[Lisa H]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

...what you just said makes absolutely no sense. Of course I'm using the theory of a flat Earth to disprove itself, I'm pointing out a fallacy. It's not possible for it to be flat, if it were flat and the sun never went under it, then one day it would set to the west, and the next day it'd set to the east. If it went under the Earth, then how could each night be 12 hours?

James, you are using your theory of flat earth. If it happened the way you explained then whole world would be in either daytime or night time. As we all know they sun is in different parts of the earth, giving us different timezones.

[James R Miller]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

1 Jump) The reason you don't move when jumping is because of inertia. Say you're on top of a train and you jump, you're going to retain your velocity and land in the same spot relative to the train. Your local fair probably has a ride called the Gravitron 2000, it spins very fast and uses the centrifugal force to stick riders to the walls of the ride. If you stand up on the wall then jump, you'll retain the velocity and land in the same spot.

2 Blow) Two problems with your theory- a balloon is hallow, so it actually has very little mass. Also, no matter how small you TRY to make that speck of paper, you're not going to get it to have as little mass in comparison to your sphere as a human does in comparison to the Earth.

3 Get High) You can get high at home, all you need is a bong and some pot. Weed jokes aside, you can't see the other side of the world, even from Mt Everest. Also, the reason you can see as far as you can is because the Earth is so massive.

Here's a nice experiment to prove the Earth is a sphere: Tie a camera to a couple of helium-filled balloons and a parachute (I'll tell you why later.) Also tie something that allows you to track it via GPS. Turn it on and start recording (make sure you have full battery life and an empty storage unit) then send it up into the skies with the balloon. Try and stay as close to it on the ground as possible for easy retrieval. Wait a couple of hours and try to position yourself under it.

Remember that parachute I told you to tie on earlier? Well now is when you're going to need it. The balloon will never exit the atmosphere, although once it gets high enough up, the balloons will pop due to the decrease of pressure outside. (Boyle's law) The parachute should soften the landing and the camera should be intact.

Watch the video on the camera. The camera will have gotten high enough that you'll be able to see the roundness of the Earth.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

Can you back ANY of that nonsense up with Scripture?

[Lisa H]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

1 Jump) The reason you don't move when jumping is because of inertia. Say you're on top of a train and you jump, you're going to retain your velocity and land in the same spot relative to the train. Your local fair probably has a ride called the Gravitron 2000, it spins very fast and uses the centrifugal force to stick riders to the walls of the ride. If you stand up on the wall then jump, you'll retain the velocity and land in the same spot.

You don't move because there is nothing to move you and you land on the same spot.

The fair ground ride throws you against the wall because it is spinning. If the earth was spinning you would be thrown off.

2 Blow) Two problems with your theory- a balloon is hallow, so it actually has very little mass. Also, no matter how small you TRY to make that speck of paper, you're not going to get it to have as little mass in comparison to your sphere as a human does in comparison to the Earth.

This has been covered before. The same effect happens if you use a bowling ball.

3 Get High) You can get high at home, all you need is a bong and some pot. Weed jokes aside, you can't see the other side of the world, even from Mt Everest. Also, the reason you can see as far as you can is because the Earth is so massive.

Here's a nice experiment to prove the Earth is a sphere: Tie a camera to a couple of helium-filled balloons and a parachute (I'll tell you why later.) Also tie something that allows you to track it via GPS. Turn it on and start recording (make sure you have full battery life and an empty storage unit) then send it up into the skies with the balloon. Try and stay as close to it on the ground as possible for easy retrieval. Wait a couple of hours and try to position yourself under it.

Remember that parachute I told you to tie on earlier? Well now is when you're going to need it. The balloon will never exit the atmosphere, although once it gets high enough up, the balloons will pop due to the decrease of pressure outside. (Boyle's law) The parachute should soften the landing and the camera should be intact.

Watch the video on the camera. The camera will have gotten high enough that you'll be able to see the roundness of the Earth.

Even if you are in a aeroplane the horizon is still flat and appears as a straight line. There are pictures in previous posts.

[James R Miller]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

1) It doesn't matter whether you're assuming it's flat or not, it still disproves your point that if the Earth were spherical and spinning and end up 100s of miles away from where you jumped.

2) That's centripetal force, go look it up.

3) Do the experiment I posted. Airplanes don't go high enough.

[Lisa H]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

1) It doesn't matter whether you're assuming it's flat or not, it still disproves your point that if the Earth were spherical and spinning and end up 100s of miles away from where you jumped.

2) That's centripetal force, go look it up.

3) Do the experiment I posted. Airplanes don't go high enough.

1. If the earth was spinning you would be in a different spot.

2. The paper still flies off. If the earth was spinning you would be thrown off.

3. Planes go higher than balloons.

[James R Miller]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

DISREGARD MY ABOVE POST I MESSED UP

1) It doesn't matter whether you're assuming it's flat or not, it still disproves your point that if the Earth were spherical and spinning and end up 100s of miles away from where you jumped. The reason you don't get thrown off the Earth is because that causes centripetal force, not centrifugal force.

2) You're piece of paper/other object probably doesn't have a low enough mass, and your bowling ball isn't spinning so it takes out the element of centripetal force. Also, because the Earth has a MUCH MUCH stronger gravitational pull than the bowling ball, the only real way to do this experiment would be in space where there's nothing else able to create a gravitational pull.

3) Do the experiment I posted. Airplanes don't go high enough.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

DISREGARD MY ABOVE POST I MESSED UP

1) It doesn't matter whether you're assuming it's flat or not, it still disproves your point that if the Earth were spherical and spinning and end up 100s of miles away from where you jumped. The reason you don't get thrown off the Earth is because that causes centripetal force, not centrifugal force.

2) You're piece of paper/other object probably doesn't have a low enough mass, and your bowling ball isn't spinning so it takes out the element of centripetal force. Also, because the Earth has a MUCH MUCH stronger gravitational pull than the bowling ball, the only real way to do this experiment would be in space where there's nothing else able to create a gravitational pull.

3) Do the experiment I posted. Airplanes don't go high enough.

I think we can safely disregard all of your previous posts.

This is a Christian forum. Why are you here?

[James R Miller]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

The world record for the highest atmospheric vehicle is held by a hot air balloon. Balloons can go VERY high. Also, can you get rid of this delay in between posts? By the time the forum lets me post my rebuttal you've already made another post. Oh and Zeke, I'm Christian. I'm not arguing the truth of the Bible, I'm arguing your interpretation. And no you cannot disregard all of my previous posts, as YOU have the burden of proof. You made the claim that the Earth is flat, so you have to prove it.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

Oh and Zeke, I'm Christian.

First of all, it's PASTOR EZEKIEL. I didn't get my PhD in Theology and Demonology to be insulted by you.

And if you're a Christian, then why are you arguing against the Word of God, which clearly says that the earth is flat? What kind of a false Christian, limp-wristed "church" do you attend?

Please make a thread of your own in the "Introductions" section of the forum, so that we can properly greet you. Tell us about yourself, your church, and how you came to find Jesus.

[Lisa H]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

The world record for the highest atmospheric vehicle is held by a hot air balloon. Balloons can go VERY high. Also, can you get rid of this delay in between posts? By the time the forum lets me post my rebuttal you've already made another post. Oh and Zeke, I'm Christian. I'm not arguing the truth of the Bible, I'm arguing your interpretation. And no you cannot disregard all of my previous posts, as YOU have the burden of proof. You made the claim that the Earth is flat, so you have to prove it.

You said helium balloons, have you ever seen a balloon go that high. Also aeroplanes go higher than zeppelins.

[James R Miller]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

Pastor Zeke:

1) That wasn't an insult.
2) Since you can say that "corners" in the Bible means the literal corners of the Earth, why can't I say that where the Bible says that witches should be stoned God wants us to force witches to smoke pot?
3) I'd rather not waste my time with that.

Lisa H:

I've seen a balloon go that high. I've done the experiment myself. Balloons can soar to the altitude where the sky is black.

[Lisa H]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

Pastor Zeke:

1) That wasn't an insult.
2) Since you can say that "corners" in the Bible means the literal corners of the Earth, why can't I say that where the Bible says that witches should be stoned God wants us to force witches to smoke pot?
3) I'd rather not waste my time with that.

Lisa H:

I've seen a balloon go that high. I've done the experiment myself. Balloons can soar to the altitude where the sky is black.

Planes can fly at night also. If you have done the experiment then you could post a picture.

[James R Miller]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

And instead of arguing about it, how about you go try the experiment? You have to prove me wrong, as you have the burden of proof. You're making the claim that those verses mean the Earth is flat, as opposed to them meaning south/north/east/west.

[James R Miller]

Re: 3 Experiments You Can Do At Home that PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT

I'm talking about where the sky is black in the middle of the day, smart alec. And when you do the experiment, post the video, don't just say you saw that the Earth was flat.