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Date Posted: 04:36:07 10/09/02 Wed
Author: Aaron
Subject: Re: How can I show the earth is round?
In reply to: ozboy 's message, "How can I show the earth is round?" on 20:19:17 05/03/01 Thu

>The owner of another board offered money to prove the
>earth is round. I think I've done this but he will not
>agree. I'm not expecting to win the money but I would
>like to break through his faith and show him the
>truth. Below is my message indicated by the ">" along
>with his relpies. How can I break through?
>
>ozboy,
>
>This was a nice try indeed, but there are some
>fundamental flaws in your method. Let me show you what
>they are before you start expecting a check in the
>mail.
>
>>I’m not here to disprove the reliability of the bible
>>… you offered $100,000 to prove the earth is round … I
>>think this is quite easy to do … so all I want is your
>>money!;-) …. and don’t go calling me greedy … you
>>offered the money … so here I am trying.
>
>No, I don't think you're greedy. Most of the anti-God
>scientist crowd tries to prove the Bible wrong all the
>time, and they aren't even doing it to get money...
>just the personal satisfaction of thinking they don't
>have to obey God's holy demands.
>
>>Now I know you’ll think this is a scientific
>>experiment and probably not to be trusted but please
>>try it anyway….
>
>No, I do value scientific experiments... they just
>have to be built on proper assumptions. Since we know
>that the Bible is true, and the Bible says the earth
>has four corners, any experiment which begins by
>assuming that the earth is round will be flawed from
>the start. Anyway, let me show you the problem with
>your proposed experiment.
>
>>Now …. I’m sure you will agree that the equator is
>>hotter than the North and South poles. OK ….Here’s how
>>we prove that this could only happen if the earth is
>>spherical. Simply place a desk lamp with the light
>>facing straight out (horizontally) … now hold a basket
>>ball (or any ball) ½ to 1 foot from the bulb directly
>>in front for 30 secs to a minute…. Then simply touch
>>the ball and feel the centre area that was nearest the
>>lamp, then touch the top and bottom of the ball … I’m
>>sure you’ll note a difference in temperature. For
>>exactly the same reason the equator is hot and the
>>poles are cold …. the equator (the centre area of the
>>ball) is closer to the sun (our desk lamp.)
>>
>>Because our planet spins at about 1000 mph, day and
>>night occur, but the area we call the equator will
>>always be hotter because it will always be closest to
>>the sun … even at night when the spin causes an area
>>on the equator to face away from the sun it has been
>>so heated during the day that it remains hot at night
>>and then the spin brings the same area back to face
>>the sun and again be heated.
>>
>>This is also true for the poles …. They are always
>>furthest from the sun and thusly always cold!
>>
>>To complete the experiment … hold a cube, a cardboard
>>box or even a sheet of paper in front of the lamp in
>>the same way and note that the entire surface facing
>>the lamp gets hot….. this would mean that the entire
>>world would be an equator and the poles would never
>>see daylight.
>>
>>…. Therefore the earth is round.
>
>Okay, but you're assuming here that heat and cold are
>beyond God's control. In the same way that God may
>have sped up the light from stars so that we could see
>it, God does from time to time make things somewhat
>deceptive in order to test our faith. The question
>is... can you believe the Bible in the face of all
>this "evidence"? I can, which makes my faith strong
>indeed.
>
>Basically, you have brought up another of the common
>objections to the "flat earth" theory, which is the
>idea that it is hotter near the equator than away from
>it. I suspect that people first noticed that there was
>something special about the equator because of this
>heat, and not because of a geographical location (I
>could be wrong on that). Anyway, the way I look at it,
>there are many different kinds of people in the world.
>Some like hot weather, some like cool, and some like
>cold. God wanted to make an earth where all kinds of
>people could be happy, so he made it have warm parts
>and cool parts. You get to decide! If I were you, I
>would thank him instead of investing so much energy
>trying to disprove His Word.
>
>Your scientific experiment is interesting, but you
>must admit, it is only performed on a model and not on
>the earth itself. Try this scientific experiment: Take
>a coaster and put it in front of God's presence, and
>let him distribute warmth wherever he likes!
>
>>PS Finnius Fog is a character in a book titled "Around
>>the World in Eighty Days" written in 1873 by Jules
>>Verne.
>
>Oh.
>
>>PPS Don't forget to turn the lamp on.
>
>Good point. If I wanted to reproduce your experiment,
>I would try not to forget that. And my encouragement
>to you would be... don't forget to turn your faith on.

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  • Re: How can I show the earth is round? -- jenn, 18:22:14 10/07/03 Tue
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