In all honesty, the FAQ did not help me a great deal. Here's why:
Q: "What about NASA? Don't they have photos to prove that the Earth is round?"
A: NASA are part of the conspiracy too. The photos are faked.
how? where's the proof?
Q: "Why has no-one taken a photo of the Earth that proves it is flat?"
A: The government prevents people from getting close enough to the Ice Wall to take a picture.
How do you figure? Where's the proof? Was someone shot down in their Piper Cub trying to reach the Ice Wall?
Q: "If you don't even have a possible motive, why do you say there is a conspiracy?"
A: Well it's quite simple really; if the earth is in fact flat, then the the governments must be lying when they say it isn't.
If the earth is 'in fact flat' why aren't there reports on this site ascertaining to proper experiments, tests and testimonials from people who have gone the distance to understand their 'faith'? Again, where's the proof that the government is lying?
Isn't your answer ludicrously insane? Since none of you actually know this for sure, from research, study, star gazing and astronomical measurements, I don't see how you can call it a fact. If so, then how can the government be lying?
You people are just avoiding the questions in this FAQ. where you can't you say its a conspiracy. I'm sure you'll also say that anyone who has a degree in physics, engineering and the other sciences are just part of the conspiracy because, yes you guessed it, the textbooks were all written by the establishment.
So then, how about you lads get out there with a lensatic compass, a telescope, a sextant and lots of the free time you all seem to have, and get proving.
I'm a man of facts. If I don't like a fact, I'll go research it, and if so, test it myself. I won't just believe schlub posted on the internet. I read the Wikipedia article too, it seems to me, you people are living in the past.
I'm fine with your 'beliefs,' but when you try to pass them off as facts, my friends, you have a problem.
Q: "How are the world governments organised enough to carry out this conspiracy?"
A: They only appear to be disorganised to make the conspiracy seem implausible.
You got someone on the inside giving you information chief? If so, I suggest you tell them to lay off the pot while they're gathering it for you. Where's the proof of this?
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 I looked at you through a telescope from far away, I too would see a 2D image. But you aren't 2D are you?
Q: "What about satellites? How do they orbit the Earth?"
A1: They don't, satellite signals come from radio towers
But then:
Q: "How come the travel time by air from South America to New Zealand, via the polar route, is SHORTER than the travel time going North first and then South again?"
A: (Presumed answer: The airline pilots are misled by their GPS, or are deliberately conspiring to make it appear that the flights take different times
Whoa whoa whoa! Slow down now. GPS runs off satellites? But you said Satellite signals come from radio towers?
Just wondering, what's your explanation for radiowaves/microwaves or well, any signal reaching every aircraft simultaneously to tell it, it's position.
It has never, and no matter what you say, will ever be possible. Unless you're excuse is that GPS is a complete and utter fabrication, you have no proof of this. I sincerely urge you to go out and test all your theories. Go pick up a GPS device, go hide in a valley and tell me what your position is. Go for a flight to the edge of the iceflow, turn off your transponder, fly low and no one will ever know you were there.
Or take a boat, turn off your transponder and bobs your uncle, no government could ever stop you. I've looked at a few maps, and from Canada or US waters, it's really quite simple to take a boat trip through international waters direct to the edge.
As a pilot, an Aeronautical Engineer and a Christian, I cannot comprehend your ideals. When christians talk about Jesus etc, they cannot tell you his resurrection was fact. They believe it was fact, but have the locations, the passages, the texts, the relics to at least back up their beliefs - enough for billions of people to accept it. I know in the past they did force false beliefs, but as we can see, things have changed. (apparently not for you guys - they went from enforcing the truth until galileo came along and started filling their heads with lies, correct?) You lot haven't embraced the wonders of technology today - except to create this website.
I don't care what you believe. I don't care if you believe it is fact, but unless you can source some proof, find texts, photos (on film and or on paper - no computer alterations), relics or something of the sort, it is absolutely insane to rebuke peoples arguments against your FE model.
I am sure that within the history of the FE movement there have been the explorer type, those who wish to push boundaries and learn more. I am sure then that they have undergone the trip to the edge of the world, I'm sure they've performed experiments (other than the absurd one at the top of the FAQ page) and taken their beliefs to the next level by trying to prove them correct.
The Flat Earth is just a theory unless you provide proof. By saying the Round Earth idea is wrong because the government is fabricating it, then can't we say that you guys are fabricating it too?
As you've said, you guys cannot fabricate a motive for why the goverments of the world would do it. So until you get proof, until you can certify everything you've included in this FAQ, with references, then I suggest you turn off your computers, throw out your iPods, sell your cars and go back to living like your equals in the 16th century, where proof was not needed to make claims.