How can people honestly believe the earth is round? How do they describe how people on the "bottom" of the earth don't just fall off? I mean you can't stand on a sphere from every side.
I guess that the majority of the population, 99.999999% accept that the earth is spherical due to the amount of scientific evidence that's pointed to that conclusion since the days of the ancient Greeks and Egyptians thousands of years BCE.
Modern science has also confirmed the findings of those ancients, and with far more accuracy. To date, there's absolutely zero empirical evidence to support any shape other than a sphere.
Astronomically speaking, there's no such thing as up or down. The way we generally view the planet is merely a convenient and common way to make communication easier globally.
Consider this projection for example:
(http://paulwilkinson.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/mcarthur-large.jpg?w=615&h=410)
Incidentally..... The force of gravity which originates at the CoG of the planet and is universally perpendicular to the surface of the planet is what holds you against the ground.
[...] how many of those astronomers have looked at the Earth through their telescopes? Probably none. Why would they be considered any kind of expert on the shape of the Earth?
Uh... I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here?
The radio telescopes on the Hubble platform clearly show optical images of the earth. Guys hunched over telescopes with their eye glued to the eyepiece have gone the way of Charles Dickens.
This is one of the images from the Hubble space telescope; Florida is in the middle running roughly left-right:
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/05/18/article-1183808-04FBF656000005DC-797_634x400.jpg)
This image also clearly shows the curvature of the earth.
How can people honestly believe the earth is round? How do they describe how people on the "bottom" of the earth don't just fall off? I mean you can't stand on a sphere from every side.
I guess that the majority of the population, 99.999999% accept that the earth is spherical due to the amount of scientific evidence that's pointed to that conclusion since the days of the ancient Greeks and Egyptians thousands of years BCE.
Modern science has also confirmed the findings of those ancients, and with far more accuracy. To date, there's absolutely zero empirical evidence to support any shape other than a sphere.
Astronomically speaking, there's no such thing as up or down. The way we generally view the planet is merely a convenient and common way to make communication easier globally.
Consider this projection for example:
(http://paulwilkinson.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/mcarthur-large.jpg?w=615&h=410)
Incidentally..... The force of gravity which originates at the CoG of the planet and is universally perpendicular to the surface of the planet is what holds you against the ground.
Correction to the above:
People believe the Earth is round because they have not been exposed to FET. They are compelled to read RET literature and be tested on ONLY that to pass exams in school.
Before logically determining Earth shape they must have an understanding of FET or their input is not valid. Those percentages will change dramatically once FET is brought back into the educational system.
In addition, if a FE representation would replace the now popular "globe" in stores and classrooms it would also contribute to the inevitable disappearance of RE beliefs.
[...] how many of those astronomers have looked at the Earth through their telescopes? Probably none. Why would they be considered any kind of expert on the shape of the Earth?
Uh... I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here?
The radio telescopes on the Hubble platform clearly show optical images of the earth. Guys hunched over telescopes with their eye glued to the eyepiece have gone the way of Charles Dickens.
This is one of the images from the Hubble space telescope; Florida is in the middle running roughly left-right:
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/05/18/article-1183808-04FBF656000005DC-797_634x400.jpg)
This image also clearly shows the curvature of the earth.
The Problem I have with so called Horizons is the Clouds continue past the Curvature. It really just doesn't make any sense if the Earth was curved and light wasn't bending to produce the optical illusion of it curving.
(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/1510781_564617840288932_1634830309_n.jpg)