Hi, just a couple questions about the FAQ..

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Hi, just a couple questions about the FAQ..
« on: July 03, 2006, 01:13:07 AM »
First of all, assuming all of what we observe can fit with your flat earth model, wouldn't this mean that the FE model and the round earth model are equally plausible?  

(Explain what makes the spherical earth model implausible......)

Now for specific FAQ questions...

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Q: "Why are other celestial bodies round but not the Earth?"

A: When you look at these celestial bodies, even with a telescope, they're entirely two-dimensional.


if a person in Indiana looks at Jupiter, and a person in China looks at Jupiter, they both see a circle.  if Jupiter was a disc, in order to appear a circle to both of them, its center would have to be facing both of these people at the same time, which is impossible.  perhaps the planets are spherical but the earth is flat?

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Q: "Why does gravity vary with altitiude?"

A: The moon and stars have a slight gravitational pull.


but you said that the moon, stars, and earth, are all being pulled upward by dark energy.  so perhaps you mean to say, the moon and stars exert a slight anti-dark energy force, causing there to be less upward acceleration at higher altitudes?

but still, why does this dark energy push the earth and sun and stars and such upward at this rate, but not the objects resting on the earth?  (if everything was pushed up at the same rate, there'd be no 'gravity' that we could feel)

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Q: "Please explain sunrises/sunsets."

A: It's a perspective effect. Really, the sun is just getting farther away; it looks like it disappears because everything gets smaller and eventually disappears as it gets farther away.


this completely ignores basic understanding about perspective.  a disc orbiting around the equator of another disc could not appear to move below the disc

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Hi, just a couple questions about the FAQ..
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2006, 01:30:09 AM »
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but still, why does this dark energy push the earth and sun and stars and such upward at this rate, but not the objects resting on the earth? (if everything was pushed up at the same rate, there'd be no 'gravity' that we could feel)

My take on how dark energy acts on the FE is that it behaves in the same manner as gravity; It's effect is greater on more massive objects than it is on people or cars or trees.  For example, as I sit at my desk, I feel the force of gravity pulling me down into the ground.  However, the ceiling is also pulling me up to it, but the effect is so small, it can't be felt.  The same could be said for the force of dark energy on my body as opposed to the force on the Earth.


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Hi, just a couple questions about the FAQ..
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2006, 01:37:35 AM »
I see, so dark energy is something that tends to push up very massive objects, but has negligible effect on less massive bodies

Hi, just a couple questions about the FAQ..
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2006, 09:06:53 AM »
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if a person in Indiana looks at Jupiter, and a person in China looks at Jupiter, they both see a circle. if Jupiter was a disc, in order to appear a circle to both of them, its center would have to be facing both of these people at the same time, which is impossible. perhaps the planets are spherical but the earth is flat?


This specific question has been brought up a few times.  Needless to say, some FE'ers had no problem with other spherical celestial bodies.

This should be adressed in the FAQ, I believe.
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