Yes, I went outside and viewed the night sky many times and verified the constellations and their movements are exactly what is predicted by the spherical model. Have you?
You live in the southern hemisphere, right? Tell us, when you look south, are all the stars, including Sigma Octantis (the south celestial pole star) rotating in a perfect circle around Polaris the North Star just like Pastor Dean says?
It has been verified, and anyone can verify it by educating themselves and observing the stars apparent motion. You just refuse to do it because you don't want to. You WANT the earth to be flat, and you don't care if it's really a sphere.
It has
not been verified - only
assumed. And, that is what you are doing. (perhaps without realizing it)
You see - the "spherical model" is but an
explanation of an
observation. (an
invented 'definition'/'description' that may-or-may-not actually match physical reality)
And, yes - a similar thing exists for the "flat model" (or any other model) - that is why it is called a 'model' - a model is an
explanation for an
observation.
However, what you are doing is trying to verify the observation
by use of the explanation - by making the base assumption from the explanation (that the earth is a sphere) and wrapping the observation around it. You are "molding" your interpretation of the observation around that base assumption. You may not realize that you are doing it - but, that is what you are doing. In essence, you WANT it to be a sphere. Because, that is what you have been taught.
You are not trying to glean facts from the observation itself apart from the explanation. You are "getting your facts" from the explanation - which is unproven as being the actual factual physical reality.
You are "educating yourself" from the explanation and not the observation.
Flat Earth folks educate themselves from the observation and not the explanation.
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I believe the FE model is the [more/most] correct one because of what the Bible says about the earth - I believe what the Bible says FIRST - and try to prove the model by the observation and not the observation by the model. (any model)
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I live in Texas.