Just a little confused.

I am confused about what it is you believe and how you came to believe them.

If the earth is indeed flat then wouldn't that mean that it has an end? A giant end? And as I've read from the forums, i am lead to believe that the earth is surrounded by an ice wall. I may be wrong but that is what i have picked up.  How could this wall have gone so long without being discovered? Also doesn't this ice wall go through our hotter regions known to most as the equator? How does it survive?

james

Some flat earthers believe that the earth is infinite.

Oh dear. FAQ, Mr. Spade.

Find the FAQ. Read it. Learn from it. Love it.

Just have it back by midnight.

OK FAQ is now read. I am unsatisfied with the answer, 'the sun acts as a spotlight'. Please explain how this works

OK FAQ is now read. I am unsatisfied with the answer, 'the sun acts as a spotlight'. Please explain how this works

Shine a small flashlight about an inch or two from a frisbee. Report back if the entire frisbee is covered in light or just a small circular section.

Quote from: jimspade on August 30, 2008, 03:49:42 PM

OK FAQ is now read. I am unsatisfied with the answer, 'the sun acts as a spotlight'. Please explain how this works

Shine a small flashlight about an inch or two from a frisbee. Report back if the entire frisbee is covered in light or just a small circular section.

A flashlight is much different form the sun.. the sun is not restricted by the edges of the flashlight. It's light should not be lessoned let alone completley diminished due to the small change in distance...I mean small in comparison with the size of our solar system.

You didn't read the FAQ. You lied to us.

The sun is a spotlight; ergo, not that much different than a flashlight.

The sun is a spotlight; ergo, not that much different than a flashlight.

The sun releases light from all angles...a flashlight does not. what are you guys having trouble understanding about my question. Explain how this effect works... If you hold a lightbulb without the casing of a flashlight over a disk, it would cover the entire facing surface of the disk. Please explain how the sun differers from this example.

The light is limited to a spotlight by the density of the atmosphere.

i live in eastern nsw australia and the sun rises in the east and sets in the west...explain that. also please direct me to any studies done to prove your theory about atmosphere density preventing sunlight

i live in eastern nsw australia and the sun rises in the east and sets in the west...explain that.

 

well if the movements of your sun are correct it would be impossible for the sun to rise in the east where i am

i live in eastern nsw australia and the sun rises in the east and sets in the west...explain that.

 

Edit: Lol, Roundy and I posted the same thing.

East is turnwise.

well if the movements of your sun are correct it would be impossible for the sun to rise in the east where i am

Look at the graphic again.

Quote from: jimspade on August 30, 2008, 07:49:49 PM

well if the movements of your sun are correct it would be impossible for the sun to rise in the east where i am

Look at the graphic again.

I did and im still certain it would rise in the north east.
On the image, the continents are all squeezed together and distorted to compensate for the curvature of the earth being removed. Is this how you percieve the would to actually look or is it just a product of design to illistrate the point?

In the graphic shown, you are saying that the Southern portion of Africa will have a new moon whilst the Northern portion has a full moon. How is this so?

Also, in your graphic, it does not show the moon rotating, meaning that the moon will always be new in Southern Africa, and full in Northern Africa.

Oh, right. Even if the world isn't round, it's not flat either. There are still hills and mountains, thusly, you guys are wrong about the world being flat.

Game, set, match.

Oh, and another thing:

FUCKING RETARDS.

This is how you KNOW the world is round.

Step 1: Go to the ocean.

Step 2: Watch a boat with a mast go over the horizon.

Step 3: Notice how as the boat goes over the horizon you can still see it's mast but the boat is hidden from the curvature of the earth.

Step 4:

Step 5: Profit!

If this doesn't convince you, please explain to me how this works in your world.

I think they will claim it is the way we are perceiving it what with atmospheric density or whatever.

I think they will claim it is the way we are perceiving it what with atmospheric density or whatever.

What they don't understand is that "atmospheric density" can only change with elevation.

Someone respond to this.

Why should we? You asked the two most asked questions ever, the sinking ship effect and the Motive. Learn to search or GTFO.

lol at the

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profit!

part xD

Quote from: Roundy the Truthinessist on August 30, 2008, 07:52:23 PM

Quote from: jimspade on August 30, 2008, 07:49:49 PM

well if the movements of your sun are correct it would be impossible for the sun to rise in the east where i am

Look at the graphic again.

I did and im still certain it would rise in the north east.
On the image, the continents are all squeezed together and distorted to compensate for the curvature of the earth being removed. Is this how you percieve the would to actually look or is it just a product of design to illistrate the point?

This is all i wanted the response for

Since we have no one to map out the earth, yes, this is one idea of how we think the earth looks.

Since we have no one to map out the earth, yes, this is one idea of how we think the earth looks.

If no one has mapped out the earth yet, then how does international travel work?  I mean, wouldn't an accurate map come in really handy?