« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Please, enlighten me.

  • 19 Replies
  • 3852 Views
?

NewNerd

  • 37
  • +0/-0
  • Ahhh... A perfect shape.
Please, enlighten me.
« on: March 05, 2009, 12:44:48 PM »
How can an airplane travel along the equator, taking off from point Am and land again at Point A? AKA Circumnavigation.
Because if your "Theories" are true, someone would have fallen of the edges of the flat earth.
Logged
?

Ravenwood240

  • 2070
  • +0/-0
  • I disagree. What was the Question?
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2009, 12:46:09 PM »
Quote from: NewNerd on March 05, 2009, 12:44:48 PM
How can an airplane travel along the equator, taking off from point Am and land again at Point A? AKA Circumnavigation.
Because if your "Theories" are true, someone would have fallen of the edges of the flat earth.

Did you even glance in the direction of the FAQ?

« Last Edit: March 06, 2009, 02:56:01 PM by Ravenwood240 »
Logged
Belief gets in the way of learning.  If you believe something, you've closed your mind to any further thought.  I know some things, little things, not the nine million names of God.

(Paraphased from R.A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love.")
*

Jack

  • Administrator
  • 5180
  • +2/-6
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2009, 12:58:06 PM »
Circumnavigation is possible in FE. It's stated in the FAQ.
Logged
*

WardoggKC130FE

  • 11833
  • +0/-0
  • What website is that? MadeUpMonkeyShit.com?
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 01:24:17 PM »
Quote from: NewNerd on March 05, 2009, 12:44:48 PM
How can an airplane travel along the equator, taking off from point Am and land again at Point A? AKA Circumnavigation.
Because if your "Theories" are true, someone would have fallen of the edges of the flat earth.

I have circumnavigated the globe twice.  Neither time has convinced me of a round earth.
Logged
?

Proleg

Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 01:42:49 PM »
Quote from: WardoggKC130FE on March 05, 2009, 01:24:17 PM
I have circumnavigated the globe twice.
No, you haven't.
Logged
*

WardoggKC130FE

  • 11833
  • +0/-0
  • What website is that? MadeUpMonkeyShit.com?
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2009, 01:44:33 PM »
Yes sir, I sure have.
Logged
?

Proleg

Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2009, 01:45:23 PM »
I thought you were an FE'er... :'(
Logged
*

WardoggKC130FE

  • 11833
  • +0/-0
  • What website is that? MadeUpMonkeyShit.com?
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2009, 01:47:05 PM »
I fail.


I have circumnavigated the FE plane twice, neither time convincing me of a RE.
Logged
?

Proleg

Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2009, 01:51:19 PM »
Having been raised from birth in an RE household, it's often difficult to correct certain phrases that have become ingrained in us. I understand completely.
Logged
*

markjo

  • Content Nazi
  • 45173
  • +98/-138
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2009, 02:32:38 PM »
Quote from: WardoggKC130FE on March 05, 2009, 01:47:05 PM
I fail.


I have circumnavigated the FE plane twice, neither time convincing me of a RE.

Did your navigator use an accurate FE map or did you have to amble around with an inaccurate RE map?
Logged
Science is what happens when preconception meets verification.
Quote from: Robosteve
Besides, perhaps FET is a conspiracy too.
Quote from: bullhorn
It is just the way it is, you understanding it doesn't concern me.
*

WardoggKC130FE

  • 11833
  • +0/-0
  • What website is that? MadeUpMonkeyShit.com?
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2009, 08:18:56 PM »
Quote from: markjo on March 05, 2009, 02:32:38 PM
Quote from: WardoggKC130FE on March 05, 2009, 01:47:05 PM
I fail.


I have circumnavigated the FE plane twice, neither time convincing me of a RE.

Did your navigator use an accurate FE map or did you have to amble around with an inaccurate RE map?

Actually both times were with a government supplied computer tracking GPS signals.  Go figure.
Logged
?

NewNerd

  • 37
  • +0/-0
  • Ahhh... A perfect shape.
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2009, 11:19:44 PM »
I have read the FAQ, and it barely answers my question. The magnetic north pole is not at the same exact point as the exact north pole, making compases only partially correct. If you were to "follow your compass due east or due west" you would not reach the exact same point on a flat earth.
Logged
?

Ravenwood240

  • 2070
  • +0/-0
  • I disagree. What was the Question?
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2009, 10:28:50 AM »
Quote from: NewNerd on March 05, 2009, 11:19:44 PM
I have read the FAQ, and it barely answers my question. The magnetic north pole is not at the same exact point as the exact north pole, making compases only partially correct. If you were to "follow your compass due east or due west" you would not reach the exact same point on a flat earth.

Do a search with this term:

Use of a compass.
Logged
Belief gets in the way of learning.  If you believe something, you've closed your mind to any further thought.  I know some things, little things, not the nine million names of God.

(Paraphased from R.A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love.")
*

theonlydann

  • Official Member
  • 23955
  • +6/-1
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2009, 10:51:24 AM »
rimward and hubward are also useful searchwords for the compass query. Search with username tom bishop
Logged
*

Lord Wilmore

  • Vice President
  • Flat Earth Believer
  • 12086
  • +3/-3
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2009, 02:00:15 PM »
Quote from: Proleg on March 05, 2009, 01:51:19 PM
Having been raised from birth in an RE household, it's often difficult to correct certain phrases that have become ingrained in us. I understand completely.

I think you raise a valid point Proleg. Developing a new language to escape the corrupted terms foisted upon us by RET is important. What term would you use?
« Last Edit: March 06, 2009, 02:02:46 PM by NEEMAN »
Logged
"I want truth for truth's sake, not for the applaud or approval of men. I would not reject truth because it is unpopular, nor accept error because it is popular. I should rather be right and stand alone than run with the multitude and be wrong." - C.S. DeFord
?

mikeh12

  • 27
  • +0/-0
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2009, 02:18:52 PM »
Quote from: Proleg on March 05, 2009, 01:51:19 PM
Having been raised from birth in an RE household, it's often difficult to correct certain phrases that have become ingrained in us. I understand completely.

not gonna lie, i chuckled.
Logged
?

Proleg

Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2009, 02:55:05 PM »
Quote from: NEEMAN on March 06, 2009, 02:00:15 PM
Quote from: Proleg on March 05, 2009, 01:51:19 PM
Having been raised from birth in an RE household, it's often difficult to correct certain phrases that have become ingrained in us. I understand completely.

I think you raise a valid point Proleg. Developing a new language to escape the corrupted terms foisted upon us by RET is important. What term would you use?
I often use the same incorrect phrases myself, but I try and restructure the sentence so as not to make it awkward with the dropping of "globe" or other flawed terminology whenever I can. We could really use a dictionary-type thread so we can discuss our alternatives and agree upon them as a whole.
Logged
*

The Flood

  • 92
  • +0/-0
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2009, 09:59:59 AM »
Quote from: Proleg on March 05, 2009, 01:51:19 PM
Having been raised from birth in an RE household, it's often difficult to correct certain phrases that have become ingrained in us. I understand completely.

Oh God, please don't tell me there are parents who actually teach their kids that the Earth is flat..
Logged
~The Flood was here~
*

WardoggKC130FE

  • 11833
  • +0/-0
  • What website is that? MadeUpMonkeyShit.com?
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2009, 11:26:29 AM »
Quote from: The Flood on March 07, 2009, 09:59:59 AM
Quote from: Proleg on March 05, 2009, 01:51:19 PM
Having been raised from birth in an RE household, it's often difficult to correct certain phrases that have become ingrained in us. I understand completely.

Oh God, please don't tell me there are parents who actually teach their kids that the Earth is flat..

Why not?  Some parents teach their kids to be Muslims.  No difference.
Logged
?

Graham_evo

  • 45
  • +0/-0
Re: Please, enlighten me.
« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2009, 03:06:21 PM »
With regards to the FET theory; I like the way the Earth is impossible to navigate beyond Antarctica.

Lovely, handy coincidence you have here...
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »