![]() ![]() Most of my students were surprised to learn that the facts of history are very different. Supposedly, with our sophistication and intelligence today, we know better than the ignorant people of the past. ![]() By raising the question, I challenged our cultural mythology that, until the time of Christopher Columbus five centuries ago, nearly everyone thought the earth was flat. In my years at the university, I always asked the same sort of question in my introductory astronomy classes to motivate my students into thinking more deeply. Rather, he finds the topic interesting and the discussion of it stimulating. Mind you, this young man does not actually believe that the earth is flat. Recently I had a conversation with some people about a Christian young man they know who frequently argues that the earth is flat. You see, the earth could be both round and flat, if it were disk shaped. Or, more specifically, an earth that is spherical. ![]() Adding, "Why, if we’re hurtling through space, why would water stay still? Why is it not wobbling? Also if you fire a laser about 16 miles, if the world was curved, you shouldn’t be able to see it but you can.Many people will probably wonder why it is necessary to write an article defending a round earth. "If you’re in a helicopter and you hover why does the Earth not come to you if it’s round?" Flintoff said according to the Metro. In 2017, former England cricketer 'Freddie' Flintoff revealed his obsession with a podcast called the Flat Earthers. Adding, "I have become skeptical of everything. When you break down the text of what it represents, there’s no way you can get a spinning heliocentric globe out of anything in the Bible. On Youtube, Skiba says the Bible is, "describing a snow globe basically. ![]() Skiba, a documentary maker behind such classic films as Archon Invasion: The Rise, Fall and Return of the Nephilim, believes the Earth is the way it is in the Bible and NASA is trying to conceal the facts. Yes - adherents to Orlando Ferguson's map would call it square. ![]()
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