Why are the other planets round?

My post is about as relevant as the whole "why is the earth unique?" argument.

No it isn't. The OP hints at that issue. He does not ask why Earth is often referred to as a 'blue marble' when it is actually a range of colours. Yours is as poor an argument as "if it's flat, how come there are mountains", and totally irrelevant to boot.


It's just not constructive or on-topic, markjo. Sorry.

Quote from: markjo on January 13, 2013, 07:52:44 AM

My post is about as relevant as the whole "why is the earth unique?" argument.

No it isn't. The OP hints at that issue. He does not ask why Earth is often referred to as a 'blue marble' when it is actually a range of colours. Yours is as poor an argument as "if it's flat, how come there are mountains", and totally irrelevant to boot.

It's just not constructive or on-topic, markjo. Sorry.

I wasn't talking about the OP's argument.  I was talking about LordDave's argument that the earth is unique because it's blue.

Quote from: Pythagoras on January 11, 2013, 03:01:34 PM

because the earth has beyond any reasonable doubt been proven round by scientific experiments and observations. FE is wrong.

Really? Scientific experiments have proven the Earth to be round? Please expand on this further.

Why i would be more than happy to. 

Many of the FE ideas of "Aetheric propulsion, Upward force phenomenon, and other theories" for some strange reason, only occur in nature when in regards to flat earth.  Although i really dont want to do this, i must post this video: #ws" class="bbc_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TOP 10 REASONS Why We Know the Earth is Round
Although you believe other planets are round, explain the day and night cycles occuring the way they do.  How is this possible with the flat earth?  Next, the triangle.  walk 10k and turn 90 degrees three times and you end up in the place you started.  No one has done this (i assume) but it can be done.  Also, the sun gets lower in the sky as the day goes on.  Measure the shadows of your body in different positions on earth and calculate the distance between you and figure out the angles and you can calculate the earth's radius.  By this we can figure out the circumference, and by using common means of measurement in an odometer we can prove that is how long the earth is, and that is making it round as this cannot be done in a flat earth because the equator where you get the circumference is in the middle of a flat earth.  Next, the stars appear different and upside down BELOW the equator and right side up on the top.  Buildings disappear bottom first, which wouldn't happen in a flat earth, or even if it a so called matter of "perspective", which means nothing unless you have a study or actual research that proves this is true.  Also, the most obvious reason, that people have been to space.  The so called "illusion" as the FE'ers say which shows the earth as round isn't true, because that would mean you would be able to see the entire flat earth if you took a picture over the north pole http://eijournal.com/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/GLOBE.jpg

So, if that isn't enough evidence for you, or if there is some "force" at work making all of this force irrelevant, please feel free to reply to me on how much of an idiot i am. 

Other celestial bodies are round because they are bombarded on all sides by the Aetheric whirlpool, while the Earth is flattened by its push.

Aren't all of them being "universally accelerated" by the very same UA?

How come none of the other planets have life on them?

How do you know? Who told you that?

Why is Earth the only planet that's blue?

Again, where did you get this statement ("The flat Earth is the only blue planet") from?

I have observed the Earth is flat.  A flat Earth can't have orbit and therefore the ISS can't be floating above us.

I have observed the Earth is round. A round Earth can have orbit, and i'm not going to discredit the thousands of man hours put into the ISS, therefore the ISS can be(and is) floating above us.

Quote from: drhead on January 13, 2013, 10:06:56 AM

Lorddave, I encourage you to break out your telescope and look for some satellites.  This site has a large list of them and their orbits:
http://www.heavens-above.com/

Here's another one that just started flashing morse code signals down to Earth about 1 month ago today:
http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=fitsat#MAP

I'd also like for you to tell me about these technologies that make fake satellites look like they are there.  This would include mapping out a satellite's path onto your flat earth map.

You also cannot challenge the existence of satellites just because of a single observation without trying to challenge your observation first.  You are saying "I have observed the Earth being flat.  I have also heard of satellites, which would contradict my observation.  I think the satellites don't really exist because of my observation, and I don't need to test this theory.".  I am saying "I have observed satellites orbiting.  I have also heard of an experiment which concluded that there was a flat Earth.  I think there might have been interference from a number of factors that influenced the results of this experiment, such as tides or measurement inaccuracy.  This is supported by the fact that many others have performed similar experiments and concluded that Earth is round, each of which carries the same weight as the one experiment that concluded that Earth is flat."

I never said that the Mars-sized object was not an asteroid.  The point is that it is a captured object.  You seem to be evading this point.

And as for Earth being special, we could apply the same process to any other planet.  For example, Jupiter:
 - Largest planet in our solar system.  This is our distinguishing unusual quality that is in some way superior.
 - It could also be held in esteem for this.
 - Its size makes it immediately distinguishable.
 - The usual is a smaller planet.
 - As an atheist, I'm going to leave 5 alone.

This utter nonsense is demonstrably false and deliberately dissembling!

Oh gee, is there a giant whirlpool in the middle of space? YES YES YES!  Its right in front of our pancake planet! Why didn't you think of this?

High five for this. Fantastic proof. OH OH! I KNOW! The "satellite" is an ALIEN who is communicating with us through CODE!!!! Maybe it's the physical manifestation of this aether stuff I keep hearing about...

Seriously, though. That's about as good as their explanations get. First we get this aether wind, then bending light?...what's next? Giant monsters under the earth causing earthquakes? You can't disprove giant monsters! This should be a new theory! Earthquake monsters!

This debate is such a joke! Terrible arguments on both sides. The OP was well answered. Aetheric Whirlpool is responsible for round planets - good enough for me. If you believe in Aether, then this is pretty infallible.

Problem with Aether is that Aether brings up other problems (read the other discussions).

If Aether is responsible for round planets, how to moons orbit other planets? How do planets orbit other stars? Why would other planets orbiting other stars not be similar to our planets orbiting our sun? How do stars orbit each other? How is it that only big celestial bodies are round? How is it that all big celestial bodies are round? By big, I mean massive - calculably massive enough for gravity to cause them to be round?