Now, I've only just come across this place, and I haven't had much time to read through all of these theories, so I was hoping that some genuine FEers could just summarise some of the more salient points for me.
I'm currently doing a degree in Physics, so of course a lot of this new and completely plausible information is very distressing to me. Therefore I would appreciate it if you didn't bombard me with facts straight away, as I need some time to forget everything I have ever "learnt".
Let's forget everything about astronomy for now. What really interests me at this point in time is:
Gravity, or the lack thereof;
The Ice Wall.
I've grasped that FEers don't believe that the Earth is completely two-dimensional; that they think there is at least some depth to the disc of the Earth, which makes my poor mind a little happier to consider things such as tectonics and so on. However unless the claim is that the material of which the Earth's disc is made has no density, this will result in the Earth having at least some mass. Being that the presence of a gravitational force hasn't actually been denied, but simply not applied to our (flat) planet, I would ask why the Earth is exempt from the standard gravitational equation.
Secondly.
An 150-foot ice wall is an intriguing theory but would understandably put a great deal extra stress on the outer wall of the planet. Surely it would become convex (on our side of the disc)?
Thirdly.
How do the FEers know of the strategies of the conspiracists? It's been said that nobody in on the actual conspiracy has yet squealed, what with the risk of being assassinated by NASA and everything (which, as we know from reading Dan Brown, is a highly likely scenario). I can see how you may have reached the conclusion that the Earth is flat, what with all the convincing evidence and reliable scientific testing, but I'm awed by your intricate knowledge of the inner workings of the conspiracy.
Fourthly.
It's been said that the motive is probably to do with money. This also troubles me. For somebody to be getting paid for claiming that the Earth is round (how fallacious!) there has to be somebody, or many somebodies, who feel so strongly about keeping the truth covered up that they are willing to pay out devastating amounts of money to hide their secret. Who would do this (and I'd like a more specific answer than "the government"; I have a feeling that the Junior Minister for Education doesn't have a particularly desperate personal urge to convince people that the earth is round) and why?
Thank you. I look forward to being put right on all these issues. Obviously somebody has been making a mockery of us for a long time, and it's time to fight back.
(By the way, we're all kinda fucked when it comes to global warming and the melting of the Ice Wall, aren't we?)