Observation #1
Water is always flat.
Water is always flat. Why did I not think of this before? As I decided to stop laughing and start inquiring into this crazy flat earth idea, the simplicity of water's flatness struck such a chord in my heart that it is now my default, personal proof, that the earth is flat.
Here is an observable, repeatable, provable experiment: Place water in a glass jar or bottle with a lid. Shake it up furiously. Set it on Terra Firma (aka Earth), or any surface on Terra Firma (doesn't need to be flat or level). The water in the bottle will become level, and can be used to measure level. |
Water always seeks to be level. Anyone living knows this after a few years, even as a child. So, why do we believe that water bends around a curved surface, upon which we also live?
Because we are told this, using a globe, we believe. There is no other reason. This is NOT observable, or repeatable as an experiment. There is no model possible for water to cling to a ball (except a dry globe). Water will always flow until it finds a level, then it will rest. To answer the question for how water can curve around a ball, we are told to believe in gravity. But is this really a satisfactory answer? I don't think so, not anymore. |
Observation #2
The horizon is flat, and rises to eye level.
The horizon is flat, and rises to eye level.
It is an observable phenomenon of the flat plane of Earth, that no matter where you are, no matter what vista you look out upon, that the horizon will always rise to meet your eyes.
Here's a repeatable, logical, experiment for you: Get a table at your eye level, and look at the length of it. Helps to place an object on the end of the table, or even slide the object away from yourself along the flat plane of the table. This is how the horizon actually works. To cement the experience, get a large ball, and bring it to eye level, then move an object down away from you upon it. Your view of the object rapidly falls away. It does not remain at eye level, and to be fair the horizon of ball falls away from you on all sides -- but that's another matter, that we'll discuss shortly. This is not what you see outside. |
For me, observing the horizon rising to meet my eyes, became increasing exciting. It is still exciting. The more you observe it, the better you feel. Flat earth is verifiable!
You've been seeing it all along, but just literally do not believe your own eyes. They'll forgive you, but start using them, really. People will protest, "But Earth is such a BIG BALL that you just cannot see the curving away effect." I know, it was my convincer argument, to always put my questions back into the box, to keep me in globe camp. I recall that I told myself this fairly often before EVER I stopped laughing at the idea of a flat earth. I was unwittingly conditioning myself to stay in the lie. I don't do that any longer...
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Observation #3
The horizon always converges.
The horizon always converges.
Our vision is limited, but vision is itself observable, in that we all see things the same way. That much we can agree upon, I am sure.
A long unobstructed hallway is the best way to observe how we see, and what our eyes to with faraway objects. This is an experiment of perspective: Find a long hallway. Look down this hallway, and alternately crouch down, and rise up (if possible), sitting in a chair will work also. What you will be observing is how the lines of our sight create the illusion that the hallway is closing in upon itself, when we know it is not actually closing in. We know the aisle is uniform in width, as is the height of the ceiling, and yet our eyes observe that the floor seems to rise, the ceiling seems to drop, and the sides seem to come inward. Always at uniform angles. The same thing can be observed when viewing a road, dock, railroad tracks, long buildings from above, fields etc. Our eyes see manufactured things and natural features to be observable the same way. Also, try viewing light posts along a level street. |
Also observe that as you crouch at the end of your hallway, the angles change, the bottom is nearer and the angle there widens, while the upper angle which is now further away from you (ceiling) appears to narrow.
In nature, the reality is, the ground we stand upon is closer to the observer than the top of the visible sky, so the wider angle is upon the ground, while the sharper angle is above, meaning what is above is further away. Continuing in your experiment, observe that as you rise back up, you will now see that the angles become more uniform again. This has to do with you, the observer. I no longer believe that all our experiments are tainted by the observer. I believe what our Creator created, or even human engineers have constructed, can hold up to scrutiny. But our visual perspective does have to be taken into account. If there were a midpoint that could be looked upon, between the ground and the top of the sky dome (which I believe there is good reason to suppose a sky dome); then with enough points of reference, one should be able to determine the height of that curve. |
Breathtaking vistas
So what do mountains, beaches and oceans have in common? They are all observable -- as is -- on Terra Firma (Earth). IF the earth were a ball, the vistas would be so changed, always curving away from you, and the peaks would not be level. I know you believe you have observed the curve, but this has more to do with our preconceived notions than truth. Even these beautiful mountain peaks (above) would be leaning away from one another if the earth were actually a globe!
We've all been told that the Coriolis Effect proves the world is round and spinning. But does it even really exist? There are so many claims to this effect, and each one has been disproven. The claim that water drains differently on either side of the equator is a hoax that folks at the equator know how to capitalize on, but is inconsistent in actuality.
But think on this one thing for a moment. If the earth is spinning 1000 mph at the equator, as the spinning ball theory tells us, how do light and delicate little butterflies flitter successfully from flower to flower without having their wings ripped off?
And look into this. It is addressed in many flat earth videos, how pilots don't allow for the earth spinning away from them or toward them when they land; how shooters do not actually calculate for the earth's spin; all weather patterns can be explained by the movement of the warming sun and cooling moon.
But think on this one thing for a moment. If the earth is spinning 1000 mph at the equator, as the spinning ball theory tells us, how do light and delicate little butterflies flitter successfully from flower to flower without having their wings ripped off?
And look into this. It is addressed in many flat earth videos, how pilots don't allow for the earth spinning away from them or toward them when they land; how shooters do not actually calculate for the earth's spin; all weather patterns can be explained by the movement of the warming sun and cooling moon.
Nature will answer you!
Don't you just love the beauty of nature? I do, too. And nature is more than just a pretty picture, or a raw, exhilarating experience. It's more than serenity and relaxation, or a worktable for artistic expression of landscaping, or passion filled endeavors of discovering what is alive in it, or even raising our own flora and fauna. It speaks to us through its physically scientific perfection. It reveals its true form to us as we learn to trust our own senses, rather than to always negate them.
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