy theories.

There may be also some psychological needs, like an inclination to be a part of a cult, an "inner circle" of those who "really know what is going on". Many flat earthers are socially isolated and this is their coping mechanism.

And also many other reasons like a huge lack of education and a general mistrust towards other people etc are in the mix.

And lack of common sense.

The proportions I have heard of still don't answer the observations. For example, they will say, "When a hole in the clouds opens up and from a distance you see the sun's rays shining through, it is obvious the sun is near, because if it is far, it will not spread out so wide." Problem is, the same thing would be true if the sun was as far away as THEY say it is. Too far for that radical a spread.

And I never hear a good explanation for certain other phenomenon. Why, for example, when I am on the American west coast, I can be in broad daylight, but the person I'm talking to on the phone is getting ready to go to bed, where it is long since dark. Or why, when I flew from New York to Japan, by the shortest (northern) route, the plane flew out of broad daylight almost into darkness and then back into broad daylight again as its path became southbound.

 

[NBB]

I think is harder to believe that everyone is lying, instead of flat earth, i mean, why pilots and explorer all scientists and goverments would be lying, also engineers and astronomers etc, it makes less sense than flat earth.

 

[Apple Sky]

And I never hear a good explanation for certain other phenomenon. Why, for example, when I am on the American west coast, I can be in broad daylight, but the person I'm talking to on the phone is getting ready to go to bed, where it is long since dark. Or why, when I flew from New York to Japan, by the shortest (northern) route, the plane flew out of broad daylight almost into darkness and then back into broad daylight again as its path became southbound.

This is the way the sun & the moon work on F/E.

 

[Mark Quayle]

This is the way the sun & the moon work on F/E.

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I don't see that answering the questions, for example, the distance above the surface is still too great for the apparent spread of rays beneath the hole in the clouds. I expect then, there are some that don't claim the spread implies anything.

And, if that motion of the sun and moon are actual, do the centers of their circles of motion vary according to the seasons?

By what means do they shine over only a portion, like a flashlight, and why do we not see them fade out or simply disappear, instead of setting?

 

[Bradskii]

Lack of education.

 

[d taylor]

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Because it is God's creation that is described in The Bible.

 

[Apple Sky]

And, if that motion of the sun and moon are actual, do their circles of motion vary according to season?

Yes the sun travels in & out in a circular motion to give the seasons.

The story I heard mentions no edge, but only a far country beyond an ice wall as one continues south past the [non-existent] south pole.

Yes there is no edge, so no moggy is going to push everything off the edge.

 

[NBB]

This is the way the sun & the moon work on F/E.

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If you put a ball of light over a flat object it illuminates all the object.

 

[Mark Quayle]

Lack of education.

Or too much.

"Much learning hath made thee mad."

"...too spiritually minded to be of any earthly good"


I had a relative that invented --well, he said he discovered it in Ezekiel's 'wheel within a wheel' reference-- a better-than-perpetual-motion machine, by the famous water burning phenomenon. (Y'know, runs an engine that turns a generator to charge a battery that runs a current through the water, that turns to hydrogen and oxygen that run the engine and so on). He said his ran a light bulb for a long time, I don't remember whether he said he stopped it for design tweaks or what. "If we would only take God at his word...!"

Yeah, anyhow...

 

[Apple Sky]

If you put a ball of light over a flat object it illuminates all the object.

Yes directly but not when you move the ball of light around.

 

[Bradskii]

Or too much.

"Much learning hath made thee mad."

"...too spiritually minded to be of any earthly good"

Yeah. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. You don't know enough to know that you don't know enough.

 

[Apple Sky]

You don't know enough to know that you don't know enough

Isn't wisdom the answer ?

 

[Apple Sky]

What in your opinion is under the flat earth ? If the earth is ball they think they know whats below.

• The core. Let's start at the very centre of the Earth. ...
• The mantle. The next layer is called the mantle. ...
• The crust. The crust is the part of the Earth that we walk on. ...
• Tectonic plates. ...
• Volcanoes and tectonic plates. ...
• Earthquakes and tectonic plates.

So where is Hell, Hades etc ?

 

[trophy33]

What in your opinion is under the flat earth ? If the earth is ball they think they know whats below.

• The core. Let's start at the very centre of the Earth. ...
• The mantle. The next layer is called the mantle. ...
• The crust. The crust is the part of the Earth that we walk on. ...
• Tectonic plates. ...
• Volcanoes and tectonic plates. ...
• Earthquakes and tectonic plates.

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So where is Hell, Hades etc ?

There is nothing under the flat earth because there is no flat earth. Under the globe is space.

Hades is not a scientific, physical world thing. Its a spiritual "place" or rather a state of existence.

 

[Apple Sky]

Hades is not a scientific, physical world thing.

This is not what the Bible claims, in fact Jesus even went there to release the righteous, it was called Abraham's besom.

The abode of the saved is also called “Abraham’s bosom”

Did Jesus go to sheol/hades? Yes, according to Jesus’ own words, He went to the blessed region of sheol.

 

[trophy33]

This is not what the Bible claims, in fact Jesus even went there to release the righteous, it was called Abraham's besom.

The abode of the saved is also called “Abraham’s bosom”

Did Jesus go to sheol/hades? Yes, according to Jesus’ own words, He went to the blessed region of sheol.

It was not called Abraham's besom. And Jesus did not go there physically.