Even were I to go and make careful observations, you would reject them.
If I were to go and make careful observations - and [somehow] show you that the real truth was something other than what you [think you] see in the pictures -
you would reject it.
So then - I am perfectly happy with you believing whatever you want to believe - I am quite certain that it will change when God shows you the truth - at which point, you will not be able to deny it.
The majority reason that I believe what I believe is because of what the Bible says about the earth - with personal observation added over-and-above that.
Believing what the Bible says is
first - the personal observation is
second.
Please do not ever forget this. If you want to change my mind, you
must show me absolutely-beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt just-exactly-and-precisely how scripture actually "does not mean what it says" in the verses/passages where it describes [something] about the earth.
You and some others seem to dismiss out-of-hand what the Bible says about the earth - believing and trusting the opinions of man more than the Bible.
I am more readily inclined to question the opinions of man (even - and, especially - 'authority') rather than the Word of God.
I know you are going to say that it is a matter of interpretation. And, indeed - so it is - I most certainly agree.
However, I believe my interpretation to be correct and must stick to what I believe the Bible says.