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Let us look at something we will probably agree on. Magnetism. According to your reasoning if I have a small magnet that is close and a big magnet that is far away then metal objects will go to the big magnet right? Now just try this at home to see what really happens. Hey! The magnet that is the closest is the one that attracts the object, not the one that is the biggest! Why would gravity be any different?
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Gravity is different. Gravity is the byproduct of matter displacing space, causing attraction. Think of a sheet of cloth. Now stick a pencil through that cloth. You have displaced the cloth around the pencil, and the cloth will push against the pencil. The bigger the pencil, the more push you get. Gravity and magnetism are different forces.
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First, the resolution of our eyes is limited. So the farther away something is, the harder it will be to see.
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Yes, the further an object is away, the fewer light waves the object reflects will hit your eyes, making it blurry. This does not, however, mean that the earth is flat.
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Second, air is not completely transparent. At short distances this is hard to notice but at long distances this becomes an important factor.
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Still doesn't prove the earth is flat.
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For example with large towers it often depends on the weather how far away you can still see things. According to your completely ridiculous theories you would explain this by the Earth shrinking and growing? Or shape shifting?
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No. As you said, it depends on the weather. The colder the weather is, and the more liquid there is, the more light will bend around the curvature of the earth. This will allow you to see objects that should be hidden by the curve of the earth. Notice, however, that this doesn't happen all the time. It only happens under specific circumstances.
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Don't you see that the simplest explanation, the variable transparency of air based on relative humidity, is a much more logical explanation for this than this completely crazy shape shifting planet theory of yours!?
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Yeah, which is why no-one says the earth shapeshifts.
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I think by now you will be ready to admit that God is right and you are wrong.
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Sorry, not convinced.