[Minister Smith]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

Gravity bends light, right? Ask any Physicists this Snotty, they'll confirm this. So if the earth was round the light would just bend around the earth and we would have daylight even in the middle of the night.

Ok, first of all, all those pictures of earth prove that the earth is round. Second, it would be impossibe to have an elliptical orbit around the sun if the earth was flat. Third, we have made planes that can fly around the world and have done so without sailing off into space. Fourth, the Bible never comes out and says the Earth is flat, if it does say exactly those words I would be happy to read it. I have read the Bible many times and I do not recall the Bible ever saying that. Fifth, yes, light does bend, but it does not bend back around. it only bends into space. It is a simple law called "Diffraction". Sixth, The earth has a rotation, impossible if it was flat. Seventh, if one was to dig a giant hole, why would one get to the other side? Face it, these are facts. I DARE someone to prove me wrong.

[Minister Smith]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

Born Again Bob, you are clearly mistaken, the earth is not flat, nor has it ever been flat. That is just a common saying that has been used for centuries. They have sent men to the moon, and they have taken pictures, proving the earth is a sphere.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

That doesn't prove the earth is flat, it proves that the earth has an orbit, if the world was flat i think people who went to the moon would have said something y'know, and if the world was flat, how can you explain different tempretres in different countrys, and about the earths spinning core! That causes are gravity! how would that fit into to all of this.

Doh! Go outside when it's dark and look at a star - now, what proof can you offer that it is either circular or spherical? None! Look at the moon, same question. In fact you only ever see one side of the moon, thus, from the moon, you only ever see one face of the earth. (Sounds like a disc? I'm not surprised!)

[stormatree]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

That doesn't prove the earth is flat, it proves that the earth has an orbit, if the world was flat i think people who went to the moon would have said something y'know, and if the world was flat, how can you explain different tempretres in different countrys, and about the earths spinning core! That causes are gravity! how would that fit into to all of this.

[TC Patriot]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

If the world is flat then why don't people fall of the edge, the bible isn't always correct, you have to remember it has been passed down from generation to generation and people have made corrections (which might not be correct, e.g. the flat earth) is like Chinese whispers.

Has anyone discussed Einstein's theories as they may pertain to a Flat Earth theory? Einstein believed that objects actually warp the space around them. The greater the mass the greater the pull on space. He explains that the moon is trying to move in a straight line, but because the space in which it travels is warped around the earth, it "orbits" around us.

Even tough Einstein was a Jew he also proved the earth was flat. Both God and the world's smartest Jew say the earth is flat. That is more than proof enough for me.

[stormatree]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

If the world is flat then why don't people fall of the edge, the bible isn't always correct, you have to remember it has been passed down from generation to generation and people have made corrections (which might not be correct, e.g. the flat earth) is like Chinese whispers.

[StarrKingGrad]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

For an omnipotent being, all tasks are equally easy. No matter what shape you pick, it isn't any easier or harder for God to make the earth into that shape.

Too bad God didn't chose to make the Earth a four-sided triangle. Now THAT would have been something to behold.

Fandango, there are two, and probably only two, points on which I agree with these "True Christians." First, the Bible does say that the Earth is flat. Second, you will never be able to convince a single "True Christian" that the Earth is not flat.

[Pastor Billy-Reuben]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

So, what this pictures tells us(in less then 1000 words) is that if you continue to go in one direction you'll end up hittind your head in the wall. Right?

That would be the sides of the firmament.

BUT, there are also 12 exits. So, how come and we haven't spotted one yet and get out of this flat, pizza-shaped earth?

I'm not sure, but I would assume they are guarded by angels.

Also, in a flat erth we would be able to see the sun at all times, ergo it would be day all the time.

The sun is probably directed light, like a spotlight. That's why it can be sunny in one place, twilight in another, and dark in yet another.

And, how can this image explain that close to the north/south pole the day/night lasts much longer than 24 hours?

The sun doesn't move in the same path year round. In the summer, the sun moves in a tighter circle closer to the center, meaning the center is always lit, and the edge doesn't get any light at all. In the winter, the sun is in a larger circle following close to the edge, and the center doesn't get any light.

Or the fact that when you travel with a ship you see a portion of the land and as you approach slowly you see a bigger part of it?

Because things look smaller when they are further away.

Wouldn't be easier for God to make earth sphere-shaped in the first place???

For an omnipotent being, all tasks are equally easy. No matter what shape you pick, it isn't any easier or harder for God to make the earth into that shape.

Pastor Billy-Reuben

[Fandago]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

So, what this pictures tells us(in less then 1000 words) is that if you continue to go in one direction you'll end up hittind your head in the wall. Right?

BUT, there are also 12 exits. So, how come and we haven't spotted one yet and get out of this flat, pizza-shaped earth?

Also, in a flat erth we would be able to see the sun at all times, ergo it would be day all the time.

And, how can this image explain that close to the north/south pole the day/night lasts much longer than 24 hours?

Or the fact that when you travel with a ship you see a portion of the land and as you approach slowly you see a bigger part of it?

Wouldn't be easier for God to make earth sphere-shaped in the first place???

[Pastor Billy-Reuben]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

If the earth is flat and your map is accurate, then explain me how can you begin form Alaska and go west and then suddenly you are in the east corner of the earth? Does God perform an instant miracle and teleports you there? Or maybe because the earth is actualy shaped as a sphere???

A picture is worth a thousand words here. Perhaps this will help you understand:



Pastor Billy-Reuben

[Fandago]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

There is an informative map here. This is all you really need to know

If the earth is flat and your map is accurate, then explain me how can you begin form Alaska and go west and then suddenly you are in the east corner of the earth? Does God perform an instant miracle and teleports you there? Or maybe because the earth is actualy shaped as a sphere???

Also, earth can't bend light so much as to have light everywhere on earth. You would need an earth with much much more mass.

Or, the earth is indeed flat, but also shaped like a pizza, with 4 elephants, stanting on a giant turtle, holding it. Just like in Discworld by Terry Pratchett!

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h240/bodhifox/Paul_Kidby_Discworld.jpg

That makes sence!

[Freethinker]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

I'm no mathematician, but I understand that this has been tackled by members of a discipline known as "topology." That's not a cult-- it's Mediterranean for the study of tops, like the top of the Earth.

Like I said, numbers give me a headache, so I won't claim to understand it very deeply. But it turns out that a surface can be both finite and boundless. So the Earth can be flat, and yet not have edges!

I guess it has something to do with the extrapolation of an extra dimension. Kooky, huh?

Or it could just be a sphere!

Nah. that makes too much sense. Even though pictures and videos of the earth and all the other planets show them as spheres. Even though we have spacecraft orbiting Mars and Saturn and have sent men to the moon and have countless satellites orbiting the earth as well as a space station.

Nah. Even though we have cellphones and satellite TV and the internet and global positioning systems all using sattelites orbiting the earth.

Its all has made up because a 2 thousand year old book written by relative primative people and translated and edited several times could not possibly be wrong.. Could it???

Why would 90% of the earth's population believe that the earth is round and have highly detailed maps showing every spot on the planet.

Nah it just can't be true could it???

[Mister Brasil]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

Would any of you flat earth people care to post a map?

I'm really curious what is at each edge.

I'm no mathematician, but I understand that this has been tackled by members of a discipline known as "topology." That's not a cult-- it's Mediterranean for the study of tops, like the top of the Earth.

Like I said, numbers give me a headache, so I won't claim to understand it very deeply. But it turns out that a surface can be both finite and boundless. So the Earth can be flat, and yet not have edges!

I guess it has something to do with the extrapolation of an extra dimension. Kooky, huh?

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

Would any of you flat earth people care to post a map?

I'm really curious what is at each edge.

The further out from America, the more godless the inhabitants. We would give no help to those Unsaved who would investigate satanic realms. Be assure overseas is awful; only the fittest and strongest and those with an unshakeable Faith ever travel outside the boundaries of God’s Favorite Country.

The Department of Faith has legislation ready to enact which will restrict overseas travel to True Christians™

There is an informative map here. This is all you really need to know

[Freethinker]

Re: Flat Earth? Hell Yes!

Would any of you flat earth people care to post a map?

I'm really curious what is at each edge.