Welcome Murrays mint. One thing to keep in mind is that FED is a board for serious debate, only.
FYI, TFES takes Earth shape most seriously. There are very good reasons to conclude the Earth is flat, as you will discover.
I remind you that RET spans but a snippet in time that has creatively captured many followers via a lock on education. Starting from a young age we are mostly exposed to RET. Look beyond the closed doors and windows of the science lab and you will be surprised.
As a round earther I take your point about the flat earthers taking the shape of the earth seriously in these forums
gotham. I usually comment and/or respond with that in mind, but despite that, certain flat earthers here seem intent on disrupting any sort of ongoing intelligent debate. And I'm sure you know exactly whom I mean LOL. In fact I was disappointed that my "Moebius band within a toroidal atmospheric model" didn't draw more comment from the flat earthers here as a possible solution to a few existing flat earth problems.
I have to take you to task however when you claim that the round earth "theory" spans but a "snippet" in time. The earliest evidence for a spherical earth comes from ancient Greek sources; Pythagoras first theorised that the earth was spherical and that it revolved around the sun around 500BCE or more than 2,500 years ago. Hardly a snippet in time I would've thought.
The reason that we're taught that the earth is spherical from an early age at school is simply because it's the scientific
status quo, and has been for at least 400 years. Your implication that the sciences are closeted behind closed doors is without any viable evidence. I think you may be confusing religion with science? Science is anything but a closed shop; it's continually revisiting and revising its own theories as time passes—and our knowledge of our universe increases accordingly.
Whereas the flat earthers seem mostly to reference the outdated, pseudo-scientific notions of a lay preacher who wrote a 16-page pamphlet 150 years ago—a mere snippet in time some would say.