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Flat Earth Theory / Re: On the Zetetic Method
« on: August 22, 2014, 02:39:11 AM »Standing in my back yard, it would seem that the earth is flat- it looks flat, it feels flat- so according to the zetetic method, it must be flat. However, when I see a ship sink down over the horizon at the beach, it would seem the earth is round, or at the least curved- it looks curved, it feels curved, so according to the zetitic method, it must be curved. I know that flat earthers have explanations for how the sinking-ship is merely an illusion due to light-bending and/or fog/chem-trails obscuring the ships, but isn't proposing theories without direct evidence rather un-zetetic? Why do we accept the zetetic method when it suggests the earth is flat, but not when it suggests the earth is round? The same goes with the moon: flat-earth theorists propose the existence of an 'anti-moon', a transparent object that, when in front of the moon, absorbs it's light- but isn't proposing the existence of something without and direct evidence also un-zetetic?
Welcome! not all of us are Zetetics; I am religious and I believe the Bible teaches flat earth and this is supported by empirical observations. That is why I am interested in showing it with empiricism. Regarding the ISS, some time ago I was told of the ISS passing over my area on a certain night, and on that night a star-shaped object quickly moved eastward across the sky. It could be anything, really; I don't think it's proof of the ISS up there. I think it's a hoax.
Try reading the book Terra Firma by David W Scott. I really liked it. (you can skip the biblical references)
LINK: https://archive.org/details/cu31924031764594
I had a good laugh at "100 Proofs the Earth Is Not a Globe" by William Carpenter = http://lclane2.net/hundreda.html