1. What exactly is the flat earth model?
An empirical theory that the Earth is flat.
2. What is the purpose of the conspiracy against flat earth?
There is a conspiracy to fake space travel, not to fake the shape of the earth.
3. Who has what to gain from the conspiracy
against flat earth?
The military dominance of space.
4. If flat earth is true, then wouldn't there need to be a global conspiracy that includes scientists, engineers, boat captains, astronauts, airline pilots, etc., who are all in on the deception?
No. It is mostly pseudoscience. RE was never proven by experiment. The Ancient Greeks had some observations and ran with it. The RE professions are really FE professions, with sometimes overly complex processes and theories to justify why they have to assume an FE.
5. If so, why would they all agree to perpetuate a huge lie?
They are defending childhood dogmas, which have been handed down from one generation to the next since classical antiquity.
6. If the conspiracy against flat earth is true and it requires a massive global coverup, then wouldn't there be slip-ups by scientists that would reveal the truth?
It's a military space conspiracy. The scientists aren't in on it as a general whole, other than some of them doing what the government pays them to do. Those wouldn't be told the truth, though. They would be told that they are making simulations which are nefariously repurposed.
7. If so, where are those slip-ups?
There are various slip-ups. We mostly talk about the physical Flat Earth Theory here, however. Paul on the Plane has a nice series called Faking Space -
https://paulontheplane.com/faking-space-series/8. Why are the planets and the moon that we can see in telescopes all spheres, but only the earth is a flat disk?
The celestial bodies are not the Earth.
9. On what does the planet Earth rest or is it, as a flat disk, suspended in nothing?
The Earth possibly exists as some sort of flat shape in a void.
10. Does the flat earth orbit around the sun?
The Sun moves above the Flat Earth in circular paths.
12. If the sun rotates around a single point within the flat earth disk, does the moon also orbit around that single point?
- Yes (Monopole model).
- They switch to different NP or SP points at different times (
Bi-Polar model).
13. If the sun and/or moon rotate around/above the disc, how does the problem of centrifugal force overcome and the sun stays above the earth plane?
It's presumably an integrated, interconnected system like a needle on a needle player.
14. If the previous question is answered in the affirmative, then does that mean the size of the sun and moon are relatively the same?
They are probably about the same size.
15. If the answer In flat earth theory, what causes the seasons?
When the Sun passes directly overhead it's summer, when it does not pass directly over it's not summer. Light that is overhead would cause one square foot of sunlight to heat one square foot of Earth, whereas light at an angle would cause one square foot of sunlight to heat many feet of Earth.
16. Why are there dark and light places on earth if the sun is above the earth, and the light should reach the whole disk at the same time?
Light is probably bending upwards on large scales. The Ancients unjustifiably assumed that light would travel in straight lines. This is what led them to believe that the earth was a globe. Upwardly bending light might give that impression if all observations are not considered.
17. Is the sun only a spotlight that shines on one part of the disk and not others when it should be visible from everywhere?
If light is bending upward it is not visible from everywhere.
18. Are the flat-earthers the very few who are informed enough to know the truth and everyone else is deceived?
Flat Earthers are merely open minded enough to see that it could all be a mistake. Barring the claims of the space agencies, why should we put our faith in the ancient observations and theories of philosopher scientists who got most things wrong about the world?
19. What biblical verses do Christian flat-earthers use to support the flat earth belief?
I'm not a 'Christian flat earther', but I think that the verses about 'under the earth' are the most convincing verses which suggest a flat earth in scripture, as well as references to the edges of the earth. I've found some about the earth rising as well.
20. Apparently, flat earthers do not affirm gravity (a force that pulls us downward). Is this true? Why not?
The Earth is accelerating upwards at a rate of 9.8 m/s/s. This is what causes gravity. When you walk off the edge of a chair you will see that the Earth accelerates up to you. UA is supported by light velocity experiments, blueshift/redshift experiments, time dilation experiments, and lack of inertial resistence to falling bodies of different masses. If things were being pulled or pushed towards the earth by some phenomena they would experience different inertial resistances for different masses and would not fall at the same rate (
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21. What is some direct evidence in support of flat earth theory?
- Water Convexity Experiments suggest a Flat Earth on short scales (
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- On longer ranges celestial observations seem to act as if celestial lines are projected on the inside of a planetarium (
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- Mechanical gyroscopes show that the Earth is not spinning
- Michelson Morley and the Sagnac/Wang Experiments show that the Earth is not in motion (
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- The Equivalence Principle experiments are too weird and uniform (
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- Numerous professionals have said that their professions do not actually use or account for RE phenomena (
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22. How do man-made satellites fit into this theory?
There is probably something up there. Communications satellites look odd in telescopes when passing in front of the Moon.
(link)23. If you hold to a wall of ice at the edge of the flat earth disc, why is it ice?
There are monopole and bi-polar models of the Earth. The Ice Wall exists in both. Lack of heat causes ice. We don't have the funding to determine which map or model is correct. Many variables.
24. Has anyone ventured past the ice wall? If so? Who was it? When did it happen? And, what did they see?
Unknown.
25. How big is the sun and how far away from the flat earth disc is it?
If EA is considered, the celestial bodies are possibly about 6000 miles in altitude. Assuming that the distance from the NP to the Equator is correct, it takes about 6000 miles for the North Star to set when traveling from the NP where it is overhead to the Equator where it is on the horizon. Therefore, if EA causes bodies to descend consistently, the North Star would be an equal distance above the Earth.
26. Did the U.S. astronauts go to the moon, or was that a hoax?
Hoax
27. What evidence would you need to abandon flat earth theory and affirm that the earth is a sphere?
Observational proofs are pseudoscience which could come under any number of interpretations. I would need to see experimental evidence which is not government funded.