Not Convinced.

I have been perusing your website and am not even vaguely convinced.
All of your arguments involve ridiculously complicated series of events to explain phenomenon that all have one simple explanation:The Earth is round. 

So i have some questions.
Explain this.
A plane leaves an airport in america. It then takes off and flies in a straight line. After flying for however long, it arrives back in the same place. If it doesn't go all the way aROUND a ROUND earth, how does this happen? Te plane doesnt change direction, turn ,etc for the whole journey.

Now this is your chance for ridiculous theorys about dark matter.
Go on, convince me.  

I have been perusing your website

Must have been a long journey.

Wow that was a worthwhile response.
Any people who don't just jump in with the sarcasm?

Read the FAQ, this question is covered extensively there.  

Read the FAQ, this question is covered extensively there.  

Where?

Quote from: Roundy the Truthinessist on July 19, 2009, 08:31:32 PM

Read the FAQ, this question is covered extensively there.  

Where?

Here you go.

I wouldn't call it extensively covered. Only one question deals with it.

Yeh tbh, the FAQ doesn't really covor the frequently asked questions- as the only answer for those is to read the FAQ...

I wouldn't call it extensively covered. Only one question deals with it.

Why would the subject require more than one question? 

Yeh tbh, the FAQ doesn't really covor the frequently asked questions- as the only answer for those is to read the FAQ...

Well, the answer for those is to read the FAQ because they are covered in the FAQ...

I couldn't find the questions I was after let alone the answers- maybe this "Flat Earth Thoery" is just a conspiracy.

Quote from: Lord Falconheart II on July 19, 2009, 10:42:17 PM

I wouldn't call it extensively covered. Only one question deals with it.

Why would the subject require more than one question? 

I'm not saying it should have more than one question, just that it isn't extensively covered.
Q: "When traveling in a straight direction, you will always reach the same point on the globe from where you started. How can this happen if the world is flat?"

A: You need to have evidence for this to be true. Also, define "straight." Remember, the northern point on the compass is, under most circumstances (unless near the center or deep in the ice wall), pointing toward the center of the Earth. If you follow your compass due east or due west, ending up at the same point you started from, you've just gone around the world in a circle. Thus, circumnavigation is possible on FE.

Thats all it says.

And this is another ridiculously complicated reason for a simple phenomenon. The obvious answer is that the earth is round. Why doesn't someone just fly off the edge off the earth in a plane? Why hasn't this been done?

And please, DONT mention the damn FAQs again. Do you have some sort of machine that posts a message saying "read the FAQs" whenever someone types a question? Your FAQs aren't particularly comprehensive.

Why doesn't someone just fly off the edge off the earth in a plane? Why hasn't this been done?

Well, take how many people believe in a flat Earth. Next, take those believers that have a pilot's license, or the funds in which to acquire a pilot to take them. Then, find a plane in which to take on the trip. Now, take..oh wait, there's no one left!

As for how no one has accidentally done it, you'd need to think you're flying completely straight through the Antarctic to reach anywhere close to the edge. There are plenty of flights along the coast or that land a bit on the interior, but I don't think traversing the entire continent has ever been attempted by plane.

Your FAQs aren't particularly comprehensive.

That's generally because all issues the FAQ deals with can be understood easily. If we would have thought people couldn't comprehend simple ideas, I'm sure there'd be a good reason to expand and clarify each issue.

The simple fact of the matter is that if you have read the FAQ, you've skimmed it, because any proper understanding of the FAQ would answer that question for you. Why hasn't anyone flown off the edge in a plane? Because most people believe the earth is round, and people do not traditionally fly over Antarctica. Furthermore, they are simply flying according to their instruments.

Quote from: Roundy the Truthinessist on July 19, 2009, 11:03:23 PM

Quote from: Lord Falconheart II on July 19, 2009, 10:42:17 PM

I wouldn't call it extensively covered. Only one question deals with it.

Why would the subject require more than one question? 

I'm not saying it should have more than one question, just that it isn't extensively covered.
Q: "When traveling in a straight direction, you will always reach the same point on the globe from where you started. How can this happen if the world is flat?"

A: You need to have evidence for this to be true. Also, define "straight." Remember, the northern point on the compass is, under most circumstances (unless near the center or deep in the ice wall), pointing toward the center of the Earth. If you follow your compass due east or due west, ending up at the same point you started from, you've just gone around the world in a circle. Thus, circumnavigation is possible on FE.

Thats all it says.

It answers the question adequately.

And this is another ridiculously complicated reason for a simple phenomenon.

It's actually so incredibly simple I actually said out loud - true story - "Duh!" when I first read it.

The obvious answer is that the earth is round.

You only see this as the obvious answer because you've been conditioned to explain all such phenomena with "The Earth is round."  It's fallacious to say that this is the "obvious" answer.  It certainly is not if the Earth is flat.

Why doesn't someone just fly off the edge off the earth in a plane? Why hasn't this been done?

If this had been done before how would you know about it? 

And please, DONT mention the damn FAQs again. Do you have some sort of machine that posts a message saying "read the FAQs" whenever someone types a question? Your FAQs aren't particularly comprehensive.

They are comprehensive enough to answer 90% of the questions new people bring up.  I apologize in advance, but if you ask another question clearly covered in the FAQ in the future, I'm going to direct you there, if somebody else hasn't first.