Thanks in advance,

John d de Vries

FET = Flat Earth Theory
RET = Round ‘ ‘

1) This starts with the assumptions that the the darkening of the Moon is a shadow, and that it is of the Earth. Two things that need to be supported.

2) Ships dipping below the horizon can be explained. http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/za/za32.htm
There have been cases where using a telescope has been able to restore parts of the hull that were “hidden”

4) The assumption “If the world had been flat, then two sticks in different locations would produce the same shadow” is not backed up and is contrary to what would be expected in modern FET.

6) Circumnavigation can be explained in FET. You travel in a circle around the Earth, just like in RET.

7) This a form of begging the question. You are assuming the Earth shares enough qualities with other celestial bodies so that they can be classified together. You then use that as an argument to show that the Earth shares properties with other celestial bodies.
The Sun travels in a circle along the equator. When the Sun is directly overhead an area, it is noon. Noon is at different times in different areas, ergo time zones are explained.

9) Gravity as we know it does not exist in FET. The Earth accelerated upwards.

LuckyGuy,

From what I’ve come to know, species evolve as species, not a single organism at a time. We don’t find half-evolved chimp/humans in the rainforest because we ARE the evolved and evolving creatures. Every species that exists today is in the product as well as in the process of evolving. Difference in similar species such as the different classifications of Homos are due to separation of some sort in time for a long period of time, be it geographic or social. They became separated and evolved so differently that they became separate species. But there are no members ‘left behind’ evolution-wise according to this theory. This is just the most widely accepted theory in science.

I’m a creationist but I’ve done a lot of research from either point of view and I find it all fascinating I hope this helps

Just a question, what do you believe to be the strongest evidence behind evolution?

Actually, this has been disproved. I can’t say whether I’m for a flat or round earth, but there is scientific proof that Albert Einstein introduced to prove this theory false, or otherwise unusable in this argument.

We forget that light is subject to gravitational pull. Therefore, over large distances, light begins to slope downwards. Over a horizon, the light reflecting off a ship will fall before it reaches the human eye. Therefore, a flat earth would still be plausible.

This theory also discounts the proof of pictures of the round earth from space. At such a great distance away, the light refracting from a flat earth would appear to be pulled down into a perfectly spherical shape.

Again, I don’t I’m not going either way on this argument, I’ve just been taught a lot of credible information from either side.