Is the Earth flat or not?
Disclaimer: Although I believe that the Earth is flat, this is not actually part of the Flat Earth Theory. Most of you have probably been brought up believing in the imaginary land called Australia. I bet many of you even learned about it in school. I am here to tell you the truth.
Is Australia flat or is it a hoax?
Latest outrageous ‘Flat Earth’ theory says Australia is FAKE – and if you think you’ve been there, you’re wrong. There’s a growing number of people who seem to think the world is, in fact, flat. But it gets better. They also insist that Australia is actually just one big hoax.
Why is Australia claimed to be fake (non-existent)?
Australia is claimed to be fake (or non-existent) because it messes up their delusion of how the world is. You will note that there was never a claim that Australia was fake going back to its first discovery by Europeans in the 1600s, through subsequent visits by European explorers,…
Is Australia a thorn in the flat earth doctrine’s side?
Australia is a thorn in the Flat-Earth Doctrine’s (FED) side. People live there who are educated, credible and travel widely around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg71tqpsVXY
What are the problems with flat Earth views?
Many of the most obvious problems with flat earth views revolve around the sun and the moon, so let’s start there. For a flat earth to work, the earth clearly cannot be orbiting the sun, nor can the moon be orbiting the earth, and neither of them can be very far from the earth.
Was there ever a flat Earth darkness?
“There never was a period of ‘flat earth darkness’ among scholars (regardless of how the public at large may have conceptualized our planet both then and now). Greek knowledge of sphericity never faded, and all major medieval scholars accepted the earth’s roundness as an established fact of cosmology.” From: Creation.com, The flat earth myth.
What would happen to the Sun on a flat Earth?
On a flat earth it would have to fade into the distance with no distinct boundary. The sun appears to rise from behind the horizon and appears to set behind the horizon. The sun stays the same size as it arcs up and over the sky – actually it sometimes seems a bit little larger at sunrise and sunset.