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Do you believe the earth is flat? Come to Huntington Beach this Tuesday and tell us why! We are working on a Flat Earth video and we are looking for people who believe the earth is flat. If you are willing to present your case and have a dialogue, we welcome you.
Tuesday, Sept 8th, 9am – noon (with Danny Faulkner from Answers In Genesis) at the Huntington Beach Pier.
Exact spot at the Huntington Beach Pier to be determined, just look for our table near the entrance or under the pier on the boardwalk.10 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the Earth is not flat
https://www.popsci.com/10-ways-you-can-prove-earth-is-round/
- Aristotle (who made quite a lot of observations about the spherical nature of the Earth) noticed that during lunar eclipses (when the Earth’s orbit places it directly between the Sun and the Moon, creating a shadow in the process), the shadow on the Moon’s surface is round. This shadow is the planet’s, and it’s a great clue about the spherical shape of the Earth.
- If you’ve been next to a port lately, or just strolled down a beach and stared off vacantly into the horizon, you might have noticed a very interesting phenomenon: Approaching ships do not just “appear” out of the horizon (like they should have if the world was flat), but rather seem to emerge from beneath the sea.
- The farther you go from the equator, the farther the “known” constellations go towards the horizon, to be replaced by different stars. This would not have happened if the world was flat.
- If you stick a stick in the (sticky) ground, it will produce a shadow. The shadow moves as time passes (which is the principle for ancient Shadow Clocks). If the world had been flat, then three sticks in different locations would produce the same shadow.
- The higher up you climb, the farther you will see. Usually, we tend to relate this to Earthly obstacles—like the fact we have houses or other trees obstructing our vision on the ground, and climbing upwards we have a clear view—but that’s not the true reason. Even if you stood on a completely clear plateau with no obstacles between you and the horizon, you would see much farther from the greater height than you would on the ground. This phenomenon is caused by the curvature of the Earth as well, and would not happen if the Earth was flat.
- Planes can travel in a relatively straight line for a very long time and not fall off any edges. They can also circle the Earth without stopping.
If you look out the window on a trans-Atlantic flight, you can, most of the times, see the curvature of the Earth on the horizon. The best view of the curvature used to be on the Concorde, but that plane’s long gone. I can’t wait to see the pictures from the new plane by Virgin Galactic—the horizon should look absolutely curved, as it actually is from a distance. - In 1610, Galileo Galilei observed the moons of Jupiter rotating around it. He described them as small planets orbiting a larger planet—a description (and observation) that was very difficult for the church to accept, as it challenged a geocentric model where everything was supposed to revolve around the Earth. This observation also showed that the planets (Jupiter, Neptune, and later Venus was observed too) are all spherical, and all orbit the sun.
- The time in New York, at the moment these words are written, is 12:00pm. The sun is in the middle of the sky (though it’s hard to see with the current cloud coverage). In Beijing, it’s 12:00am, midnight, and the sun is nowhere to be found. In Adelaide, Australia, it is 1:30am. More than 13 hours ahead. There, the sunset is long gone—so much so, that the sun will soon rise up again at the beginning of a new day. This can only be explained if the world is round, and rotating around its own axis. At a certain point when the sun is shining on one part of the Earth, the opposite side is dark, and vice versa. That allows for time differences and time zones, specifically ones that are larger than 12 hours.
Another point concerning timezones, the sun, and Earth: If the sun was a “spotlight” (very directionally located so that light only shines on a specific location) and the world was flat, we would see the sun even if it didn’t shine on top of us (as you can see in the drawing below). Similarly, you can see the light coming out of a spotlight on a stage in the theater, even though you—the crowd—are sitting in the dark. The only way to create two distinctly separate time zones, where there is complete darkness in one while there’s light in the other, is if the world is spherical. - Since a sphere has a consistent shape, no matter where on it you stand, you have exactly the same amount of sphere under you. (Imagine an ant walking around on a crystal ball. From the insect’s point of view, the only indication of movement would be the fact the ant is moving its feet—the shape of the surface would not change at all.) A sphere’s center of mass is in the center of the sphere, which means gravity will pull anything on the surface of the sphere straight down toward the center of the sphere. This will occur no matter where on the surface the object is located. Now consider a flat plane. The center of mass of a flat plane is in its center, so the force of gravity will pull anything on the surface toward the middle of the plane. That means that if you stand on the edge of the plane, gravity will be pulling you sideways toward the plane’s middle, not straight down like you usually experience when you stand on Earth.
- In the past 60 years of space exploration, we’ve launched satellites, probes, and people into space. Some of them got back, some of them still float through the solar system (and almost beyond it), and many transmit amazing images to our receivers on Earth. In all of these photos, the Earth is (wait for it) spherical. The curvature of the Earth is also visible in the many, many, many, many photos snapped by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. You can see a recent example from ISS Commander Scott Kelly’s Instagram right here:
Time-lapse photography shows the earth rotating
Flatties often say they can’t see the earth rotating. But if you could you would get dizzy and I’m pretty sure that God knew what he was doing when he put us here. It is rotating, but too slow to really notice it. Time-lapse photography shows it however. Similarly, we cannot see the curve with the naked eye while our feet are planted on the ground. Yet again, photography shows us it is a near globe. Just put the camera high enough and you will see it.
But this is not proof for flatties. No, they believe all this evidence is a conspiracy like the Truman Show and only they know the truth. I guess they want so bad to feature in their own movie and they are the stars. It takes a good person to see truth and accept it. In this time, too many run with narratives their wayward hearts desire and close their eyes and ears thereafter. It is a sign of the times.
Here are some questions that no Flat Earther can answer
It’s a slam dunk.
The Earth is a near globe.
Thank you.
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Where are the pictures of the wildfires in California as seen ‘from space’?
They cannot, that is because we live on a flat Earth! Flat Earth logicRev 21:8 But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Unless you are cracking a joke and not trying to deceive people, all lies come from the Father of Lies
God is light and there is no darkness in him.
Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers.
It is worth noting that only a sphere always looks like a circle when seen from above. Nowhere in the Bible do we find any text saying that Earth is flat. And observational evidence that the earth is a globe like the other planets and that the earth goes around the sun is overwhelming. People who teach that the Bible is a flat-earth book are not telling the truth. They are becoming stumbling blocks to their hearers. Especially if someone is searching for God. That could be enough to discourage them from learning the truth in scripture. After all, who wants to get caught up in superstition and small mindedness. If you are representing the Kingdom of God and teaching foolishness, then you are doing harm to the Kingdom and to those who have yet to accept God’s grace. You are not being a wise steward. You would be responsible for those who stumble over that block you have laid.
- The Hey, you actually said something funny! I might have to use that one.
But if you had been listening you’d know that unicorns do exist. And I know you have because I’ve seen where you used the video I posted. But you still make the allusion that they are make believe. Hmm. Truth anyone?
Principle of Relativity
I realise this will go over the head of flat earthers, but there are some great points made here that I and others have made about our local frame of reference. The flatties here never acknowledge this principle, either because they are willfully ignorant or ignorant because they cannot grasp it. The latter would be better for them as it also means they are not necessarily being deceptive.
The world of Flat Earth Scientismists
A complete rundown of flat earth scientismists from both the US and UK.
@mikeboll64 didn’t make the cut. So if the top Flat Earther’s have been thoroughly debunked, then what chance does Mini Mike have?This is a good post to conclude this topic.
Team Globe win by knockout. Ding ding.
Team Flat lose, but get a participation certificate.
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