I did a search of the forum but came up empty handed, is flat earth theory (I know that is a very loose definition of theory) a taboo subject here or are the flat earth believers afraid to come out and play?
I did a search of the forum but came up empty handed, is flat earth theory (I know that is a very loose definition of theory) a taboo subject here or are the flat earth believers afraid to come out and play?
I don't think Flat Earth Theory is taboo here; it would certainly be an astrophysical theory of some kind, and thus appropriate for this board.
Did you have a specific Flat Earth conspiracy theory you wanted to propose?
It's not a taboo. It's just that the theory has been thoroughly debunked in the past, and you can't really come here with the same stuff (because it has been debunked already).
It's not taboo, it's just that the mainstream refuses to listen to their own minds and instead believe whatever the Ebil Government tells them.
The Spherical Earth Hoax goes back hundreds of years.
Modern day folks are tricked into thinking it's a sphere- But that doesn't make any sense and I can Prove it.
We have airplanes right?
Imagine you get on an airplane in Kansas and fly in a straight line to China. This Does Happen.
Well, if you went in a straight line, flying from Kansas to China over a sphere- Your airplane would end up in outer space!
But it doesn't!
The planes still land in China!
oops.. I messed up... Let me try again...
The planes still land in China!!!1211
Ok I got a 2 in there somehow. It's kinda cool so I'll leave it.
Anyway, the planes still land in China after traveling in a straight line from Kansas and this Proves that the Earth is flat.
There's more proof.
The Moon.
If the Earth was Round- like a ball, not like a pizza- then the Moon would be Out of view if it moved to the underside of the flat portion.
Which happens. That's why sometimes you can't see the Moon!
One last thing: If the Earth was truly round- then wouldn't the people on the southern Hemisphere have all their blood rush to their head?
But southern hospitals aren't filled with patients with embolisms!
This is more proof!!!11
And the maps we have from flying over the land and taking picturres- if the Earth was round, all those images would be curved and would get smaller as the Imagery taking plane went ina straight line and ended up in outer space- but they don't! They stay the same. This also proves the earth is flat with photographic evidence.
In fact, a Round Earth would also have no air on the bottom because down there, the "supposed" atmosphere would fall off into where the "supposed vacuum" begins.
Yes, all you fools have been tricked by the Illuminati into thinking the Earth is like a ball- which makes no sense at all!!
Think for yourselves!!
Find out the TWOOF!!!!111
Also, buy my book. Please. I'm hungry.
I think my brains just dribbled out through my ears after that post.
Hey Lepton
I think this might be the current official page but not sure
http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djubl...rthsociety.htm
I did a search and did find some flat earth threads, though generally they are joke threads.
We've had plenty of proponents of ridiculous ideas around here: The earth is a tree, the sun has a solid iron shell, Martian rock sheep, Geocentrism (and ISS is a fake), etc. But, I think the flat earth idea has the disadvantage of being very well known even at the elementary school level. So, as ridiculous as it gets, this is still pretty far out there.
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As masterful as this analysis is, it is not conclusive. However, I believe I can hammer the decisive nail into the skeptical coffin.
Prepare your minds for the astounding truth: SPHERES DO NOT EXIST!
Before the chorus of bleats from the blind followers of the Government-paid disinfo agents rises to a deafening crescendo, I present my proofs...
To start with, reach out right now and grab the nearest circular object. It would be truly amazing, if not impossible, for me to guess what you are now holding, would it not?
Yet I now assert that you are holding a flat disk which is iridescently shiny on at least one of its sides, with a hole in its center!
Gaze at the shiny side. Move it close to your eyes, then further away. Close... Then far. Close... Far... Then ask yourself, "If spheres are so perfect, why are they not used as the trusted repositories of most of the world's data?" Close... Far...
Already you should be prepared to accept as utter truth everything that I say to you. (And if you don't, you're just a big meany. Stare at the shiny disk some more.) Now watch as I move on to the most bogglingly conclusive proof of all, drawn from an ancient text of great renown...
(And no, this isn't going to be the "four corners of the Earth" thing - although for the Earth to have four corners, it would have to be a tetrahedro - um, a square. Which just goes to further reinforce my case!)
But now, the proof!
It is implied in the Bible (1 Kings 7:23 and 2 Chronicles 4:2) that Pi is equal to three.
However, according to one of the most basic tenets of Christian theology, Three is equal to One!
Therefore, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is one... and a CIRCLE IS A STRAIGHT LINE!
The incredulous and astonished world reels as the (flat) scales fall from a billion eyes. The ivory towers sway and topple, and the black helicopters arise drunkenly and crash into each other. I take no notice. I sit calmly, eyes closed, at peace with the perfection of the eternal line, my skull an impenetrable barrier which contains but the truth. The shiny, shimmering truth. Close... Far...
I got something even better then a flat earth... a HOLLOW earth!
http://hollowearththeory.com/articles/impactCraters.asp
It's hard not to read them as a joke. Their website looks like a joke.
I wonder if the BBC story prompted this thread. It usually happens that way.
Obviously; your searches didn't go well. It was a day old thread, probably stale by now.
Does anybody here have any idea how Pangea fits into flat Earth theory?