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A creationist's rebuttal to "Top 10 Ways to Know the Earth is Not Flat."
An atheist recently came here and brought an article to our attention. Top Ten Ways to Know the Earth is Not Flat.
Honestly, I found this to be extremely liberal mainstream science biased. The author assumes things that are simply false.
1. The moon. The Bible teaches us that the moon is its own special type of celestial body. It is unique that it produces light in different ways. Sometimes it appears round. Other times it appears as a sliver. It is truly amazing and a testament to God's creation.
Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1 Corinthians 15:40 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
The stars are yet another type of celestial body, but that has been discussed in another scientistic theophesis.
2. Ships and the "Horizon". They seem to appear only by the top because of perspective and the play of mirages. Haven't you ever "seen" water at the bottom of a roadway in the summertime?
This obscures the clear line of sight.
And fog often obscures a clear line of sight.
Look out, atheists! The Bridge is rising because of the "round earth"
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3. Varying Star Constellations. This one is funny. Of course the stars will appear differently as they revolve the earth and you will get different constellations. Even the pagans understood this as they named time periods after the constellations as they would pass by in the night in a perfectly tuned universe. More evidence of biblical creation.
4. Shadows and sticks. We have gone over this before. The sun is not as large as the atheists say. In fact, the sun is only 32 miles in diameter.
The sun is always somewhere between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, a distance admitted to be less than 3,000 miles; how then can the sun if it be so many thousand miles in diameter, squeeze itself into a space of about 3,000 miles only. Can a camel ride on a mouse, or a whale rush down the throat of a herring?
What is the diameter of the sun?
32 miles. If the navigator neglects to apply the sun's semi-diameter to his observation at sea, he is 16 nautical miles (nearly) in calculating the position his ship is in. A minute of arc on the sextant represents a nautical mile, and if the semi-diameter is 16 miles, the diameter is of course 32 miles. And as measured by the sextant, the sun's diameter is 32 minutes of arc, that is 32 nautical miles in diameter. If ever dispoof is attempted, it will be a literary curiosity, well worth framing.
Another common lie. The sun is millions of miles away.
It isn't. It is somewhere between 3000 and 500 miles overhead. Pastor Billy-Reuben provides his mathematical proof for it.
To start off with, the sun is hot enough to glow yellow, so we can use Wein's Displacement Law to determine the temperature.
Wein's Displacement Law:
Peak Wavelength in meters = displacement constant / temperature in Kelvin
Yellow light has a wavelength between 570nm and 580nm, so we'll solve for 575nm. Since we are working with nanometers rather than meters, we'll simplify the math by multiplying the displacement constant by 10^9.
575 = 2897768.5/T
575 * T = 2897768.5
T = 2897768.5/575
T = 5039.6° K (8611.6° F)
So the sun is about 5039.6° Kelvin.
Now, the average temperature of the earth is 59° F, or about 288° K. The mean temperature gradient of the troposphere is 6° K/km, so let's solve for the distance.
d = (5039.6 - 288)/6
d = 791.9 km (491.1 miles)
There you have it. The sun is roughly 491.1 miles overhead. Depending on the exact shade of yellow (whether it's closer to 570nm or 580nm), this figure could be off by as much as 5 miles. However, I don't have a spectrometer handy, and I'm willing to live with an uncertainty of ±5 miles. It's not like I'm planning to visit anytime soon -- my shoes would melt.
Knowing these two things, it is easy to show how shadows are created. The earth is huge is proportion to the sun, moon and stars. As they travel across our sky, they create shadows.
5. Seeing further from higher. This is another poorly researched "proof". You can see further from higher because there are fewer obstacles in your way. Much like a 6'2" man can see further away than a 5'7" midget. It has nothing to do with the supposed curvature of anything.
6. Ride in a plane. This is the biggest proof of all against the mainstream scientist point of view. If you ride in a plane, you'll know the earth is flat. Just look at the view below you. There's nothing but flat land all around. There is no curvature.
Notice the way the mountains in the background loom even larger in relation to the ground below. Major proof there.
7. Look at other planets. From your own article.
I couldn't have said it any better myself. God has a special plan for each and every one of us and He loves all of us so much. He created Earth as the center of the universe and pretty much the only thing He cares about, since there is no other life out there.
8. Existence of timezones. Please see number four. Once you understand that the sun is only 32 miles in diameter and not that far away, you understand that "timezones" are just the sun moving across the sky.
9. The center of Gravity. Gravity is more scientifical lies. We know Intelligent Pulling to be the reason things stay in place and fall the way they do.
Gravity is just a THEORY
I love how "scientists" and atheists have NO idea what gravity is or how it works.
Gravity destroys your morals!
Knowing that Christians don't believe in gravity, why are you going to put some mumbo-jumbo about it in there? I suppose you think you came from a monkey too, filthy banana peeler!
10. Images From Space. All part of the vast left wing conspiracy to suppress the truth. Much like 9-11, the moon landings, the teaching of evolution in schools. It's all part of the Jewish, NWO, doctors giving vaccines, Illuminati, Satanists, Communists and NASA working together to pull the wool over your eyes.
Curiosity Mars "landing" BIGGEST NASA HOAX EVER!!!
And so many other lies the government feeds you every day. Don't be a sheep! Wake up, people and teach the controversy!
Honestly, I found this to be extremely liberal mainstream science biased. The author assumes things that are simply false.
1. The moon. The Bible teaches us that the moon is its own special type of celestial body. It is unique that it produces light in different ways. Sometimes it appears round. Other times it appears as a sliver. It is truly amazing and a testament to God's creation.
Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1 Corinthians 15:40 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
The stars are yet another type of celestial body, but that has been discussed in another scientistic theophesis.
2. Ships and the "Horizon". They seem to appear only by the top because of perspective and the play of mirages. Haven't you ever "seen" water at the bottom of a roadway in the summertime?
This obscures the clear line of sight.
And fog often obscures a clear line of sight.
Look out, atheists! The Bridge is rising because of the "round earth"
. 3. Varying Star Constellations. This one is funny. Of course the stars will appear differently as they revolve the earth and you will get different constellations. Even the pagans understood this as they named time periods after the constellations as they would pass by in the night in a perfectly tuned universe. More evidence of biblical creation.
4. Shadows and sticks. We have gone over this before. The sun is not as large as the atheists say. In fact, the sun is only 32 miles in diameter.
The sun is always somewhere between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, a distance admitted to be less than 3,000 miles; how then can the sun if it be so many thousand miles in diameter, squeeze itself into a space of about 3,000 miles only. Can a camel ride on a mouse, or a whale rush down the throat of a herring?
What is the diameter of the sun?
32 miles. If the navigator neglects to apply the sun's semi-diameter to his observation at sea, he is 16 nautical miles (nearly) in calculating the position his ship is in. A minute of arc on the sextant represents a nautical mile, and if the semi-diameter is 16 miles, the diameter is of course 32 miles. And as measured by the sextant, the sun's diameter is 32 minutes of arc, that is 32 nautical miles in diameter. If ever dispoof is attempted, it will be a literary curiosity, well worth framing.
Another common lie. The sun is millions of miles away.
It isn't. It is somewhere between 3000 and 500 miles overhead. Pastor Billy-Reuben provides his mathematical proof for it.
To start off with, the sun is hot enough to glow yellow, so we can use Wein's Displacement Law to determine the temperature.
Wein's Displacement Law:
Peak Wavelength in meters = displacement constant / temperature in Kelvin
Yellow light has a wavelength between 570nm and 580nm, so we'll solve for 575nm. Since we are working with nanometers rather than meters, we'll simplify the math by multiplying the displacement constant by 10^9.
575 = 2897768.5/T
575 * T = 2897768.5
T = 2897768.5/575
T = 5039.6° K (8611.6° F)
So the sun is about 5039.6° Kelvin.
Now, the average temperature of the earth is 59° F, or about 288° K. The mean temperature gradient of the troposphere is 6° K/km, so let's solve for the distance.
d = (5039.6 - 288)/6
d = 791.9 km (491.1 miles)
There you have it. The sun is roughly 491.1 miles overhead. Depending on the exact shade of yellow (whether it's closer to 570nm or 580nm), this figure could be off by as much as 5 miles. However, I don't have a spectrometer handy, and I'm willing to live with an uncertainty of ±5 miles. It's not like I'm planning to visit anytime soon -- my shoes would melt.
Knowing these two things, it is easy to show how shadows are created. The earth is huge is proportion to the sun, moon and stars. As they travel across our sky, they create shadows.
5. Seeing further from higher. This is another poorly researched "proof". You can see further from higher because there are fewer obstacles in your way. Much like a 6'2" man can see further away than a 5'7" midget. It has nothing to do with the supposed curvature of anything.
6. Ride in a plane. This is the biggest proof of all against the mainstream scientist point of view. If you ride in a plane, you'll know the earth is flat. Just look at the view below you. There's nothing but flat land all around. There is no curvature.
Notice the way the mountains in the background loom even larger in relation to the ground below. Major proof there.
7. Look at other planets. From your own article.
The Earth is different from other planets, that much is true. After all, we have life, and we haven’t found any other planets with life (yet).
8. Existence of timezones. Please see number four. Once you understand that the sun is only 32 miles in diameter and not that far away, you understand that "timezones" are just the sun moving across the sky.
9. The center of Gravity. Gravity is more scientifical lies. We know Intelligent Pulling to be the reason things stay in place and fall the way they do.
Gravity is just a THEORY
I love how "scientists" and atheists have NO idea what gravity is or how it works.
Gravity destroys your morals!
Knowing that Christians don't believe in gravity, why are you going to put some mumbo-jumbo about it in there? I suppose you think you came from a monkey too, filthy banana peeler!
10. Images From Space. All part of the vast left wing conspiracy to suppress the truth. Much like 9-11, the moon landings, the teaching of evolution in schools. It's all part of the Jewish, NWO, doctors giving vaccines, Illuminati, Satanists, Communists and NASA working together to pull the wool over your eyes.
Curiosity Mars "landing" BIGGEST NASA HOAX EVER!!!
And so many other lies the government feeds you every day. Don't be a sheep! Wake up, people and teach the controversy!
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