What's so funny here, is that you claim that if earth were flat there would be no way of predicting this event.  Uh no.  Eclipses are calculated in a way that doesn't even include the shape of the earth, but by calculating the patterns of sun and moon and stars in the sky.  Again, your closed minded attitude forces you to adopt a faulty position because you really don't understand how anything works.  Whether you do or don't understand how things work, its to your advantage to adopt what the Church Fathers and scripture teach and that certainly isn't a round earth. The very laws of science deny it as well.  

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Aircraft are booking flights that will follow the moon's shadow.
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If you're a flat-earther, you won't be allowed to buy a ticket. HAHAHA
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This is how their view is anticipated in one advertisement:
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It has become clear that you don't really believe in a flat earth, which would be ridiculous. What you're doing is practicing your communist dialectic, which uses ridicule and invective to assert false statements and then proceeds as if those falsehoods were correct. But they're wrong and you're wrong: wrong, wrong, wrong!
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Because it is true that if the earth were flat, there would be no way of predicting the solar eclipses. Especially in regards to this one coming in August, because the starting location of the moon's shadow on the surface of the earth is a direct consequence of the spherical shape of the sun, the moon and the earth, as well as their placement in space, with the moon at 240,000 miles from earth and the sun at 93,000,000 miles from earth. (approximate figures for the purpose of this discussion) And then, the curved path the eclipse will take is further a function of the curved shape of the earth's surface, since it is spherical. The moon's shadow becomes more circular in the middle of America then grows oblong again as it enters the Atlantic Ocean, again a consequence of the curved surface of the earth.
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If the sun and moon were only 3,000 miles (give or take) from the "flat" earth (as the flat-earthers claim) none of this would be happening in August. There would be no penumbra that covers the entire North American continent nor would there be a small concentrated umbra that passes from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of America. The moon's shadow (flat-earthers say it's not the moon's shadow at all but some other body but they can't seem to identify what the body is) begins with an oblong shape (not round) due to the projection of its round shape onto the curved surface of the spherical earth. The shape of this shadow is possible to become verified by aerial photographs when it takes place, for one, but the flat-earthers will no doubt claim that's all Photoshop or CGI. Riiiight. It's a conspiracy of disinformation worldwide concentrated on making flat-earthism look ridiculous, you see. ....... NOT!
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Flat-earthism doesn't need any help looking ridiculous. It does a great job all on its own looking ridiculous.  

Ultimate fail when a cite uses an exhibit that is contrary to the claim.
Ancient Mayans smarter?  There used to be a big ole mutt down the road that played in the road, chasing its tail and and cars all day that I'm pretty sure was smarter than flat-earthers.

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The starting location of the moon's shadow on the surface of the earth is a direct consequence of the spherical shape of the sun, the moon and the earth, as well as their placement in space...  
This line is so convoluted, I don't know where to begin. Nobody in the world could make sense of that if they were paid to do it.  Then you say: The moon's shadow on earth comes from the spherical shape of the sun, the moon and the earth.  Seriously?  Can you even hear yourself?  Neil, you aren't even trying anymore.  Again and again, all you say is, if this is true, then the earth can't be flat.  This is not only not scientific, it isn't reasonable and it proves nothing. You have no idea how the sun and moon work on a flat earth, so just saying so doesn't make it so.  But we've been through all this.  Saying outrageous nonsense for which there is no evidence, like this: the moon's shadow begins with an oblong shape due to the projection of its round shape onto the curved surface of the spherical earth.  Um...what?  I have no words.  Everything coming from you Neil is mumbo jumbo.  None of it makes sense.  Your attempt to debunk flat earth has gone into the far reaches of silly.  At least read what you write and decide not to put it down.  You're embarrassing yourself.    

You have no idea how the sun and moon work on a flat earth

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"This line is so convoluted, I don't know where to begin."
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Sorry, I presumed you could THINK. Maybe I expected too much. The moon's shadow on earth comes from the spherical shape of the sun, the moon and the earth. If you don't know what I'm talking about maybe you should look up the definition of the words in the sentence, like "shadow" or "spherical" or "moon."
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Take for example this global earth projection provided by Tom Kribbage:

The band of blue circular figures in the middle stands for the path of the total solar eclipse. The path is not a straight line, nor is it a simple curve. It is an s-shaped curve. Starting on the left, the first figure is an oval that is wider than it is tall. That is because the shadow of the moon when it first appears falling on the curved surface of the earth is not a round shadow due to the angle of the curved earth's surface. As the shadow moves to the east (that means to the right) the shape becomes gradually more circular, as it passes over Central America (where the Mayans lived), and then as it passes further, the shadow again stretches out and becomes wider than it is tall.
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Maybe this is too complicated for a simple-minded flat-earther to understand.
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Well, then that makes two of us. We have something in common!
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Because you don't know how the sun and moon work on a flat earth either. Nobody does, actually, because the earth isn't "flat" and there isn't anything to understand about how the sun and moon "work" on it.
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