Well then being the exploratory and experimental non ignorant people that they are 
they would do the experiment, like many others considering gyroscopes are not government controlled objects, and find out for themselves. And celestial eddies make no sense. Also not to mention that the reason for not being able to see the horizon because of the atmosphere conflicts with the reason why they made the sun so damn close to the earth, because they thought the lights rays would be too weak to heat the earth. This of course is not true and it's our atmosphere which is able to absorb the heat energy from the sun, hence we would be boiling right now because the sun is apparently so close.
i know, there are so many problems you don't even know where to start. i suggest picking just one at a time and challenging them with your own unique meta-research, references, and arguments. most of all, never let tom bishop off the hook with his endless stream of half-baked assertions. they are invariably (and demonstrably) just made up. but in the end, all you (or any of us) will have accomplished is getting a little more practiced and providing your own unique meta-research, references, and arguments... i could save you valuable time in your life by begging you to leave - while you still have a chance.
I've been having fun exercising my knowledge of Quantum and Astrophysics, I like science and I like blowin' holes in peoples theories even if it is one big joke. I've read a lot of stuff on astronomy and physics, some Stephen Hawking books, a ton of space encyclopedias, atlases of planetary bodies, star charts, chemistry books, and an array of quantum physics references. I don't mind arguing a bit but I must say it really is a joke, theres just no way anyone who believes in this theory isn't an ignorant fool.
well it sounds like you have the right equipment then. bring it on!
in defense of fe...or more specifically it's believers...let me posit this: one day you are sitting on a rock in the warm sun, and god appears (whatever god you would prefer to appear just pick one). you are absolutely certain it is god or some omnipotent/omniscient being who created everything. you do not doubt his wisdom at all. he tells you: "spacew00t, i know you think the earth is round. but it's actually flat." now, here you are, an intelligent, informed, skeptical, and educated person, with an undeniable and moving belief about a flat earth thrust upon you. being curious by nature, you set about sincerely trying to prove or disprove logically what your "heart" or "soul" has recently come to believe: the earth is flat.
that is an analogy to how at least one fe believer came to be.
in another case, a person was hired on as a moderator of an internet forum. being sharp and curious but wanting to support the team, he worked hard to convince himself the earth is flat. ...unfortunately the forum owner didn't tell him the job was pro-bono.
and finally, we have the case where some guy has not been outside in 50 years. one day he got bored of watching of the same old bestiality pornography and cutting himself, and so decided to look out the window. his neighbor's yard looked pretty flat, and to find out why, he read a book written by a random nutcase 200 years ago who was trying to prove the literalness of the bible and it's vague suggestions that the earth might be flat.
and that's pretty much where we're at.