Famous basketball player Shaquille O'Neal has stated that he is a supporter of the flat Earth theory. Despite the humorous tone of the message, it immediately hit the media headlines and caused a heated discussion among conspiracy theorists.
RT asked a psychologist why the marginal Flat Earth Society is becoming mainstream and why people are starting to believe in more and more incredible things.
NBA legend and center Shaquille O'Neal said he shares the position of Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving, who said the Earth is flat.
“This is the honest truth. The earth is flat. Listen, there are three ways to manipulate consciousness: with the help of what we read, see and hear. The first thing we are taught at school is that Columbus discovered America. However, think about it: when he got here, he met red-skinned people with long hair smoking peace pipes. So Columbus didn’t discover America,” O’Neill said on The Big Podcast. After this discouraging statement, the legendary basketball player continued to egg on his co-hosts.
A few weeks earlier, Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving made a similar statement, but later said he was just joking. Similar comedic comments famous athletes caused a stir in the American segment of the Internet, because, as it turned out, the flat Earth society is becoming increasingly popular.
The Flat Earth Society is a fringe organization even according to various US conspiracy theorists and alternative historians following the trail of UFOs, Bigfoot and Masonic conspiracies. Thus, the popular conspiracy channel on YouTube Secure Team has almost a million subscribers and videos with supposedly alien objects and murky photographs of alien bases on the Moon. In one of the published materials, the channel’s authors expressed regret at the “growing number of people who have regressed into this ancient faith.” The channel was immediately attacked by thousands of Flat Earth Society followers.
The society itself states on its website that it is guided exclusively by scientific principles. According to adherents of the theory, resorting to the method of Cartesian skepticism, the burden of proof lies with anyone who believes that the Earth is spherical. They regard the evidence for this as insignificant or fabricated. At the same time, they are happy to publish videos from low orbit, allegedly proving that the Earth is flat.
“The most reliable evidence for a flat Earth is the Bedford level experiment. Conducted many times over a six-mile stretch of water, it has produced results which prove that there is no curvature of the earth's surface." on the society's website.
The experiment the organization refers to was conducted by the English inventor and founder of the society, Samuel Rowbotham, in 1838.
- Bedford experiment
Members of the society claim that our planet is a flat disk 40,000 kilometers in diameter, centered around the North Pole. Also, adherents of this theory deny the existence of gravity and the South Pole, instead of which a huge wall of ice extends around the disk.
Followers of this theory claim that all photographs of the Earth from space are computer-generated, and the belief in a spherical Earth supports a global conspiracy of governments and scientists. Space flight is a hoax, and the moon landing was filmed jointly by Stanley Kubrick and Andrei Tarkovsky from a script by Arthur C. Clarke.
The society produces huge amount Internet content, literally bombarding its supporters and opponents with a variety of “evidence”: from obscure mathematical formulas to lists of quotations from the Bible. It got to the point that even fundamentalist Christians took up arms against flat Earth followers. Radical Baptist preacher Stephen Anderson, himself a peddler of world government conspiracy theories, launched an angry tirade against the society's followers.
Many alternative journalists, historians and conspiracy theorists have suggested that behind the Flat Earth Society itself there may be government intelligence agencies who want to make ridicule of any alternative views on the world.
RT turned to Alexander Neveev, candidate of psychological sciences, for comment. The scientist explained that there are two reasons why people may suddenly begin to take anti-scientific postulates seriously.
“The first is external to the person. We receive a huge amount of information in the form of specially prepared information packages. We are simply told about something and we take it on faith. This is completely normal, since we don’t need to know absolutely everything. own experience. You don't need to go to America to find out how people live there. But the side effect of this is that people have misunderstandings and fears that some forces may distort any information. The media saturate people with news and facts, but no one is concerned with developing an understanding of them. As a result, we have a similar situation. No one has seen our globe with their own eyes, only in photographs, so a huge number of insinuations are possible,” said the psychologist.
“The second reason is that our minds are initially built into systems of errors - cognitive distortions and heuristics. Under the influence of these distortions, we tend to believe that our version of events is the most plausible. A person does not seek a refutation of his beliefs. Our mind operates on the principle of cognitive ease - we tend to consider what does not bother us as truth. This is actually an illusion. Conspiracy theories exploit the problem that we cannot directly present a person with evidence to the contrary - send him into orbit and show that the Earth is round. It is very difficult to explain to them mathematically and astronomically the parameters that forced scientists to come to such a conclusion. It’s very easy to say that scientists lied and the Earth is flat, and it’s very easy to accept it,” the expert concluded.
The generally accepted statement that ancient scientists considered our Earth to be flat is not entirely true. Of course, someone thought it was flat, but in fact there were several versions, including one that the Earth is a sphere. Today, it would seem that all the i’s are dotted and no one doubts that the Earth is a ball revolving around the Sun.
No matter how it is. Whether for fun or for PR, or maybe for religious reasons, the world is again split on this issue into two opposing camps. Are you surprised? If someone comes up to you and claims that the Earth is flat, will you twist it at your temple? Well, well. The fact that the Earth is a ball (to be precise, a geoid) and revolves around the Sun is a generally accepted theory and, it seemed, beyond doubt? It wasn’t there...
Which Earth is it: round or flat?
On the one hand, modern science claims that the Earth is round, and on the other... At the head, perhaps, is the Flat Earth Society. The main goal is to prove that the Earth is flat, and the governments of all countries are in a conspiracy and in various ways mislead about the sphericity of the Earth, hiding the fact that the Earth is flat.
The Flat Earth Society still has its adherents.
The basic concepts of the flat earth society are:
The Earth is a flat disk, 40,000 kilometers in diameter, centered near the North Pole.
The Sun and Moon and stars move above the surface of the Earth.
Gravity is denied. The acceleration due to gravity occurs because the Earth is moving upward with an acceleration of 9.8 m/s². Due to the curvature of space-time, this can last indefinitely.
South Polenet. Antarctica is actually the icy edge of our disk - a wall encircling our world.
All photographs of the Earth from space are fakes.
The distance between objects in the southern hemisphere is actually much greater. The fact that flights between them occur much faster than should be according to the flat Earth map is explained simply - the crews of the airliners are involved in a conspiracy.
The Sun is something like a powerful searchlight 51 km in diameter, which circles above the Earth at a distance of 4800 km and illuminates it.
Everything that happens is an experiment on us.
All scientific institutes deliberately lie about the Earth being spherical, etc.
The government also lies - it works for its masters - the reptilians.
There were no flights into space, and there’s nothing to say about the Moon, it’s all a hoax.
All videos about space flights were filmed on Earth.
And off we go. Gradually the world is split into two halves. One goes to live on a round and spherical Earth, the other – also round, but flat.
Both sides provide “irrefutable” evidence of their vision of the shape of the earth.
Here are some of the most interesting facts of the universe from the lips of both opponents.
The earth is flat because:
IN THE AREA OF VISIBILITY THE HORIZONT LINE IS FLAT
Flat-Earth Evidence: Take any photograph where the horizon line is flat, not rounded. Ball-earth refutation: to see the real curves of the horizon line or plane in the frame, you need a much greater distance from the shooting point from the surface of the earth. This is clearly visible in photographs from space. Flat earth answer: All pictures from space are fakes from NASA and the like. Space doesn't exist. |
THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT A FLAT EARTH
Flat earth proofs: In many descriptions in the Bible, the Earth is flat earth.
(Daniel 4:7, 8): “The visions of my head on my bed were as follows: I saw, behold, a very tall tree in the middle of the earth. This tree was large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and it was apparently up to the ends of the whole earth » -
- This expression only applies to flat earth.
Ball-earth rebuttal:(published taking into account the opinions of fundamentalist Christians):
It should be immediately clarified that the Bible is not a scientific work aimed at explaining the structure of the universe. In the Holy Scriptures this is done figuratively and clearly to the common people language, based on the knowledge that the people had in those days. However, when carefully read and interpreted, the Bible does not contradict modern science and does not indicate that the Earth is not spherical.
IN in this case describes the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Neo-Babylonian kingdom, who reigned from September 7, 605 to October 7, 562 BC. e.. The tree in the dream, as it turned out from Daniel’s interpretation of the dream, is Nebuchadnezzar himself. It is correct to consider the edge of the Earth to be the border of the Neo-Babylonian kingdom, for a simple reason: Nebuchadnezzar never ruled the entire Earth. Moreover, it speaks of vision, and not of direct observation.
Flat earth:
(Isaiah 42:5): “Thus says the Lord God, who created the heavens and their expanses, who spread out the earth with its products.” This can only be done with a flat earth.
Ball-earth rebuttal:
This description refers to what are currently called continents. Modern science with minor reservations, he considers the continents to be flat. If this action is considered applicable to a plane, this does not in any way indicate that the entire Earth is also flat.
Flat earth:There is no continuation of dialogue from the appender yet
(Matthew 4:8): “Again the devil takes Him [Jesus] to a very high mountain and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.”
This is only possible if the Earth is flat.
Ball-earth rebuttal(from Bible scholars and scholars):
All the highest mountains on Earth are known. Climbers have climbed everything, and more than once. Unfortunately, it is not possible to examine all the “kingdoms” with any of them, and the reason is not at all that the Earth is round (this is not a hindrance), but because it is impossible to examine anything at such a distance . But modern man can look at “all the kingdoms of the world” on a computer monitor or smartphone. However, Satan's capabilities and abilities far exceed those of humans. In what way he showed the kingdoms and why the high mountain was needed, we do not know.
The most interesting thing is that theoretically this is how the entire Earth can be viewed. Don't be surprised, this is really true. This phenomenon is called diffraction. Under certain conditions, we see the horizon line much further than theoretically we should see it. This is how mirages arise. Of course, in real life The chances of seeing something like that are incredibly low. After all, this requires a certain air temperature, humidity, transparency and, possibly, something else. There is even less chance of seeing the whole Earth. And it’s absolutely insignificant - to view what you want. But who said that the devil does not know how to use this phenomenon? Showing such mirage pictures to Jesus would be a very effective way to influence his human spiritual-sensual nature in order to achieve admiration from him. On the other hand, here we can also talk about vision without direct observation.
Flat earth:There is no continuation of dialogue from the appender yet
(Job 38:12,13): “Did you ever give orders to the morning in your life and show the dawn its place so that it would embrace ends of the earth and shook off the wicked..."
(Job. 37:3 )"Under the whole sky its roar, and its shine - to the ends of the earth ."
The edges can only have a plane.
Ball-earth rebuttal:(from Bible scholars and scholars):
The Lord speaks to Job about the unshakable order of alternation of day and night established by Him. It is figuratively said that the dawn disperses darkness and stops the deeds of the wicked committed at night. The expression “end of the earth” is also used by those who are well aware of the spherical shape of the Earth.
There are other references in the Bible to the edges and corners of the Earth, which can be interpreted in different ways: for example, that these are the edges of continents or countries. In addition, the Bible itself confirms that the word “earth” means dry land:
(Life 1:10 ) And God called the dry land earth , and called the collection of waters seas.
Therefore, it is impossible to accept these scriptures as proof that the Earth is flat.
Flat earth:There is no continuation of dialogue from the appender yet
BEDFORD EXPERIMENT
It was carried out in 1838 by Samuel Rowbotham. This experiment is considered the most reliable evidence.
The essence of the experiment is extremely simple. Rowbotham found a flat area of about 10 km (6 miles) on the Bedford River. I installed the telescope at a height of 20 inches (50.8 cm) from the surface of the water and began to watch the receding boat with a five-meter mast.
The mast was visible throughout the boat's movement. On the basis of which Rowbotham stated that the Earth is flat.
If the Earth were round, the mast should have disappeared from view.
Ball-earth rebuttal:
Lifting horizon in this case it happened due to the phenomenon of refraction. Due to positive refraction, the visible horizon has risen. As a result, its geographic range increased compared to its geometric range. This made it possible to see objects hidden by the curvature of the Earth. At normal temperatures, the horizon rise is 6-7%.
For reference: If the temperature increases excessively the apparent horizon can rise to the true mathematical horizon. Earth's surface at the same time it will visually straighten. The earth will become flat, to the delight of flat-earthers. Of course, only visually. The visibility range under these conditions will become infinitely large. The radius of curvature of the beam can become equal to the radius of the globe.
For reference: The discoverer of light refraction is considered to be the Italian physicist and astronomer Grimaldi Francesco Maria (1618-1663)
Naturally, Samuel Rowbotham was well aware of the phenomena of refraction. And it is quite logical that the published book describing experiments proving that the Earth is flat did not arouse any interest among scientists. But there were many adherents. One of Hemplein’s followers even placed a bet of 500 pounds (not a small amount at that time) that he would allegedly prove to any opponent that the Earth was flat. And such an opponent was found. It was the scientist Alfred Wallace. Of course, he knew perfectly well what he was doing. The experiment was carried out in the same valley. But Wallace changed the observation slightly. He used an intermediate point - a bridge, on which a circle was fixed. A horizontal line was placed at the end point. The telescope, circle and line were at the same height relative to the surface of the water. If the Earth were flat, a line would be visible through the circle at its center. Naturally, this did not happen. However, Hamplen refused to pay the due amount and called Wallace a liar and a forger.
So what is the Earth like?
Isn't it time to tell true story that Magellan simply swam in a circle, and not around the Earth. Cook sailed along the edge of the Earth in search of Antarctica. And by the way, he was right: Antarctica does not exist! Kruzenshtern also had good reason to doubt it when he discovered Antarctica. After all, he just ran into an icy wall that was created to prevent the oceans from flowing out. It is not clear, of course, how he managed to get around our Earth’s disk (yes, a disk, let’s call a spade a spade) in 751 days. Again conspiracy and falsification! He didn’t put anything on the map and didn’t go anywhere, he probably drank beer somewhere in Australia, and the maps were given to him ready-made, drawn at NASO. NASO is such a special organization that, for our billions, fools us, draws funny pictures space, makes programs for viewing the supposedly round Earth, films hoax shows of flight into space and to the Moon. The governments are in cahoots, all the scientists are in cahoots, the pilots are in cahoots, the police are also aware - collusion, everything smart people also in cahoots. In short, everything is conspiring against honest people who understand the essence of the true universe and, finally, with the advent of the Internet, are ready to open the eyes of those who are not yet in the know.
This is roughly what this serious problem looks like today. So what kind of Earth do we actually live on? If you know any facts, please report them in the comments. Perhaps you will be able to find inaccuracies in the article or the need to supplement it, we will also comment. And we will certainly make an addition, and possibly a continuation, taking into account all your comments and wishes. Please behave correctly, and do not send your participants to third class high school or to a psychiatrist, twist your finger at your temple. Checked - doesn't work. Only strong arguments and evidence of a flat or spherical Earth will help save the situation.
What is the actual shape of the Earth? Is the earth a flat circle or a sphere? Does the South Pole exist? Such questions have been asked for many years not only ordinary people, but also famous scientists and people. There is no exact evidence that the Earth is spherical, so people will look for evidence until the whole hidden truth prevails.
People have a lot of questions regarding the flat earth theory. People want to find the answer: Is the earth round or flat? In any case, the Flat Earth is round, not spherical. The earth, according to the evidence of flat earthers, is round and flat in the shape of a disk or saucer.
Wolves in sheep's clothing have covered our eyes with wool. For almost 500 years, the masses of people were completely deceived by the cosmic tale of astronomical dimensions. We have been taught lies on such a scale and so cruelly that we have become blind to our own experience and common sense to see the world and the universe as it is. Through pseudoscientific books and programs, media and public education, universities and government propaganda, the world has been continually brainwashed and slowly indoctrinated over the centuries into absolute belief in the great lie of all times. “Geography textbooks teach children, when they are still too small to understand these things correctly, that the world is a huge ball revolving around the Sun. And this story is constantly repeated, year after year, until the children become adults, at which time they are so busy with other things that it no longer matters to them whether the teaching was true or false. And since they have not heard anyone refute this, they conclude that it must be true, and if not believe it, then at least accept it as a fact. Thus they tacitly assent to a theory which they would have rejected out of hand had it been originally presented to them during what we call the "years of prudence." The consequences of the devil's teaching, whether in religion or science, are much more disastrous than one might imagine, especially in a luxurious age of indulgence like ours. The mind becomes weak and consciousness becomes dry.”
Evidence for the flat earth theory
500 years ago, an elite group of Sun-worshipping cabals disseminated a nihilistic cosmology/cosmogony that the vast majority of the world unquestioningly believes in. We have been taught, against all common sense and experience, that the apparently motionless, flat Earth beneath our feet is in fact a huge moving ball, spinning through space at over 1,000 mph (1,609 km/h), rocking and tilting at 23.5 degrees off its vertical axis, while spinning around the sun at a blinding speed of 67,000 mph (107,826 km/h), interacting with the entire solar system spiraling around the Milky Way at 500,000 mph (804670 km/h), and rushing through the expanding Universe away from " Big Bang"at an incredible speed of 670,000,000 miles per hour (1078257800 km/h). But you don’t feel or experience any of this! We were taught that the mysterious force called "gravity" is a magical magnetism responsible for keeping everything from falling and supporting the spinning globe, which is strong enough to keep people, oceans and the atmosphere so firmly on the surface, but so weak that it allows insects , it's easy for birds and planes to take off! “As we sit drinking our cup of tea or coffee, the world is supposedly spinning at great speed and there is not even a hint of ripple in our tea until you lightly tap the table with your finger and...!”
“I confess that I cannot imagine how any person in his right mind can believe that the Sun is motionless when he sees with his own eyes that it revolves around the heavens. But how can he believe that the Earth on which we stand rotates at the speed of lightning around the Sun when he does not feel the slightest movement?
We were taught that those tiny pinprick points of light in the night sky known as planets or wandering stars were actually physical, spherical, Earth-like abodes millions of miles away. We were even shown a video of supposedly one of these objects, called Mars. We were taught that the tiny pinprick points of light in the night sky known as the fixed stars were actually suns trillions of miles away, each with its own solar system, rotating moons, and Earth-like planets that are a potential haven for alien life. We have been taught that the Moon has no light of its own, that its light is simply a reflection of the light of the Sun; that some Masons from NASA walked on the Moon, that some other Masons from NASA sent an all-terrain vehicle to Mars; that satellites and space stations constantly circle in a certain position, suspended above the Earth; that Hubble telescopes take pictures of distant planets, galaxies, stars, quasars, black holes, warm holes and other fantastic celestial phenomena. We have been taught that our ignorant ancient ancestors wrongly believed for millennia that the Earth was the flat, stationary center of the universe, but thanks to modern "science" and its Masonic prophets such as Copernicus, Newton, Galileo, Collins, Eldrin and Armstrong, we now believe that the world is a huge rotating ball, covered with land and seas, rushing through endless space.
We were taught that over millions and millions of random "evolutions" and a random Big Bang, the universe began to manifest suns, planets, then water, then somehow single-celled organisms arose from dead, inactive elements, they grew and multiplied, and mutated into large, diverse organisms that continued to grow and multiply and mutate, gaining diversity and complexity (losing plausibility) to the point where amphibians came onto land, replaced gills with lungs, began to breathe air, developed into mammals, became bipedal, grew fingers , evolved into apes, and then, by a stroke of luck, a man-ape hybrid was created, and human history began.
We were taught that it was the height of stupidity and naivety that our ignorant ancestors believed that the Earth was flat, and that if any person somehow still thinks that the Earth is the fixed center of the universe, then he must be the most primitive ignoramus. By now, the "Flat Earth" tag has become a literary synonym for "dorky" and a common cliché derogatory term for insulting someone's intelligence.
“I remember that when I was a little boy I was taught that the Earth was a large ball revolving at great speed around the Sun; and when I expressed to the teacher my fears that the water in the ocean might overflow, I was told that the waters are protected from this by Newton's Law of Gravity, which maintains everything in in the right place. I suggested that my face must have shown some signs of disbelief, and my teacher immediately added - I can show you direct evidence of this. A person can spin a bucket filled with water around his head without spilling it, and in the same way, oceans can revolve around the sun without losing a drop. This example was obviously given to exhaust the question, and then I replied that there were no more questions. One might assume that if this had happened after I had grown up, I would have responded as an adult: “Sir, I dare say that the example of a man spinning a bucket of water around his head and oceans revolving around the sun is no do not support your arguments, because the water in the two cases is placed in completely different conditions, since they are different in volume. For an argument to be valid, the conditions must be the same in both cases, and in this example they are not the same. A bucket is a hollow vessel that holds water inside, while, according to your teaching, the Earth is a sphere that is convex on the outside, and, according to the laws of nature, cannot hold any water." Source: VKontakte group "Flat Earth | ISLAM"
“(Aren’t they looking) at the Earth and how it is spread out?” (Quran, 88:20). His words “spread out” obviously (prove) that the Earth is flat, as the scholars of Sharia stand on, and not spherical, as people say, judging by its appearance (i.e. by the shape of the earth’s shadow on the Moon).
Flat Earth Map
All routes are determined by a FLAT EARTH MAP, not a spherical one... it does not take into account the movements of the Earth on its 1674.365 km/h axis and around its orbit, because the Earth does not move, on the contrary, the sun moves in circular motions above the flat Earth.
Video: How planes actually fly over a flat Earth
What does a Flat Earth look like?
Flat Earth Map
The earth is round and flat at the same time
The flat surface of the Earth, and above the ground there is a Dome that no one can overcome!
Flat Earth facts
Is there a so-called “South Pole”?
There is not a single photograph of the South Pole, but photographs of the planet “Mars” and other “false planets” exist, and from all sides. But this is just photoshop, these and other planets do not exist... space does not exist either. The stars are under the Dome and in reality they are not large size. But at first it’s hard to believe, because we’ve been deceived since school. If they take photos of Mars and Saturn, then it wouldn’t be difficult to take photos of the Earth... But there is not one original photo the south pole and the supposedly spherical Earth.
If the earth is spherical, then why does the compass show the direction of Mecca in a different direction? The South Pole does not exist. This can be proven by the fact that the compass needle always points north. Even if a person is located beyond the equator, at the point closest to the “south pole,” it still points to the north, although it would be logical for it to point to the south, since there is also a magnetic pole there.
Flat Earth Dome
In 1773, Captain Cook became the first modern explorer to sail Arctic Circle, and reached the ice barrier. Over the course of three voyages, lasting a total of 3 years, Captain Cook and his crew sailed a total of 110,000 km along the Antarctic coast without ever finding an entrance or way through the massive ice wall!
“Yes, but we can go around the South Pole quite easily” - often said by those who do not know, the British ship Challenger, which sailed for 3 years “around” the South Pole and sailed 69,000 miles (approx. 130,000 km) - a sufficient distance to go around the South Pole 6 times, according to the spherical hypothesis. Now no one is allowed to go to Antarctica, this is controlled by the Antarctic Treaty, there are many people (climbers, etc.) with money, opportunities, etc., who have been waiting for years for permission to go there, but in vain.
I am surprised when some ignorant Muslims say, for example, that Islam is the youngest religion or that the Earth is spherical, while Islam is the oldest and only religion that comes from the Creator of the universe (all worlds), life and people, and Planet Earth is actually flat and round, not spherical.
Previously, once upon a time, “scientific” scientists believed that the Universe was infinite and unlimited! And now it is known that “science” was wrong and it has become clear that in fact the universe is limited! Should we believe “scientific” theories? We cannot believe in ASSUMPTIONS! And only the Creator, the Lord of all worlds, One Allah, is not limited by anything, He is Eternal without beginning and without end, Perfect, Wise.
Which Earth is flat or spherical?
What should lead to conviction? - Not blind adherence, but categorical texts of the Koran, hadiths in which there is not the slightest doubt or disagreement, and evidence that is felt in reality, which a person is able to verify... And in those places where it is quite difficult to verify, they lie. Allah Almighty, the Creator of all worlds, says in the Quran:
Say: “Truth has appeared and falsehood has disappeared. Truly, lies are doomed to destruction.”
Truth is the revelations that Allah revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and commanded him to preach openly. The truth was revealed to him, which cannot be resisted, and therefore the lie disappeared and disappeared. And it couldn’t be otherwise, because lies are doomed to death and disappearance. Of course, sometimes lies gain strength and spread. However, this happens only when the truth does not oppose it. But as soon as the truth appears, the lie becomes silent and does not even dare to move. That is why erroneous views spread only in those countries where people forget the clear signs of their Lord.
Most people believe that the earth is round. But, as they say in the Quran, the majority are ignorant, and the minority is on the right path.
إذا نصحت أحداً فقال لك :
When you are giving instructions to someone, and he tells you:
أكثر الناس يفعلون هذا !
Most people do this:
فقل له:
Then you tell him:
لو ﺑﺤﺜﺖ ﻋﻦ ﻛﻠﻤﺔ «ﺃﻛﺜﺮ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺱ » ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﻘﺮﺁﻥ
الكريم ﻟﻮﺟﺪﺕ ﺑﻌﺪﻫﺎ:
If you look in Holy Quran the word “most people” you will find after it:
(ﻻ ﻳﻌﻠﻤﻮﻥ — ﻻ ﻳﺸﻜﺮﻭﻥ — ﻻ ﻳﺆﻣﻨﻮﻥ) !
"DON'T KNOW"
"NOT GRATEFUL"
“THEY DID NOT BELIEVE.”
ﻭﻟﻮ ﺑﺤﺜﺖ ﻋﻦ ﻛﻠﻤﺔ «ﺃﻛﺜﺮﻫﻢ »
ﻟﻮﺟﺪﺕ بعدها:
If you search in the Holy Qur'an for the word "most of them" you will find after it:
(ﻓﺎﺳﻘﻮﻥ — ﻳﺠﻬﻠﻮﻥ — ﻣﻌﺮﺿﻮﻥ —
ﻻ ﻳﻌﻘﻠﻮﻥ — ﻻ ﻳﺴﻤﻌﻮﻥ) !
"SINNERS"
"IGNORANTS"
"TURN AWAY"
"DON'T UNDERSTAND"
"DON'T LISTEN"!
فكن أﻧﺖ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﻘﻠﻴﻞ ﺍﻟﺬﻳﻦ ﻗﺎﻝ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ ﻓﻴﻬﻢ :
And you be from the small number of whom the Almighty said:
{ ﻭﻗﻠﻴﻞ ﻣﻦ ﻋﺒﺎﺩﻱ ﺍﻟﺸﻜﻮﺭ }.
"FEW OF MY SLAVES ARE GRATEFUL"
{ ﻭﻣﺎ ﺁﻣﻦ ﻣﻌﻪ ﺇﻻ ﻗﻠﻴﻞ }.
"NOT BELIEVE WITH HIM EXCEPT A SMALL NUMBER"
{ ﺛﻠﺔ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻷﻭﻟﻴﻦ ﻭﻗﻠﻴﻞ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻵﺧﺮﻳﻦ }.
“A GROUP OF THE FIRST, AND A LITTLE OF THE LATER.”!
Description of the Earth in the Koran
Here is a list of Quranic verses describing the shape of the earth:
- (13:3) He is the one who spread out (Madda) the earth.
- (15:19) And We spread out the earth (Madadnaha).
- (20:53) He who made the earth a plain (Mahdan) for you.
- (2:22) who made the earth a carpet for you (Firasha).
- (43:10) who made the earth a cradle for you (Mahdan)
- (50:7) And We spread out the earth (Madadnaha)
- (51:48) And We spread the earth (Farashnaha)
- (71:19) Allah has made the earth a bedding (Bisata) for you.
- (78:6) Have We not made the earth a bed (Mihada)
- (88:20) and to the earth as it is spread out (Sutehat).
- (91:6) and the earth and what spread it (Tahaha)
📗 The Quran describes the shape of the earth in the following words:
Madda, Madadnaha, Firasha, Mahdan, Farashnaha, Bisata, Mihada, Tahaha and Sutehat.
Each one means "FLAT". It is clear that the Almighty Creator wanted to tell people in the Quran that the Earth is flat, and He used all the available Arabic vocabulary to convey this idea.
Allah said:
وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى الْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَاهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا
“On that Day We will make the mountains move, and you will see that the earth will become flat. We will collect them all and not leave anyone out” / QURAN SURAH “THE CAVE”
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful!
Science says that the change of day and night occurs as a result of the movement of the earth around the sun. At the same time, being on the surface of the Earth, we do not feel the movement of the globe, but can only observe it based on the apparent movement of the sun and stars relative to the Earth.
Sheikh Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) says: “The Quran and the Sunnah prove that in fact, what rotates relative to the earth is the sun. Allah says in the Quran:
“And the sun flows to its abode. This is the decree of the Glorious, the Wise!” 36:38.
He said “swimming” and attributed “swimming” to the sun. Said:
“And you see how the sun, when it rose, turned away from their cave to the right, and when it set, it passed them to the left.” 18:17.
Here it is clear that Allah attributed all four verbs to the sun, and some theories force us to distort the verse from its obvious meaning to another. Whereas these theories are a figment of the imagination.
Allah Almighty says:
- “I did not make them witnesses of the creation of the heavens and the earth and the creation of themselves.” 18:51.
- And man is not given more than a little from the sciences. A person who does not know the essence of his soul, “They ask you about (the essence of) the Spirit. Say: “The spirit is from the command of my Lord. And your knowledge of what is given to you is scant!” 17:85.
- How does he try to understand a universe that is greater than his creation? “After all, the creation of heaven and earth is greater than the creation of people, but most people do not know!” 40:57.
We declare that the theory that the change of day and night occurs due to the rotation of the earth around the sun is erroneous because it contradicts the superficial meaning of the Qur'an, which is the word of the Creator Subhanahu wa Taala. And He is more knowledgeable in His creations. How will we distort the words of our Lord from the superficial meaning, due to the existence of theories, when the scientists themselves have differences in these matters. The opinion that the earth is motionless and the sun revolves around it still exists today. Allah Almighty says in the Koran that the night twists around the day and the day twists around the night, that is, they rotate. If this is so, then where does day and night come from, except from the sun? Not from where. This proves that it is the sun that revolves around the earth...”
Allah Almighty said: A sign for them is the night, which We separate from the day, and so they plunge into darkness. The sun floats to its abode. Thus the Mighty, the Knowing has ordained. We have predetermined positions for the moon until it again becomes like an old palm branch. The sun does not have to overtake the moon, and the night does not run ahead of the day. Everyone floats in orbit. Surah Yasin Verses 37-40
Today, what we are told in schools and everywhere is the absolute “Truth” for us. Many Muslims try to adapt the verses of the Koran to science, clearly distorting their meaning. And about those verses that cannot be adjusted to Science, they are kept silent about them. For example, the verse above explains to us the signs of Allah about the movement of the sun and moon around the earth, resulting in the change of day and night.
- The Almighty said: He is the One who gave the sun radiance and the moon light. Surah Yunus, verse 5
- The Almighty said: “.. made the moon bright, and made the sun a lamp” Sura 71, Ayat 16
In other words, the Sun is a luminary emitting light, responsible for day, which replaces night. The moon is naturally bright regardless of the sun; it is responsible for the night and replaces the day. Write in the comments what you think about this.
This fact probably no longer raises any doubts in anyone’s minds today. Even small preschoolers know that our planet is spherical. But not all the guys know why the Earth is round. Let's try to understand this issue in more detail.
Ancient representations
People did not develop the correct idea of why the Earth is round (now scientifically proven and substantiated) not immediately and not simultaneously. U various peoples, who inhabited our planet in ancient times, existed different theories her appearance and buildings. Here are some of them.
- In ancient India, the Earth was imagined as a plane resting on the backs of three elephants. These giants are on top of a giant snake.
- The Egyptians considered the god Ra to be the incarnation of the Sun, who rushes across the dome of the sky in his chariot. The earth in their minds was also flat.
- IN Ancient Babylon There were ideas about land in the form of a huge mountain, in the west of which Babylonia flourished. All around stretched the sea, on which the solid sky rested (and in the heavenly world there were also water and land, only upside down).
Ancient Greece
The Greeks also had very interesting ideas about the structure of the Universe (modern scientists know about them from the poems “Iliad” and “Odyssey”). The earth seemed to them like a disk, reminiscent of a warrior’s shield. The land is washed by the Ocean from all sides. The sun floats across the copper slope of the sky that stretches above the surface. According to the philosopher Thales, the flat Earth floats in a bubble (which looks like a semicircle). The planet was perceived as the center of the Universe, and the city of Delphi was considered the “navel of the Earth.” The rising and setting of the Sun and planets were justified by the fact that they move in a circle.
Aristarchus of Samos
Interestingly, in Ancient Greece, the followers of Pythagoras already considered the Earth and other planets to be round. And the outstanding astronomer of that time, Aristarchus, expressed his opinion on the issue of the structure of the World. He was probably the first scientist known today to prove that the Earth is round and revolves around the Sun along with all the planets, and not vice versa. This served, according to some scientists, as an impetus for the formation of correct human ideas about the structure of the planets and their movement across the firmament.
Copernicus
The earth is round and it rotates! So, or almost so, he announced with confidence - publicly! - this great scientist, having blown up the entire church and scientific world of that time. But even before that, scientists, in particular Eratosthenes, argued that our planet has a spherical shape, and even managed to measure its diameter. Therefore, it is difficult to give an unambiguous answer to the question of who proved that the Earth is round. However, let's return to Copernicus. The famous Polish astronomer lived and worked during the Renaissance. With his observations, he marked the beginning of a scientific revolution. His work devoted to substantiating the heliocentric scheme of the structure of the Universe lasted more than 40 years, until his death in 1543. It is interesting that Copernicus’s book “On the Rotation of the Celestial Spheres” (1543) gives an estimate of the sizes of the planets and the Sun itself, the distances between objects, which are quite close to modern scientific data.
Why is the Earth round?
Be that as it may, modern science largely relies on the above-mentioned research of the Polish astronomer, who was many centuries ahead of his time. And yet, why is the Earth round, and not square or flat, for example? Why did all the known planets of the solar system, their satellites and the sun itself turn out to be round? There is a very specific physical explanation for this fact. The thing is that there is a constant rotation in the Universe. The earth rotates around its axis. The Moon is around the Earth. Our planet and other planets travel in certain orbits around a star (the Sun), which, in turn, is also subject to rotation. Even huge galaxies move along their own trajectories, rotating.
And the force of gravity and rotation acts on all sides of the surface of any planet simultaneously, as a result giving them approximately the same distance from the imaginary center (in a global sense). This is why the Earth is round. For children, you can do an imaginary experiment. Imagine that our planet has some other shape. With increased rotation, the force of gravity will be so great that even a cube can turn into an ellipse or ball after some time.
Sphere or geoid?
Of course, the orbits of the planets are not perfectly circular. Rather, they resemble elongated ellipses. By the way, the shape of our Earth is not a perfect sphere, but a flattened ellipsoid (also called a geoid). And modern data on space exploration show that on the surface of our blue planet there are huge depressions (in the Indian region - minus one hundred meters) and bulges (in the Iceland region - up to plus one hundred meters above the surface).
If to a normal person, accustomed to living in the modern news paradigm, someone will seriously say that space does not exist, the planet Earth is flat, and the sun is actually much smaller than we used to think, most likely this citizen will twist his finger at his temple. Especially if the speaker supplements his conclusions with the opinion that NASA is financed by a secret Masonic organization, and no one has ever landed on the Moon.
The statements seem absolutely crazy, and it is all the more surprising that all these theories have many supporters around the world. These people are convinced of the correctness of the flat Earth theory: for them it is an immutable truth, and not the anti-scientific fabrications of ignoramuses.
Adherents of the theory conduct experiments, publish research papers, providing evidence that humanity does not live on a rotating ball flying through space at enormous speed (30 km/s). According to these people, the earth is a flat disk covered with a transparent dome.
Despite the seeming madness of this theory, it continues to excite minds. Flat Earth theorists can immediately ask the following questions: why doesn’t water from the oceans overflow from the “disk” where the Sun hides at night, where tens of thousands of photographs of the spherical planet come from? We have dedicated this article to the answers to these and other questions.
History of the Flat Earth Theory
School education provides a clear guide: this is a fairy tale invented by our ancestors, who did not have the opportunity to carry out serious scientific work. The ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Chinese agreed that the Earth was flat. The Sumerians and Scandinavians “agreed” with them in absentia. In mythological cosmogenesis, the ancient Vedas and the Bible, our planet is clearly called flat. The same can be said about Buddhist and Hindu practices.
If we talk about an earlier time in relation to us, then there were plenty of flat Earth theorists in the Middle Ages. A categorical breakdown occurred during the Renaissance, and in our time everyone knows that our planet is round. The scientific research of our ancient ancestors was ostracized and thrown to the margins of history.
But this does not mean that everyone agrees with the ideological dictates of modern science. There were people who did not believe the textbooks and began to study ancient treatises in all seriousness.
In the 19th century. in England, the British scientist and inventor S. Rowbotham organized the Flat Earth Society. Rowbotham spent hundreds scientific research which, in his opinion, proved that the Earth is flat.
Hiding under the fictitious name "Parallax", Rowbotham published the brochure "Zetetic Astronomy", which contained descriptions of his experiments and presented evidence of the impossibility of the existence of a spherical earth. Samuel argued that the planet was flat and the ocean was completely flat.
The booklet went through many reprints during Rowbotham's lifetime, and each time it became thicker: Parallax added more and more chapters to it. The number of supporters of the flat Earth theory also grew rapidly.
Samuel Rowbotham was not without marketing talent; he always took money for lectures. The researcher was so confident in his theory that he could attack with his fists those who expressed doubts about his conclusions.
Very soon, adherents of the flat Earth theory appeared all over the world. There were especially many of them in Europe and the United States. Among the followers of this trend there are also very unexpected personalities, for example, Adolf Hitler.
Surprisingly, the number of followers of the flat earth theory is growing every year. In some countries, this idea even caused some semblance of a social split. Adherents of the Earth-disk theory categorically reject the arguments of modern scientists and provide their own evidence, which seems to them the only correct one.
To understand how serious the dispute with flat Earth supporters is, just open the Yandex search engine. At the very first request, an abyss of articles, photographs, videos, forums and heated debates dedicated to Rowbotham’s theory will open in front of you.
Before we begin to familiarize ourselves with the most popular evidence of flat Earth adherents, we will study their key postulates.
Parallaxists imagine the Earth as a disk with the North Pole at the center. The diameter of the planet coincides with official scientific data - 40 thousand km. The disk is covered with a dome, behind which the Sun and Moon are visible. Thanks to these heavenly bodies, there is day and night on the planet. Gravity is something fundamentally different from the phenomenon that modern science studies.
According to Rowbotham and his followers, the South Pole does not exist in principle. There is no Antarctica either. The entire circumference of the earth's disk is surrounded by a wall of ice.
Photographs from space have been declared a clever photoshop and a fake. In general, astronautics is a complete deception and scam. Rockets, devices for transporting and lifting ships are skillfully executed props. Space travel and videos from the ISS are filmed on Earth by professional filmmakers.
The spherical nature of the planet was declared by Rowbotham's supporters to be a lie spread by conspiratorial Masons. Scientists, NASA specialists and astronauts know the truth, but they receive money from the Masons and therefore remain silent.
Flat Earth
What is the Solar System?
The idea of flat Earth adherents about the structure of the solar system is also interesting. At school they teach that several planets revolve around the sun; the Earth occupies the third orbit from the Sun, located between Venus and Mars. Is it possible for such a system to exist? Rowbotham's followers answer unequivocally: no.
In their opinion, a model with a stationary Sun is impossible, if only because in the Universe there is observed constant movement. If the generally accepted version of the solar system were correct, the star would fly through space at incredible speed, carrying the planets with it. In this case, oval orbits of the planets would be impossible, only spiral ones.
Another interesting argument concerns the forces of repulsion and attraction, thanks to which balance is achieved in the solar system: the planets do not fly away from the star and do not collide in space. Proponents of the flat Earth theory point out that all planets have different masses. If solar system was as described in textbooks, large planets would be located closer to the sun, and small ones - further from the sun. After all, an object with a smaller mass simply does not have enough repulsive force to “escape” from the sun. According to the calculations of Rowbotham's adherents, in the paradigm accepted by official science, the Earth would be in the sixth orbit. This is determined by its mass. Such a distance from the Sun would make life on the planet impossible: eternal cold would reign here.
Evidence base
Of course, the most interesting thing about the flat Earth theory is the evidence collected by Parallax supporters. With a planet diameter of 40 thousand km, the planet rotates in 24 hours. These data allow you to calculate the rotation speed: more than 400 m/s. That is, according to official science, the Earth rotates at a speed of 0.5 km/sec.
Rowbotham's adherents ask the question: how can planes land exactly on the runway under such conditions? The earth is round and constantly rotating! According to the calculations of supporters of the theory, the runway will shift due to the rotation of the planet, and the plane will not be able to land.
Another proof: if we agree that the Earth is spherical, a cannonball ejected from the mouth of a cannon in the direction from West to East will be in the air 2 times less than it actually is. If you shoot from a cannon from East to West, the cannonball will fly twice as far due to the rotation of the Earth in the opposite direction.
However, neither the first nor the second phenomenon is observed, which, according to Rowbotham's adherents, exposes the generally accepted opinion that the Earth is a spherical rotating body.
Supporters of the theory also point out: if you shoot upward, the flight of the cannonball will continue for a certain time, during which the location of the gun will shift relative to the projectile by 5-6 kilometers, but this is not observed.
These simple conclusions evoke a sense of triumph among Rowbotham's supporters. Traditional science answers: do not forget about the atmospheric column, which rotates with the planet and “drags” everything that gets into it. Adherents of the earth-disk put forward a counter-argument that is striking in its boldness: in their opinion, atmospheric pressure simply does not exist.
Official film about the real shape of the Earth from Terra Convexa
At the end of the film, experts from official science summarize the experiments carried out and give an authoritative conclusion regarding the tests performed.
Terra Convexa provides answers to many questions.
Criticism of the theory of atmospheric pressure
The inventor of the mercury barometer, E. Torricelli, suggested that the entire atmosphere of the Earth uniformly and constantly presses on the planet. The Italian proved his idea through experiments with water and mercury. Torricelli refuted Aristotle's postulate that there is no absolute emptiness (vacuum) in the Universe. An Italian scientist created a vacuum in which there was completely no atmospheric pressure.
Torricelli’s experiment worked perfectly with mercury and alcohol, but the trick did not work with water: the Italian was never able to create a water barometer. Modern science has proven that barometers on water are possible, but their size will be much larger than mercury or alcohol ones. You can read more about Torricelli’s experiments in his own works. For example, there you can find out where the scientist got a bucket of mercury, a radioactive liquid metal.
Flat Earth adherents could not help but pay attention to Torricelli’s experiments and try to expose them. In their opinion, a false vacuum was formed in the Italian’s test tubes. In fact, the space was filled with mercury vapor. On this basis, Rowbotham's supporters concluded that atmospheric pressure is a myth, like gravity. The vast space above the planet remains motionless. Adherents of the Earth-disk point to freely flying birds, to clouds that “travel” across the sky at the will of the wind. The pilot of a helicopter hovering above the earth, according to the logic of a spherical rotating planet, must see a gradually changing landscape beneath him. But this is not observed.
Why does a stone thrown strongly into the air land in almost the same place, and not many meters from the person who made the throw? Parallax adherents give an unequivocal answer - this happens because the earth is a flat, stationary surface.
Horizon and curvature of the earth
Rowbotham began making the first experiments about the curvature of the earth; his modern followers are conducting hundreds of similar studies. If our planet is a sphere, then, taking into account the curvature of the surface, the horizon line should be a solid line, behind which nothing is visible. However, in practice, mountains, giant sculptures or Egyptian pyramids are perfectly visible on the horizon.
The Needles Lighthouse in the British county of Hampshire (height - 54 meters) can be seen from a distance of 60 km, with the curvature of the earth being 282 m. If the Earth is a sphere, the lighthouse should be 282 m below the horizon. The situation is similar with ocean-going ships. Gradually moving away from the shore, the ships disappear behind the horizon. This would seem to confirm that the planet's surface is curved. However, supporters of the flat Earth theory armed themselves with high-quality optical instruments - and saw ships that supposedly “disappear” beyond the horizon...
With the naked eye, a person cannot see a ship that has moved away to such a considerable distance; in addition, vision is limited by a scattering perspective. With good optics, the horizon line disappears, and the stronger the optics, the greater the distance you can see.
Thus, according to flat Earthers, there is no horizon line. The pictures from the International Space Station are fake because the sky is a dome. When flying in an airplane, a person sees the rounding of the earth - but this is just an illusion. Even the UN emblem seems to Rowbotham's adherents to be a model of a disk-earth.
Round and at the same time flat Earth: video
Watch the video online about the round flat earth
Moon landing: NASA hoax
Members of the Flat Earth Society pay special attention to the story of the American landing on the Moon. Of course, they are confident and furiously prove that man has never set foot on the only satellite of our planet. Rowbotham supporters point to photograph spaceship Apollo 11, which is widely believed to have once taken earthlings to the Moon.
With a strong magnification of the photograph, it is clear that the lunar shuttle is made of materials sold in hardware store: plastic and cardboard shields, foil and polyethylene. Of course, it is impossible to fly anywhere on a device built from such materials.
Proponents of the flat Earth theory carefully studied photographs of the astronauts, finding rings with Masonic signs on their hands. For Parallax adherents, Freemasons are the world's main conspirators who have penetrated all international structures and governments of all countries of the world.
Where do photographs of Mars come from?
The situation is similar with photographs of Mars. For followers of the theory, photographs of the Red Planet are a skillful fake, Photoshopped. Photographers hired by the conspirators take pictures of deserts and mountainous terrain on Earth, then, after processing the pictures, pass them off as photos from Mars.
Photos of the lifeless Martian desert covered with stones have spread all over the world. If we perform reverse “filtering” of these images in Photoshop, we will get an ordinary earthly landscape with blue sky. There are many such places on Earth.
Weird air travel
Many aircraft routes seem extremely illogical. For example, the Sydney-Santiago flight would seem to be much more convenient to travel through New Zealand. It will be a straight and simple route with one refueling.
In reality, the plane from Australia to Latin America flies through Mexico and the USA. If we consider the Earth to be spherical, this looks extremely strange: the plane makes a large detour, consuming fuel and increasing the distance. If the same route is drawn on a flat Earth map, it becomes clear that the airline has chosen the most reliable and direct route.
Rowbotham's followers suggest checking in this way any air route that seems illogical and strange. When transferred to flat earth, the trajectory begins to look quite adequate.
Video: How do planes fly over a rotating earth?
Why do all planes fly on maps of a flat Earth and not a spherical one?
Picture of the universe
To better understand the logic of flat earth theorists, you need to know what they think about the universe - the Moon, the Sun, the stars. In general, they adhere to the same statements that Rowbotham used two centuries ago. The only thing is that they constantly have to “fight off” new scientific discoveries.
For example, lunar photographs were claimed to have been taken on Earth. Followers of the theory regularly conduct research expeditions, the main goal of which is to search for areas where “false” images from space were taken.
In the summer of 2015, the Society published photographs from the Icelandic expedition, which depicted landscapes that were exactly like the photographs presented by the Americans as lunar. Earlier, journalists suggested that the astronauts of the first Apollo expedition put their hands on the Bible and say: “I swear that I was on the moon.” All astronauts refused. A video of the flat-Earther experiment can be found on the World Wide Web. One astronaut began to rudely swear at the journalist, another tried to laugh it off, and the third simply sent the TV reporter.
The Flat Earth Society analyzed all the data from alternative researchers, superimposed it on its own theory and came to a stunning conclusion: it turned out that the Moon is not a satellite of our planet at all. The moon doesn't exist at all.
But what then do we see in the sky? According to Parallax adherents, this is a constantly updated hologram. They control the hologram from Earth.
But what do Rowbotham's followers think about the stars? People began to study astrology many centuries ago; this science is one of the first in the world. People discovered the same Ursa Major several thousand years ago.
How can it be, flat Earth adherents ask, that during this time the constellations have not undergone any changes? After all, everything celestial bodies, including stars and galaxies, move in the Universe at tremendous speed. The Earth rotates around its own axis, flies around the Sun in its own orbit, but people in different countries of the world always see the same “set” of stars above them? Why is this so? Why do the stars stand still above the Earth, rotating and rushing through space, like soldiers on guard? Members of the Society consider this situation absurd.
In this regard, supporters of the “flat theory” declared the stars to be holograms. They don't exist either.
Sun
If the Moon and stars are holograms, then what about the Sun? Does the universal luminary really not exist? But what then warms the planet and brings life to all its inhabitants?
Flat Earthers claim that there are actually seventeen suns. They all hover over different regions of the planet, shining and heating with different intensities. The Society's brochures list the features different suns: Californian, Russian, Chinese, etc.
Any scientist will call these statements sheer nonsense. However, the explanations of Rowbotham's adherents are by no means devoid of a certain logic. The color of the Sun we observe varies from pale yellow to bright red and burgundy, depending on natural conditions or time of day. According to the prevailing scientific ideas, the sky appears blue to humans because the sun's rays, breaking through the planet's atmosphere, are divided into appropriate spectra.
But why, then, do we see a yellow sun? If we observe a star through the prism of the atmosphere, then it should be blue. Followers of the flat earth theory give a clear answer: the fact is that the Sun is located not above the atmosphere, but below it.
As a result, the Society paints the following picture of the universe: the Earth-disk is covered with a dome, under which there are artificially made holograms - the Moon, stars and the Sun. Those who wish to learn more about the ideas of Parallax adherents can find a lot of videos and articles on the Internet.
The closer to the light source, the warmer it is
The nature of misconceptions is based on people’s inability to give answers to the simplest questions. At the same time, we like to provide a lot of pseudoscientific evidence for the craziest theories.
For example, try to answer the following question: it is obvious to everyone that the closer an object is to a source of light and heat, the hotter it is. Try touching a light bulb or getting close to a fire – does it get hotter? Certainly!
But why then, rising up to hot air balloon, we find ourselves in a zone of severe cold. And the higher we rise, the lower the temperature becomes.
When answering this question, most people will talk about layers of the atmosphere that have different temperature characteristics. All this evidence is taken from books and has not been tested in practice.
Let's focus on the obvious - what closer person located towards the heat source, the warmer it is. This should also be true for the Sun. The closer to the luminary, the higher the temperature. However, in practice this is not observed. Followers of the flat Earth theory conclude that the Sun is not a source of heat, since in space in this case it would be much hotter than on our planet.
Counter-arguments of official science
Straight horizon
People only think that they see a straight line of the horizon. Already from an airplane or from the roof of a skyscraper you can notice the curvature of the earth's surface.
Fake photos from space. NASA conspiracy
In the flat Earth paradigm, NASA is almost a criminal organization. One gets the feeling that the American space agency is led by Professor Moriarty, and all of his employees are masons-conspirators, hiding the truth from people because of the desire for personal enrichment.
However, there is not only NASA in the world. Russia has its own space agency, Roscosmos, which broadcasts from the ISS and launches manned spacecraft into space. Russian cosmonauts, like their American colleagues, confirm that the Earth is a ball. Is it really true that the Freemasons “rule” Roscosmos?
There is no gravity
Another popular claim of the Flat Earth Society is that there is no gravity and the planet is constantly moving upward. If this statement is true and the Earth does not attract anything, then how can birds and airplanes fly?
The sun is located 5 thousand kilometers from the surface of the Earth, its diameter is 51 km
Why, in this case, do seasons change on the planet, day follows night, and there are climatic zones? If the Sun were positioned in the manner described by Parallax adherents, the entire surface of the Earth would have the same temperature.
How do planes land on a round and rotating Earth?
Airplanes “rotate” in the atmospheric column along with the Earth.
Atmospheric pressure is a myth
Anyone who makes such a statement should visit the mountains and experience the effects of atmospheric pressure first-hand.
Books on Flat Earth Theory
The idea of the Earth as a disk is very stable and has been very popular for two centuries. Various authors and researchers paid attention to this theory and presented evidence of the correctness of the Parallax teachings in their books.
One of the most popular books of this kind is “Ancient Cosmology” by W. Warren. This large work tells about the cosmogonic ideas of the Egyptians, Sumerians, Babylonians, ancient Chinese, and Buddhists. Readers will learn how our ancestors imagined the Universe. The book contains more interesting illustrations.
“The Earth is not a ball: 100 proofs” by M. Carpenter. The book contains the most convincing, from the author’s point of view, evidence of the correctness of the flat Earth theory.
“The Earth is not a Globe” S. Rowbotham. Book by the founder of the Earth-Disc Supporters Society. Rowbotham held great job to confirm the theses he put forward.