This isn't a debate. ... I would suggest you learn what it means to debate, and maybe try again when you better understand what it means.
I would really like to have an actual discussion and/or debate regarding various issues pertaining to the shape of the earth. I have done quite well in discussions and debates previously. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that, like geckothegeek, I don't know what it means to debate/discuss with you, or at least I need a better understanding of it. Can you point me to an example of what you would consider a debate/discussion between people who have learned what it means to debate and understand it well? Or perhaps you could outline for me how a debate should be performed.
And here is the question the OP is wanting to have an actual discussion about:
Junker asks why we don't start a thread.
Well, I thought I did, and was asking for the Flat Earth explanation of five observations. I did say that a responder could pick one topic, but no-one has.
So I ask straight out "How is a lunar eclipse explained on the Flat Earth?"
The TFES Wki gives the following explanation:
The Lunar Eclipse
A Lunar Eclipse occurs about twice a year when a satellite of the sun passes between the sun and moon.
This satellite is called the Shadow Object. Its orbital plane is tilted at an angle of about 5°10' to the sun's orbital plane, making eclipses possible only when the three bodies (Sun, Object, and Moon) are aligned and when the moon is crossing the sun's orbital plane (at a point called the node).
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The shadow object is never seen because it orbits close to the sun. As the sun's powerful vertical rays hit the atmosphere during the day they will scatter and blot out nearly every single star and celestial body in the sky. We are never given a glimpse of the celestial bodies which appear near the sun during the day - they are completely washed out by the sun's light.[1]
It is estimated that the Shadow Object is around five to ten miles in diameter. Since it is somewhat close to the sun the manifestation of its penumbra upon the moon appears as a magnified projection. This is similar to how during a shadow puppet show your hand's shadow can make a large magnified projection upon your bedroom wall as you move it closer to the flashlight.
The geometry I interpret from the Wiki for a lunar eclipse is:
Flat Earth Sun, Shadow Object and Lunar Eclipse
I cannot see how this explanation is feasible. It does not matter where the "Shadow Object" is located
a "five to ten miles in diameter" "Shadow Object" simply cannot block all the light from a 32 mile diameter sun from reaching a 32 mile diameter moon.
Also any object that size and distance would have shown up on radar long ago.
The topic of lunar eclipses has been brought up numerous times here and on TheFlatEarthSociety.org numerous times and as far as I am concerned no-one has any plausible "flat earth" explanation.
I tried to get some answers to this and the related "moon phases" problem in
Why should anyone believe the earth is flat? « Reply #75 on: March 16, 2016, 11:08:14 PM ».
How does a Full Moon appear Full for everyone? « on: April 28, 2016, 08:40:55 AM »
How does a Full Moon appear Full for everyone? « on: April 24, 2016, 01:29:43 AM »
So what is the cause of a lunar eclipse?