Is The Earth Flat Or Round?
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From science. I do agree that the Bible presents the earth as flat, supported on pillars, with the dome of the firmament covering it, etc.
Gravity is always an attraction. Depending on the perspective, it can -appear- that gravity acts sideways or upward, but it is always a force of attraction.
Gravity is always an attraction. Depending on the perspective, it can -appear- that gravity acts sideways or upward, but it is always a force of attraction.
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The argument isn't about whether "gravity" acts downward. The argument is whether it acts sideways and upward. Heliocentrism requires this. Flat Earth does not. I hold that there is no scientific evidence of gravity acting sideways and/or upward. Many Flat Earthers will say gravity does not exist - this is what they mean.
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The distance from which various lighthouse lights around the world are visible at sea far exceeds what could be found on a ball-Earth 25,000 miles in circumference. For example, the Dunkerque Light in southern France at an altitude of 194 feet is visible from a boat (10 feet above sea-level) 28 miles away. Spherical trigonometry dictates that if the Earth was a globe with the given curvature of 8 inches per mile squared, this light should be hidden 190 feet below the horizon.
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The same force that pulls airplanes down also works to keep them up, viz:
without gravity, there would be no centrifugal force to keep satellites,
airplanes, and the now extinct space shuttles in place at their desired altitudes.
Without gravity we couldn't breathe. Air pressure pushes air into our lungs
when we inhale. It feels like we're sucking it in but without adequate air
pressure, we'd strangle and feint which is why airliner cabins are pressurized
above a certain altitude.
Same goes for the international space station. They can't just fill the cabin
with breathable air; it has to be pressurized so the crew can breathe it in.
Down here on the ground gravity does the pressurizing for us; whereas up
there it's done artificially.
Gravity isn't absolute; it can be suspended. For example 2Kngs 6:4-7 where
an iron axe head was made to float. And Acts 1:9 where Jesus apparently
levitated.
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The same force that pulls airplanes down also works to keep them up, viz:
without gravity, there would be no centrifugal force to keep satellites,
airplanes, and the now extinct space shuttles in place at their desired altitudes.
Without gravity we couldn't breathe. Air pressure pushes air into our lungs
when we inhale. It feels like we're sucking it in but without adequate air
pressure, we'd strangle and feint which is why airliner cabins are pressurized
above a certain altitude.
Same goes for the international space station. They can't just fill the cabin
with breathable air; it has to be pressurized so the crew can breathe it in.
Down here on the ground gravity does the pressurizing for us; whereas up
there it's done artificially.
Gravity isn't absolute; it can be suspended. For example 2Kngs 6:4-7 where
an iron axe head was made to float. And Acts 1:9 where Jesus apparently
levitated.
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I didn't say there was an ice wall along the equator.
I suggested to use the equator as a guide to the edge. Because Flatties claim an icewall SURROUNDS the discworld.
Anyone can go south to take photographs of Antarctica, claiming it's an icewall.
We would need the icewall to be photographed at other locations around the perimeter of the discword.
This should be easy if the world is a disc shape.
I suggested to use the equator as a guide to the edge. Because Flatties claim an icewall SURROUNDS the discworld.
Anyone can go south to take photographs of Antarctica, claiming it's an icewall.
We would need the icewall to be photographed at other locations around the perimeter of the discword.
This should be easy if the world is a disc shape.
I can appreciate the fact that you are willing to admit this - even if you do not believe it is literally true. 