3 Experiments You Can Do At Home to PROVE THE EARTH IS FLAT!

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20 Jan 2011, 11:29 am

I'm not posting this in PPR because I don't want to start a big debate, but rather, a big LOL.

Anyway, this is from some insane cult-like Christian forum:

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We know the Earth is flat because the Bible tells us so. But for those of you skeptical, close-minded types that flat out refuse to accept the overwhelming Biblical evidence, I have designed some experiments you can do at home that will show you, before your very eyes, that the world is indeed flat, and not spherical as some crazy scientists proclaim. It's amazing how many people blindly believe in a spherical Earth, without ever having seen it for themselves! I intend to change that.


1) Jump!
Now, scientists claim that Earth is spherical and rotating at a speed of between 700-1000 miles per hour, depending on your latitude. This is a very high rate of speed. You can disprove this nonsense by simply jumping up as high as you can. Really, it's that simple. What happens when you jump? You come straight down to where you were. But, if the Earth were indeed spinning at such a fast speed, wouldn't you land hundreds of feet away?

If you were to stand in the flat bed of a truck going 75 mph, and jump straight up, what would happen? You wouldn't fall straight down. You would fall out of the truck. That's because trucks move, the Earth doesn't. This experiment proves the Earth is fixed in space and doesn't move.


2) Blow!
Since if the Earth is supposedly a sphere, it naturally comes to assume what would happen to people below the equator, like in Australia? Since they are underneath the sphere, wouldn't they fall off? This is where scientists come up with mumbo-jumbo like "gravity" and "centrifugal force" to explain away their theories. So, the scientists want you to think that because the earth is so much more massive than people or things, that people will naturally "stick" to the bottom of the earth because of gravity.

This can be disproved very simply. Get a balloon and inflate it as big as possible. It will be a spherical shape. Now, take a piece of paper and try to rip, tear, or cut the tiniest speck of paper possible. This paper represents a human being, much smaller in mass to the balloon, which represents the Earth. Now try and place the small piece of paper to the underside of the balloon. What happens? It falls off!

That's right. Even though the balloon is so much bigger in mass, it cannot hold the tiny paper. So if the Earth was a sphere, no one could live below the equator because they would fall off.


3) Get High!
Ok, this one you really can't do at home, but you can do it out in the world. Stand on the ground and look around you. What's the farthest you can see? Maybe it's a building, tree, or mountain. Now, find some place very close to it where you can get a much higher vantage point. (This also works if you're on a jet and about to take off.) Notice how in the higher place you can see much farther? You can see more of the world the higher you get. This shows the world is flat because the higher you go, the easier it is to see over obstacles. At the same time, it shows the world cannot be spherical. Because if the world was curved, the far distance would forever remain out of view because of the Earth's curvature. It would eternally be over the horizon.

If the Earth was a sphere, it would not matter how high you went, you would still see the same thing. Since this is not the case, the Earth is flat.


These experiments are all confirmed by creation scientists as being 100% accurate. If you're skeptical of the flat Earth, why don't you do these experiments so you can see truth with your own eyes.

Yours in Christ,

Rev. Jim Osborne


Even funnier are some of the replies. There are too many to quote, but click here for the original thread if you wanna take a look.



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20 Jan 2011, 11:53 am

ugh.

I weep for them. Truly.


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20 Jan 2011, 1:36 pm

Most christians are a scam. sad really, however i enjoy someone who believes without asking for money


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20 Jan 2011, 2:04 pm

Heh, to be fair that is actually a troll forum and not a christian forum. I mean that literally, anyways its quite fun to see what they come up with :)



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20 Jan 2011, 3:22 pm

Fiere wrote:
Heh, to be fair that is actually a troll forum and not a christian forum. I mean that literally, anyways its quite fun to see what they come up with :)


So the site's just a parody of sorts? It isn't actually serious? Thank god for that (somewhat ironically :P).



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20 Jan 2011, 4:54 pm

Those experiments definately work at home. But more adventurous types may want to try a grander trek to prove the earth is flat.

1)Get your pilot's license.

2)Rent a small plane.

3)Get in that plane and fly to the edge of the earth. This may take several re-fueling stops before you get to the actual edge so bring your credit card.

4)Now stop! Do not go over the edge of the earth. If you go past the edge, you will keep falling for eternity.



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20 Jan 2011, 6:45 pm

There's no way that's real. Tongue firmly within cheek material.


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20 Jan 2011, 9:24 pm

LOL!! !

I know people whacky enough to consider these points. HAHAHAHA!!

You make ninja lady smile, Asp-Z.


edit - ps: I went to that site. OH MY GOD. They make the church of the sun in True Blood seem sort of tame.



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21 Jan 2011, 6:38 am

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Ok, this one you really can't do at home, but you can do it out in the world. Stand on the ground and look around you. What's the farthest you can see? Maybe it's a building, tree, or mountain. Now, find some place very close to it where you can get a much higher vantage point. (This also works if you're on a jet and about to take off.) Notice how in the higher place you can see much farther? You can see more of the world the higher you get. This shows the world is flat because the higher you go, the easier it is to see over obstacles. At the same time, it shows the world cannot be spherical. Because if the world was curved, the far distance would forever remain out of view because of the Earth's curvature. It would eternally be over the horizon.


Lol!! I actually wrote a formula that disproves this!

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It's a surprisingly useful little bit of math. As you can see from the diagram as b increases in length (the person climbs higher) the surface area he can see also increases. I've already empirically verified it by showing that the mushroom cloud produced by the Tsar Bomb (a huge nuclear bomb) should be visible 1000km away, which it was :D

Yay math!

edit: the forum does appear to be a parody though :lol:


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