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LolaTheRabbit

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Problem with the sun?
« on: June 04, 2012, 07:14:28 PM »


Why do we see the sun going over the horizon instead of a spotlight floating away to some other part of the earth? Shouldn't we always be able to see it? And if you say "The atmoLAYER is too thick, so we can't always see the light!"  You could use an x-ray telescope or some other means of seeing the sun other than visisble light.
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BoatswainsMate

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2012, 08:37:05 PM »
I like it!, but alas... you your surprisingly well done paint skills will be dismissed. You will be bombarded with tales of the mythical "perception" rules and told that the sun is so small that the further it gets it will appear to be going over the horizon, but it is not. It is just getting smaller as it goes further away.

You will soon realize that whatever can disprove FE is apparently disproven by FE... got to love the weird zeteticism of this forum.
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Rushy

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2012, 11:28:16 PM »
Air isn't perfectly clear. Its full of things that absorb EM radiation. You can no more see the Sun that far away than you can see five feet in front of you within a dense fog. And no, an X-ray telescope wouldn't work. High energy EM radiation isn't magical fairy tale juice that flies through everything in the known universe. It gets absorbed as well.
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LolaTheRabbit

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2012, 12:00:10 AM »
Still, we see this:



not this:



as you would expect with a big spotlight floating across the sky.

sorry for crude diagram.
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BoatswainsMate

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 03:59:53 AM »
See Lola, that picture of the sun set is just a perception illusion. In reality that sun is just really far away compared to you, so your mind cuts out half the sun and makes you think you are seeing it go down, when really it is just getting further away...

Doesn't it all sound like a funny joke! I know I think it does...

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Thork

Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2012, 04:07:00 AM »
Quote from: LolaTheRabbit on June 04, 2012, 07:14:28 PM

On another serious note, it appears your stickman is just carelessly walking around in the moonlight. >:(
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LolaTheRabbit

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2012, 04:33:19 AM »
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On another serious note, it appears your stickman is just carelessly walking around in the moonlight.
 
Don't worry, he's wearing moon-block.

 ??? ???
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Thork

Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2012, 05:14:17 AM »
We don't issue moonlight warnings for nothing.

Please read up on the dangers of moonlight. Its not something to be flippant about.
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=54468.msg1342369#msg1342369
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EmperorZhark

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2012, 05:16:28 AM »
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 05:14:17 AM
We don't issue moonlight warnings for nothing.

Please read up on the dangers of moonlight. Its not something to be flippant about.
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=54468.msg1342369#msg1342369

Beliefs from another millenium.

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Thork

Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2012, 05:18:34 AM »
Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 05, 2012, 05:16:28 AM
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 05:14:17 AM
We don't issue moonlight warnings for nothing.

Please read up on the dangers of moonlight. Its not something to be flippant about.
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=54468.msg1342369#msg1342369

Beliefs from another millenium.
??? In 1999 people believed that men had walked on the moon. Beliefs from another millennium huh? ::)
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EmperorZhark

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2012, 05:19:42 AM »
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 05:18:34 AM
Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 05, 2012, 05:16:28 AM
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 05:14:17 AM
We don't issue moonlight warnings for nothing.

Please read up on the dangers of moonlight. Its not something to be flippant about.
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=54468.msg1342369#msg1342369

Beliefs from another millenium.
??? In 1999 people believed that men had walked on the moon. Beliefs from another millennium huh? ::)

Absolute proof vs undocumented belief.
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Thork

Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2012, 05:20:52 AM »
I think you should ask Tom Bishop about just how absolute your moon proof is.
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EmperorZhark

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2012, 05:22:27 AM »
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 05:20:52 AM
I think you should ask Tom Bishop about just how absolute your moon proof is.

That would be funny but utterly useless.
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LolaTheRabbit

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2012, 05:41:25 AM »
Anyways... The sun sets on the horizon. It doesn't float away like in the picture I drew like you would expect from a spotlight sun. How is this explained by the FE'ers who believe in the spotlight sun.
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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2012, 05:47:37 AM »
billion dollar idea...how come no ones jumping on it?
moonblock
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LolaTheRabbit

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2012, 05:51:35 AM »
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billion dollar idea...how come no ones jumping on it?
moonblock



MPF 50. Lmao
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ThePenguin

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2012, 07:46:17 AM »
So is moonlight worse then sunlight??? or are we screwed all around?
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EmperorZhark

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2012, 07:53:41 AM »
Only some FE'ers, on hearsay, think that the moonlight is harmfull.
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Rushy

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2012, 07:56:30 AM »
Moonlight can cause, but is not limited to: Skin cancer, cataracts, lesions, "moon burn," nearsightedness, lycanthropy, and various genetic disorders (to include homosexuality).

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EmperorZhark

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2012, 08:04:53 AM »
Quote from: Irushwithscvs on June 05, 2012, 07:56:30 AM
Moonlight can cause, but is not limited to: Skin cancer, cataracts, lesions, "moon burn," nearsightedness, lycanthropy, and various genetic disorders (to include homosexuality).

Of course you have medical studies to prove that.

And of course you can prove that homosexuality is a genetic disorder.
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Thork

Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2012, 08:09:04 AM »
Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 05, 2012, 08:04:53 AM
And of course you can prove that homosexuality is a genetic disorder.
http://www.skeptictank.org/gaygene.htm

Its the internet. I could prove almost anything I want.
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markjo

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #21 on: June 05, 2012, 08:44:20 AM »
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 08:09:04 AM
Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 05, 2012, 08:04:53 AM
And of course you can prove that homosexuality is a genetic disorder.
http://www.skeptictank.org/gaygene.htm

Its the internet. I could prove almost anything I want.

But can you prove that moonlight was the cause of the genetic disorder?
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EmperorZhark

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #22 on: June 05, 2012, 09:20:58 AM »
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 08:09:04 AM
Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 05, 2012, 08:04:53 AM
And of course you can prove that homosexuality is a genetic disorder.
http://www.skeptictank.org/gaygene.htm

Its the internet. I could prove almost anything I want.

That's your definition of a proof? Oh, I forgot, you're a FE'er.
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Thork

Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #23 on: June 05, 2012, 09:34:40 AM »
Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 05, 2012, 09:20:58 AM
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 08:09:04 AM
Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 05, 2012, 08:04:53 AM
And of course you can prove that homosexuality is a genetic disorder.
http://www.skeptictank.org/gaygene.htm

Its the internet. I could prove almost anything I want.

That's your definition of a proof? Oh, I forgot, you're a FE'er.

What am I supposed to do on an internet forum? If I can't link you to a scientific log, what can I do? Do you expect me to set up my own lab and start testing to see if I can make people gay by messing with their genetics? I notice you provided nothing as usual to counter the claim. And that is the mark of a REr.



Quote from: markjo on June 05, 2012, 08:44:20 AM
But can you prove that moonlight was the cause of the genetic disorder?
Yes. There are books on that very subject.
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EmperorZhark

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #24 on: June 05, 2012, 09:50:37 AM »
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 09:34:40 AM
Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 05, 2012, 09:20:58 AM
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 08:09:04 AM
Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 05, 2012, 08:04:53 AM
And of course you can prove that homosexuality is a genetic disorder.
http://www.skeptictank.org/gaygene.htm

Its the internet. I could prove almost anything I want.

That's your definition of a proof? Oh, I forgot, you're a FE'er.

What am I supposed to do on an internet forum? If I can't link you to a scientific log, what can I do? Do you expect me to set up my own lab and start testing to see if I can make people gay by messing with their genetics? I notice you provided nothing as usual to counter the claim. And that is the mark of a REr.

Quote from: markjo on June 05, 2012, 08:44:20 AM
But can you prove that moonlight was the cause of the genetic disorder?
Yes. There are books on that very subject.

1) You didn't link me to a scientific log.
2) Work of fiction.
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markjo

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #25 on: June 05, 2012, 11:31:13 AM »
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 09:34:40 AM
Quote from: markjo on June 05, 2012, 08:44:20 AM
But can you prove that moonlight was the cause of the genetic disorder?
Yes. There are books on that very subject.

If you think that romantic fiction is evidence, then that would definitely explain a lot about your stance on FE .  BTW, lycanthorpy is historically caused by magic and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the moon.  The full moon werewolf is a relatively modern invention by authors of fiction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycanthropy

BTW, this thread is about problems with the FE sun, not the moon so let's get back on topic (if at all possible).
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LolaTheRabbit

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #26 on: June 05, 2012, 02:40:07 PM »
Thank you, Thork, for derailing this thread. Which I'm guessing was your original intention. I've noticed that seems to happen a lot on this site.

I even drew a picture and everything, oh well. It's nice to know moonlight makes you like penis.
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Thork

Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #27 on: June 05, 2012, 02:47:23 PM »
Sorry but your query has been answered so many times. By me on several occasions. I just couldn't get motivated to type it all again. I'm a very old flat earther at this stage. I've done my bit. I've argued every argument. My participation is not what it used to be.

Its also answered in the de facto flat earth text 'Earth Not a Globe' be Samuel Birley Rowbotham, if you are really interested in the proper flat earth society explanation.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/za/za27.htm#page_124
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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #28 on: June 05, 2012, 03:23:28 PM »
Quote from: Thork on June 05, 2012, 02:47:23 PM
Sorry but your query has been answered so many times. By me on several occasions. I just couldn't get motivated to type it all again. I'm a very old flat earther at this stage. I've done my bit. I've argued every argument. My participation is not what it used to be.

Its also answered in the de facto flat earth text 'Earth Not a Globe' be Samuel Birley Rowbotham, if you are really interested in the proper flat earth society explanation.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/za/za27.htm#page_124

Except that the sun does not get smaller as it approaches the horizon.  Whoops.
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LolaTheRabbit

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Re: Problem with the sun?
« Reply #29 on: June 05, 2012, 04:49:00 PM »
Right, the sun stays the same size from sunrise to sunset. If it was only 3000 miles above the earth it would appear to get bigger and bigger until (about) noon , where it would then start getting smaller and smaller until it disappears over the horizon.

"glare" is how the FE'ers have explained this before. If glare is a problem then use a solar filter.

No glare here:



It will still be the same size across the entire sky.
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