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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Evidence of Flat Earth?

« on: November 22, 2017, 03:30:19 AM »

Youtube videos are not evidence of anything as the motives of those on both sides cannot be trusted. Where are the peer-reviewd academic papers that evidence a flat earth? Are there any reputable scientists in any field that will stand behind the claim that the earth is flat?

If your response to both of those questions is that there is a gigantic conspiracy by scientists, government, NASA, airlines, to keep people in the dark about our true reality then you completely lost me. To believe that conspiracy of that scale is true is as much a leap in faith, if not greater, as it is for me to trust the scientific conclusion reached hundreds of years ago regarding the shape of the earth.

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Flat Earth Theory / Evidence of Flat Earth?

« on: November 21, 2017, 09:44:45 PM »

I'm not currently a believer in the hypothesis that the earth is flat, but I am curious to understand the argument. In a quick review of the FAQ I was not swayed at all by the section titled 'What evidence do you have?'. I was especially not moved by the reference to the Bedford Level Experiment because it took place nearly 200 years ago, and has since been debunked. If such a simple experiment could prove the earth was flat, why has it not been replicated a dozen, or a hundred times over?

How does the flat earth hypothesis explain the tides, seasons, or even the recent eclipse that took place across the continental United States? Is the flat earth movement related at all to young earth creationist beliefs? Note, I don't believe in young earth creationism either.

Thanks and be well!
-Opticon12