If it is a metallic disc, how do you explain that it always appears to be round to all observers everywhere? If it was a disc it should appear elliptical at times as it moves around.
The refractory effects of the atmolayer distort and misrepresent the true nature of the firmament. Globularists believe this too (or else the sky being blue would be inexplicable, as well as the convenient space-money excuse that powerful telescopes need to be in space to see properly).
Mmmm, interesting.
As a budding student of Zetetic Astronomy I personally think that if it looks like a sphere, (which is why it looks round to all observers, everywhere) then it must be a sphere. Seems I have a lot to learn. Maybe the fact that the earth looks flat is actually a distortion and it's actually spherical.
However, I really can't get my head around "The refractory effects of the atmolayer distort and misrepresent the true nature of the firmament." Even Mr Rowbotham in his book Earth Not a Globe, you know, the one you said this about:
. . . probably the most important science textbook of the last 500 years, . . .
doesn't mention "The refractory effects of the atmolayer distort and misrepresent the true nature of the firmament." or at least, I haven't seen that sentence in "the most important science textbook of the last 500 years".
As Mr Bishop says quite clearly in another thread,
The burden of proof is always on the claimant, whether it be about ghosts or "amazing" new technologies.
So, what proof is there that The refractory effects etc cause the sun to look spherical and why are you going against the principles of Zetetic astronomy with this claim? It looks spherical, therefore it is probably spherical.