Why?
« on: June 29, 2017, 05:38:00 AM »
My only question is, why? Although i've never come face-to-face with a Flat-Earther, I know they're incredibly stubborn. Unable to be open to new ideas. I've seen others try to reason with them, but in the end fail. Today I am not here to argue with any FEs, but to ask a question, why? Why do you think that the Earth is flat? No society nor government has any reason to lie about the shape of a planet. There is literally no reason whatsoever to lie about the SHAPE OF A PLANET. I know that no amount of stone cold facts I state will ever change any minds, so i'll leave it at that.

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Re: Why?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2017, 11:40:24 AM »
Although i've never come face-to-face with a Flat-Earther, I know they're incredibly stubborn. Unable to be open to new ideas.
That's an interesting position. "I've never encountered <x>, but I definitely know stuff about <x>". Perhaps you should consider opening yourself up to new ideas?

No society nor government has any reason to lie about the shape of a planet. There is literally no reason whatsoever to lie about the SHAPE OF A PLANET.
One does not need to lie in order to spread false information.

I know that no amount of stone cold facts I state will ever change any minds, so i'll leave it at that.
You seem to be projecting, friend.
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Re: Why?
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2017, 12:11:39 AM »
Although i've never come face-to-face with a Flat-Earther, I know they're incredibly stubborn. Unable to be open to new ideas.
That's an interesting position. "I've never encountered <x>, but I definitely know stuff about <x>". Perhaps you should consider opening yourself up to new ideas?

No society nor government has any reason to lie about the shape of a planet. There is literally no reason whatsoever to lie about the SHAPE OF A PLANET.
One does not need to lie in order to spread false information.

I know that no amount of stone cold facts I state will ever change any minds, so i'll leave it at that.
You seem to be projecting, friend.

As usual, you completely dodge the question.

You don't have stone cold facts that even remotely suggest the earth is flat.  This is why you don't state them.  It would be a lie to claim otherwise.

Re: Why?
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2017, 07:58:36 PM »
My only question is, why? Although i've never come face-to-face with a Flat-Earther, I know they're incredibly stubborn. Unable to be open to new ideas. I've seen others try to reason with them, but in the end fail. Today I am not here to argue with any FEs, but to ask a question, why? Why do you think that the Earth is flat? No society nor government has any reason to lie about the shape of a planet. There is literally no reason whatsoever to lie about the SHAPE OF A PLANET. I know that no amount of stone cold facts I state will ever change any minds, so i'll leave it at that.

I agree, the idea that every country with a space program (United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, South and North Korea, Iran, Canada, ect...) are all spending trillions of dollars to fool everyone into thinking the earth is round is just crazy. There is no benefit, what do they gain from it? Or are they just doing it so they can have a good laugh?

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Re: Why?
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2017, 07:04:21 PM »
My only question is, why? Although i've never come face-to-face with a Flat-Earther, I know they're incredibly stubborn. Unable to be open to new ideas. I've seen others try to reason with them, but in the end fail. Today I am not here to argue with any FEs, but to ask a question, why? Why do you think that the Earth is flat? No society nor government has any reason to lie about the shape of a planet. There is literally no reason whatsoever to lie about the SHAPE OF A PLANET. I know that no amount of stone cold facts I state will ever change any minds, so i'll leave it at that.

I agree, the idea that every country with a space program (United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, South and North Korea, Iran, Canada, ect...) are all spending trillions of dollars to fool everyone into thinking the earth is round is just crazy. There is no benefit, what do they gain from it? Or are they just doing it so they can have a good laugh?

The one and only reason I've heard is that these governments (or the United Nations, more broadly) believe that there are other livable areas out beyond the great ice wall - and that they want to exploit these areas for their own gain.

I don't claim that all FE'ers believe this - I'm sure they don't - but it's one quasi-plausible explanation that I've heard stated on these forums.

To my mind, this fails.   People who navigated by the stars over long distances have been around since at LEAST the 1500's - and they would have had to have known that the Earth was flat - if indeed it is.   Since all of their navigational instruments, books, charts and tables claim that the Earth is round, the conspiracy to hide the true nature of the Earth would have to be at least as old as that - and carried through multiple government agencies and commercial companies for at least 500 years without a single mistake, deathbed confession, or other clue that they were hiding this.   People such as pirates would have to have been "in" on it - and what their motives might be is anyone's guess!

The failure to explain WHY this gigantic conspiracy could have been possible over such an incredibly prolonged and world-wide extent simply boggles the mind.

Even today - it doesn't suffice to simply hide information and fake pictures - these governments must somehow build, fund, crew, provision that fleet of ships, planes and drones that prevent us civilians from exploring deep into the Antarctic.   Hiding that cost - pulling the shipyards, aircraft factories, fuel-providers into the conspiracy - preventing the crews from blabbing to the media - keeping the secret so well hidden that WikiLeaks and a host of others never found it...

This conspiracy would be so vast that there would be more people involved in keeping it than there are people that it's being kept from!

And still no credible motive.
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Re: Why?
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2017, 04:50:51 PM »
The motive is explained in the Wiki.

Re: Why?
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2017, 05:20:55 PM »
The motive is explained in the Wiki.
Which is frankly somewhat ridiculous to believe by your own standards at this point. Which is more plausible? Every nation on Earth with a space program (of note are the three with manned missions into space, NASA, RFSA, and CNSA, along with 70 that have launched satellites into orbit, 10 of which used their own rockets, and 15 countries have sent people into space with assistance) are lying about venturing into space. Repeatedly. During and after the height of the Cold War. Through to the present day with now private companies claiming to have done so. Every single one is lying, for an unknown purpose.

Alternatively new discoveries and advancements were made to make what was once deemed impossible, now possible.

Of note on the second point, we have had this happen in multiple other areas of science and technology. The phone you carry in your pocket is a testament to those advances. As are the buildings and vehicles we see about us every single day.

FET would have you believe that NASA is lying to preserve the idea of our militaristic superiority. What about Russia? China? SpaceX? That excuse is holding less and less water.

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Re: Why?
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2017, 08:12:09 PM »
Alternatively new discoveries and advancements were made to make what was once deemed impossible, now possible.

"Doing the impossible" sounds like the least likely explanation if you ask me.

Re: Why?
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2017, 08:52:11 PM »
Alternatively new discoveries and advancements were made to make what was once deemed impossible, now possible.

"Doing the impossible" sounds like the least likely explanation if you ask me.

So airplanes don't exist? Nuclear power plants don't exist? That small device in your pocket doesn't have the processing power it claims to? All of those things were once deemed impossible, all now happen on a regular and daily basis. The impossible becoming the possible is practically a motto for applied sciences and tech for the past few decades. But sure, it happening similarly in this one area, is less likely than thousands of people, over a span of over 4 decades, from 15+ different countries, all lying. To serve what end? That is the million dollar question now then.

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Re: Why?
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2017, 10:27:31 PM »
Alternatively new discoveries and advancements were made to make what was once deemed impossible, now possible.

"Doing the impossible" sounds like the least likely explanation if you ask me.

So airplanes don't exist? Nuclear power plants don't exist? That small device in your pocket doesn't have the processing power it claims to? All of those things were once deemed impossible, all now happen on a regular and daily basis. The impossible becoming the possible is practically a motto for applied sciences and tech for the past few decades. But sure, it happening similarly in this one area, is less likely than thousands of people, over a span of over 4 decades, from 15+ different countries, all lying. To serve what end? That is the million dollar question now then.

The existence of airplanes and smart phones are an empirical truth. Rockets capable of going into orbit are classified military-controlled technologies and do not meet the standard of empirical truth.

Re: Why?
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2017, 03:15:58 AM »
Alternatively new discoveries and advancements were made to make what was once deemed impossible, now possible.

"Doing the impossible" sounds like the least likely explanation if you ask me.

So airplanes don't exist? Nuclear power plants don't exist? That small device in your pocket doesn't have the processing power it claims to? All of those things were once deemed impossible, all now happen on a regular and daily basis. The impossible becoming the possible is practically a motto for applied sciences and tech for the past few decades. But sure, it happening similarly in this one area, is less likely than thousands of people, over a span of over 4 decades, from 15+ different countries, all lying. To serve what end? That is the million dollar question now then.

The existence of airplanes and smart phones are an empirical truth. Rockets capable of going into orbit are classified military-controlled technologies and do not meet the standard of empirical truth.

This is false. Space X is not a classified military operation. Multiple privet companies have launched independent satellites. Space X has launched multiple space flights and virgin galactic is not so far behind.

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Re: Why?
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2017, 04:45:26 PM »
Alternatively new discoveries and advancements were made to make what was once deemed impossible, now possible.

"Doing the impossible" sounds like the least likely explanation if you ask me.

So airplanes don't exist? Nuclear power plants don't exist? That small device in your pocket doesn't have the processing power it claims to? All of those things were once deemed impossible, all now happen on a regular and daily basis. The impossible becoming the possible is practically a motto for applied sciences and tech for the past few decades. But sure, it happening similarly in this one area, is less likely than thousands of people, over a span of over 4 decades, from 15+ different countries, all lying. To serve what end? That is the million dollar question now then.

The existence of airplanes and smart phones are an empirical truth. Rockets capable of going into orbit are classified military-controlled technologies and do not meet the standard of empirical truth.

This is false. Space X is not a classified military operation. Multiple privet companies have launched independent satellites. Space X has launched multiple space flights and virgin galactic is not so far behind.

Orbital rocket technologies are highly controlled. SpaceX is not independent. It's a government contractor and its employees are under direct government supervision and control for permission to develop/access these technologies. Do you really think the military would let technology which can easily be used as the vehicle for an ICBM be available as public knowledge?

Re: Why?
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2017, 04:53:50 PM »
You want stone cold facts?
- During lunar eclipses (which occur2-5 times a year visible from all over the hemisphere) the Earth shadow cast on Moon is round. What shape casts round shadow in all angles? Right - a sphere



- Sinking beyond horizon ship. Don't tell me your perspective bullshit. Even no a single vide on YT proving this nonsens, but tens videos prove the opposite.







Look at this photo: and follow the line of the turbines on left. No bending light, no nothing. Just the curvature makes the farthest "touch" water



- Seismic waves create P-wave shadow zones during earthquakes which are symmetric and perfectly fits spherical earth, but not  any other shape.



- Stars moving. How could you explain different directions of stars spinning in northern and southern hemispheres?



- Moon in southern hemisphere is upside-down. How can it be on a flat earth?



These are just what popped into my mind. If you need more, I'll write you a bunch of others as well. And there is no relying on NASA images. Simply testable by anyone.

All planets are spherical and somehow Earth is magically flat? WTF?
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Re: Why?
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2017, 05:12:35 PM »
Come on, our explanations for those things are easily found in the literature and Wiki.

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- During lunar eclipses (which occur2-5 times a year visible from all over the hemisphere) the Earth shadow cast on Moon is round. What shape casts round shadow in all angles? Right - a sphere

This is an ancient greek proof which assumes that the sphere is the earth rather than any other celestial body which orbits the sun.

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- Sinking beyond horizon ship. Don't tell me your perspective bullshit. Even no a single vide on YT proving this nonsens, but tens videos prove the opposite.

Look at this photo: and follow the line of the turbines on left. No bending light, no nothing. Just the curvature makes the farthest "touch" water

Look up the chapter "Perspective at Sea" in Earth Not a Globe by Samuel Birley Rowbotham.

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- Seismic waves create P-wave shadow zones during earthquakes which are symmetric and perfectly fits spherical earth, but not  any other shape

http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/graphics/diagrams/Earth/pand%20s%20shadow.png


As we see in your diagram, under the Round Earth model the seismic waves need to mysteriously curve as they travel through the earth to make any sense. The assumption that they are making straight line reflections in a plane is a more plausible explanation.

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- Stars moving. How could you explain different directions of stars spinning in northern and southern hemispheres?

There are two magnetic and celestial poles in the most modern Flat Earth model. See The Sea Earth Globe and its Monstrous Hypothetical Motions in our literature repository.

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- Moon in southern hemisphere is upside-down. How can it be on a flat earth?

This is explained in the Wiki. In FET this is explained by the different observers standing on either side of the moon. On one side it is right-side up, and on the other side it is upside down.

Imagine a green arrow suspended horizontally above your head pointing to the North. Standing 50 feet to the South of the arrow it is pointing "downwards" towards the Northern horizon. Standing 50 feet to the North of the arrow, looking back at it, it points "upwards" above your head to the North. The arrow flip-flops, pointing down or away from the horizon depending on which side you stand.

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All planets are spherical and somehow Earth is magically flat? WTF?

The earth is not a planet. The earth is a plane which bisects the universe and, therefore, fundamentally different.
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Re: Why?
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2017, 05:44:53 PM »
Come on, our explanations for those things are easily found in the literature and Wiki.

And they do not withstand much scrutiny either.

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- During lunar eclipses (which occur2-5 times a year visible from all over the hemisphere) the Earth shadow cast on Moon is round. What shape casts round shadow in all angles? Right - a sphere

This is an ancient greek proof which assumes that the sphere is the earth rather than any other celestial body which orbits the sun.[/quote]

Yes, one of the weaker proofs the Earth is spherical

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Look up the chapter "Perspective at Sea" in Earth Not a Globe by Samuel Birley Rowbotham.

It is a terrible explanation that has been refuted multiple times.

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- Seismic waves create P-wave shadow zones during earthquakes which are symmetric and perfectly fits spherical earth, but not  any other shape

http://www.cyberphysics.co.uk/graphics/diagrams/Earth/pand%20s%20shadow.png


As we see in your diagram, under the Round Earth model the seismic waves need to mysteriously curve as they travel through the earth to make any sense. The assumption that they are making straight line reflections in a plane is a more plausible explanation.[/quote]

Perhaps the diagram is not 100% accurate of the vectors these waves take?  Or perhaps, and this is a bit of a longshot, you don't know enough about seismology?

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- Stars moving. How could you explain different directions of stars spinning in northern and southern hemispheres?

There are two magnetic and celestial poles in the most modern Flat Earth model. See The Sea Earth Globe and its Monstrous Hypothetical Motions in our literature repository.[/quote]

Which do not explain the movement of stars to the level of detail that a globe Earth does.

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- Moon in southern hemisphere is upside-down. How can it be on a flat earth?

This is explained in the Wiki. In FET this is explained by the different observers standing on either side of the moon. On one side it is right-side up, and on the other side it is upside down.

Where are the pictures of the moon inverting along the other axes then? 


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All planets are spherical and somehow Earth is magically flat? WTF?

The earth is not a planet. The earth is a plane which bisects the universe and, therefore, fundamentally different.

Another bad RE argument.

Re: Why?
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2017, 06:23:35 PM »
Look I'm not a newbie in all this Flat Earth stuff. I'm new on this forum. So I read all the Wiki. Are you real about that? Let's see.

>> proof which assumes that the sphere is the earth rather than any other celestial body which orbits the sun.
Where is the that another body? Why it never was observed? Do you have an exact formula to calculate next Lunar Eclipse?

>> Look up the chapter "Perspective at Sea" in Earth Not a Globe by Samuel Birley Rowbotham.
As I stated above - it's BS. There is no evidence to that nor logic. Can you provide any proof of that? Even a single video that shows that damn "Flatty Perspective"? Unless you don't prove your words they doesn't make any sense.

>> As we see in your diagram, under the Round Earth model the seisemic waves need to mysteriously "curve" as they travel through the earth to make any sense. The assumption that they are making straight line reflections in a plane is a more plausible explanation.
They don't need to "misteriously curve". It is a fact. When an earthquake happens this is what all seismologists see in their detectors all over the globe. It doesn't matter where exactly the earthquake takes place. The picture of these zones is always on the opposite side of the globe as the globe is symmetric. Go ahead and emulate this on a flat earth.

>> There are two magnetic and celestial poles in the most modern Flat Earth model. See The Sea Earth Golbe and its Monstrous Hypothetical Motions in our literature repository.
Can you please give me a direct link? I'll read and post back my thoughts. But I'm not expecting very much from that. Everything I read about FET is a complete nonsense. Sorry.

>> This is explained in the Wiki. In FET this is explained by the different observers standing on either side of the moon. On one side it is right-side up, and on the other side it is upside down.

>> Imagine a green arrow suspended horizontally above your head pointing to the North. Standing 50 feet to the South of the arrow it is pointing "downwards" towards the
>> Northern horizon. Standing 50 feet to the North of the arrow, looking back at it, it points "upwards" above your head to the North. The arrow flip-flops, pointing down or
>> away from the horizon depending on which side you stand.
No no! It's a wrong analogy! The Moon is a sphere right? Or it is flat? Because if it was flat it would exhibit that "flip-flop" effect you are talking about. But then there are much stronger counterarguments for the flat Moon. Because we see it with naked eye and it exhibits curvature. If the Moon is not flat it will never behave like you describe. This doesn't explain upside-down Moon in sutern hemisphere.

>> The earth is not a planet. The earth is a plane which bisects the universe, and therefore fundamentally different.
Oh I forgot about this postulate of your religion. Sorry for that. Let be it not planet. Amen.
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Re: Why?
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2017, 10:48:25 PM »
>> There are two magnetic and celestial poles in the most modern Flat Earth model. See The Sea Earth Golbe and its Monstrous Hypothetical Motions in our literature repository.
Can you please give me a direct link? I'll read and post back my thoughts. But I'm not expecting very much from that. Everything I read about FET is a complete nonsense. Sorry.
http://library.tfes.org/library/Sea-Earth%20Globe.pdf Here's the document he's referring to. Starts on PDF page 15, book page 31. The presented movement doesn't fit the standard FE model, and it relies upon either the ability for magnetic fields to shift without being noticed, or the sun to magically change where it's circling through the intervention of an intelligent, powerful being.

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Re: Why?
« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2017, 11:26:29 PM »
Or the sun to magically change where it's circling through the intervention of an intelligent, powerful being.

I need to read this book  :)
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Re: Why?
« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2017, 11:51:53 PM »
>> There are two magnetic and celestial poles in the most modern Flat Earth model. See The Sea Earth Golbe and its Monstrous Hypothetical Motions in our literature repository.
Can you please give me a direct link? I'll read and post back my thoughts. But I'm not expecting very much from that. Everything I read about FET is a complete nonsense. Sorry.
http://library.tfes.org/library/Sea-Earth%20Globe.pdf Here's the document he's referring to. Starts on PDF page 15, book page 31. The presented movement doesn't fit the standard FE model, and it relies upon either the ability for magnetic fields to shift without being noticed, or the sun to magically change where it's circling through the intervention of an intelligent, powerful being.
Thanks. I read it. And, well...


It's just a bunch of crap. That author mentions bible as source for what? A mad scientific theory of a dual poles? He hypothesizes about what stars are without understanding a shit about how distances are measured, how spectrum is measured, what is the proper way to investigate things. I can't believe there are people who believe in the trash like this TODAY. It's insane!

The funny part is that it CONTRADICTS FET!!! As according to FET there is no South Pole and Antarctica is guarded by an army of penguins.
Bishop, could you be constructive with your beliefs? How the whole thing is working for you - I can't get it. Maybe not just me. It looks like there are many many others also try hard to understand your "theory".
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Re: Why?
« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2017, 11:54:34 PM »
Or the sun to magically change where it's circling through the intervention of an intelligent, powerful being.

I need to read this book  :)
Of course, you need. It's a collection of ideas of The Mad. Quite funny. Get some popcorn so you can enjoy more.
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